Table 10 Comparison between medicinal use of the same species by the Asháninka of Bajo Quimiriki and the neighbouring group Yanesha, based on data from the present study and Valadeau et al. 2010 [60]
From: Asháninka medicinal plants: a case study from the native community of Bajo Quimiriki, Junín, Peru
Botanic family Scientific determination (herbarium number) | Use by the Yanesha (from Valadeau et al. 2010) | Use in the Asháninka community of Bajo Quimiriki |
|---|---|---|
Amaranthaceae | ||
Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (CA06, IS02, LI4, PE2) | Malaria | Intestinal parasites, liver complaints |
Araceae | ||
Syngonium podophyllum Schott (R9, 2814, DH09, DH04) | Wounds, burns | To correct irregular menstruation, to extract caried teeth, toothache, contraceptive, Intestinal parasites, joint dislocations, anaemia, osteoarthritis, browses and swellings |
Philodendron ernestii Engl. (FL25) | Intestinal parasites | Intestinal parasites |
Arecaceae | ||
Bactris gasipaes Kunth (DH05) | Mal aire | Intestinal parasites |
Asteraceae | ||
Bidens pilosa L. (0207, R3, LI25, PL13, ROM1, FL3) | Flu, muscular pain, liver pain, fever, malaria, urinary and uterine infections, trauma, to have an eternal love | Burned skin, to prevent formation of scars, to give birth rapidly, to prevent hair loss, dandruff, contraceptive, to make babies walk fast, skin spots |
Mikania micrantha Kunth (PL18) | Mal aire, protection against the illnesses from the river, throat pain | Headache, arthritis, chacho, sorcery, arcoiris, pokio, alcoholism, acne |
Munnozia hastifolia (Poepp.) H.Rob. & Brettell (R27) | General body pain, stomach ache, gynaecological disorder, kidney pain, leishmaniasis, infected wounds, to clean the baby just after birth, stomach infection, diarrhoea, liver pain, protection for children | Cholera, sorcery, kidney-complaints, gastritis, wounds, malaria, to stop dreaming dead people, stomach ache, mal aire, fever, cholesterol |
Tessaria integrifolia Ruiz & Pav. (0102, PL21) | Liver and kidneys pain, urinary inflammation, prostatic pain, throat pain | Kidney-complaints, ovary inflammation, general not well being, swallen feet, 'pokio', 'chacho' |
Bignoniaceae | ||
Jacaranda copaia D.Don (R93) | Malaria or fever preventive, infected pimples, itching dermatosis, leishmaniasis | Leishmaniasis, wound healing |
Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A.H. Gentry (4022) | Diarrhoea with stomach pain, fever, flu, cold, rheumatic pain, skin ulcers, boils | Mal aire |
Bixaceae | ||
Bixa orellana L. (2810, 2907) | Heart pain, prostate inflammation, anorexia, eye pain | To prevent hair loss, eye infection, prostate, diarrhoea, wounds, stomach infection, cancer, kidney-complaints, to bathe babies |
Chenopodiaceae | ||
Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (PL1, 0206, 0602, 0907) | Abdominal pain with gas, intestinal parasites | Intestinal parasites, colics, fever, diarrhoea, to bathe babies |
Cyclanthaceae | ||
Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. (R87) | Ant's bite (fever) | To prevent hair loss, sorcery, mal aire |
Euphorbiaceae | ||
Euphorbia heterophylla L. (WA01, 2915) | Leishmaniasis | Wound healing, eye infection |
Manihot esculenta Crantz (2914) | Mal aire: muscular pain | To cure bites of dogs with rabies |
Fabaceae | ||
Calliandra angustifolia Spruce ex Benth. (1002, 0604) | Tiredness of old persons, stomach ache, purgative | To strenghten newborn babies, to make babies walk fast, to strenghten elderly people |
Gleicheniaceae | ||
Dicranopteris pectinata (Willd.) Underw. (PE29) | General malaise | To strenghten newborn babies |
Haemodoraceae | ||
Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl. (R55,0606, R41, 4004, 4007) | Hair care, wounds | Bone fractures, joint dislocations, browses and swellings, to strenghten hair, to enhance hair growth, 'mal agua' to bathe babies |
Iridaceae | ||
Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb. (2103, 2909) | Intestinal haemorrhage, vomiting with blood, fever | Contraceptive, haemorrhage |
Malvaceae | ||
Gossypium barbadense L. (0508, 0906) | Ear pain, caterpillar burn, dysentery, abdominal cramps, post partum care | To strenghten newborn babies, acne |
Sida rhombifolia L. (WA02, 2924) | Swellings, gynaecological disorders, pain in the ovary, rheumatic pain, arthritis, heart pain | To prevent hair loss, colics, mal aire, kidney-complaints |
Myrtaceae | ||
Psidium guajava L. (2930) | Diarrhoea with intestinal cramps and fever | Diarrhoea |
Piperaceae | ||
Piper peltatum (L.) Miq. (2911, 0114, 4003) | Boils, venomous fish bite, wounds, infection post partum | To give birth without pain, to release the placenta after giving birth |
Piper aduncum L. (R10,0603, 2806) | Boils, fever, rheumatism, cold | Wound healing, high fever, ulcers, mal aire, vaginal infection, sorcery, menstruation pain, cramps, emesis stomach ache, cough, to disinfect wounds, fungal infections |
Rubiaceae | ||
Hamelia patens Jacq. (2803, 2903) | Threath of miscarriage, fever, malaria, dysentery, burns, herpes, skin infection, disease caused by rainbow spirits | To disinfect wounds, browses and swellings, stomach ache, headache |
Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J. F. Gmel. (R19, PA3, R56, 4015, 4017) | Gynaecological disorder (uterine haemorrhage), internal wounds, rheumatic pain, general fortificant | Osteoarthritis, kidney-complaints, ulcers, liver-complaints, cold, cancer, penis extender,ovary inflammation, prostate, to abort, stomach ache, inflammation |
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC. (PA4) | Gynaecological disorder (uterine haemorrhage), internal wounds, rheumatic pain, general fortificant | Arthritis, kidney-complaints, stomach ache, inflammation, cold, prostate |
Scrophulariaceae | ||
Scoparia dulcis L. (0912) | Burns, herpes, skin infections, pimples (diseases caused by the rainbow spirits); 'susto': miscarriage caused by rainbow spirits, fever, dysenteria | To prevent hair loss |
Solanaceae | ||
Physalis pubescens L. (WA5) | Ovary pain | Stomach ache, diarrhoea, intestinal parasites |
Tiliaceae | ||
Heliocarpus americanus L. (R14) | Stomach ache with strong fever, kidney pain, traumas, bruises, swellings, to facilitate birth | Gastritis, stomach ache, prostate, to give birth rapidly, kidney-complaints, ovary inflammation, inflammation of urinary duct |
Urticaceae | ||
Urera cf. baccifera (R90, R92) | Diarrhoea, stomach ache, rheumatic pain, cough, flu | Mal aire, kidney-complaints, seeing shadows, headache, pain in the muscles after work, general not well being, cramps |
Urera laciniata Wedd. (R32, 2817) | Malaria | Sorcery, kidney-complaints, prostate, cramps, Sorcery, mal aire, osteoarthritis, fever, measles, to improve male libido |
Verbenaceae | ||
Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl (2805) | Snake bites | Snake bites |