The masticated guava leaves are applied onto the wound as a poultice and is bandaged. Males may paint the walls of bowers using masticated grass and saliva. The coal paste is then further masticated, finally being extruded into pellets. The ants actively cultivate their fungus on a medium of masticated leaf tissue. Leaves can be masticated to help with symptoms of halitosis and gingivitis. As part of the subfamily Polistinae, food is masticated and subsequently fed to their young. She covers the eggs with masticated plant tissue to protect them from predators. After the baskets are painted, they are further decorated with masticated charcoal pigment. These chips are then masticated and the remaining juice is then mixed with clay. The building's design is Romanesque with masticated stone bases, rounded windows and roman arches.