Table 1 Plant resources employed in the therapy of parasitosis and related diseases

Diarrea ( Gerachy )

Ka'a re*

Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (Chenopodiaceae)

Infusion

Aerial part

New World (NW): wild, surroundings of the home Capuera Monte

Marcela

Poty ju*

Achyrochline satureioides (Lam.) DC (Asteraceae)

Infusion

Aerial part

NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera

Jate'i ka'a

Achyrochline sp. (Asteraceae)

Infusion

Aerial part

NW: wild, capuera

Guavira*

Campomanesia xanthocarpa (Mart.) Berg. (Myrtaceae)

Infusion

Leaves

NW: wild, monte

Parí-paroba*

Piper mikanianum (Kunth,.) Steud (Piperaceae)

Infusion

Leaves

Guayaba

Araza

Psidium sp. (Myrtaceae)

NW: wild, from montebut cultivated in the surroundings of the home

Achicoria

Cichorium intybus L. (Asteraceae)

Concoction

Root

Old World (OW): adventitious in Argentina capuera

Jabrandi*

Pilocarpus pennatifolius Lem. (Rutaceae)

Infusion

The whole plant

NW: wild, monte

Stomach ache ( Hy'erasy )

Guavira*

Campomanesia xanthocarpa (Mart.) Berg. (Myrtaceae)

Infusion

Leaves

NW: wild, monte

Pitanga

Añanga piry

Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae)

Infusion

Leaves

NW: wild, monte

Marcela

Poty ju

Achyrochline satureioides (Lam.) DC (Asteraceae)

Infusion

Aerial part

NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera

Doradilla

Amambai

Aneimia sp. (Schizaeaceae)

Infusion

The whole plant

NW: wild, del monte

Parasites ( Tacho )

Ka'a re*

Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (Chenopodiaceae)

Infusion

Aerial part

NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera Monte

Raíz de perejil

Petroselinum crispum (Apiaceae)

Not registered

root

OW: cultivated chacra

Horqueta

Sapyragy

Tabernaemontana catharinensis (Apocynaceae)

Concoction

Stem bark

NW: wild monte

Cangorosa

Yvyra rapo ju*

Maytenus ilicifolia Reiss. (Celastraceae)

Guaporovity

Plinia rivularis (Myrtaceae)

With cold water

Stem bark

NW: silveste, Del monte

Yvyra-ro

Pterogyne nitens Tulasne (Fabaceae)

Stem bark

NW: wild, l monte

Verbena

Guachu ka'a

Verbena intermedia Gill. Et Hook. (Verbenaceae)

Infusion

Aerial part

NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera

Pitanga

Añanga piry

Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae)

Infusion

Leaves

NW: wild, monte

Jabrandi*

Pilocarpus pennatifolius Lem. (Rutaceae)

Infusion

The whole plant

NW: wild, l monte

Typycha hu

Sida rhombifolia L. (Malvaceae)

Infusion

Root

NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera

Pipi guasu Sapyragy

Petiveria alliaceae L. (Phytolaccaceae)

Concoction

Root

NW: wild,monte

Ka'api kachi*

Kyllinga sp. (Cyperaceae)

Concoction

Aerial part

Tembetari

Zanthoxylum hyemale (Rutaceae)

Leaves

NW: wild, monte

Rabos

Yvyra kachi

Lonchocarpus sp. (Fabaceae)

Concoction

Stem bark

NW: wild,monte

Siete capotes

Ñandú apycha

Not collected

Concoction

Leaves

NW: wild,monte

Rotating stomach ( Kambi ryru jere )

cáscara de mandarina

Citrus reticulata (Rutaceae)

Burnt and then prepared in infusion

Fruit rind

VM: cultivated Chacra. colonia

manzanilla

Matricaria recutita (Asteraceae)

Concoction (in combination with other plants, as seen below)

"Center of the flower" (only the tubulous flowers of the inflorescence)

OW: cultivated in the surroundings of the home Capuera

Strong abdominal pain.

Eucaliptus

Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae)

Infusion (In the water for mate).

Leaves

Australia: cultivated Colonia

Stomach sickness

Jaguane ka'a

Coronopus didymus (Brassicaceae)

Concoction

Leaves

NW: wild capuera

Diarrhea caused by tacho

Jaguarete ka'a

Baccharis sp. (Asteraceae)

Concoction (in combination with other plants, as seen below)

Not registered

NW: wild capuera

Diarrhea with blood

Ñandyta

Not collected

Concoction

Stem bark

Wild, Monte

Diagnoses

tabaco

Pety

Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae)

Burnt and smoke used for diagnoses and first steps of the therapy

Leaves

NW: cultivated chacra