A practice using fat, with or without trees and herbs, from a wide variety of animals, reptiles, and insects including bull, baboon, eagle, puff adder, porcupine, monkey, wildebeest, iguana, hippopotamus, giraffe, and chameleon for medicinal value. The animal is selected for magical, spiritual, and mythological significance as well as for the vitamins/minerals/enzymes it contains. (Zulu/South Africa).