Table 9 Medicinal plants known by the children of the 5th and 6th grade of the elementary school
From: Asháninka medicinal plants: a case study from the native community of Bajo Quimiriki, Junín, Peru
Vernacular name | Scientific name | Family | Use | Preparation* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pusanga | ‒ | ‒ | To attract the other sex | ‒ | |
✦ | Chupa sangre | Hamelia patens | Rubiaceae | Wounds, colics | ‒ |
Cuatro esquinas | ‒ | ‒ | Browses | ‒ | |
❧✦ | Verbena | Verbena sp. | Verbenaceae | Malaria | ‒ |
❧✦ | Matico | Piper aduncum, Piper sp. | Piperaceae | Wounds, fever | Bw |
✦ | Amargón | Hebeclinum macrophyllum | Asteraceae | Colics, diarrhoea | Bw, Bd |
✦ | Suelda suelda | Cissus gongylodes, Commelina sp. | Vitaceae | Bone pain | Em |
✦ | Paico | Chenopodium ambrosoides | Chenopodiaceae | Belly/Stomach ache, colics, diarrhoea | ‒ |
Oja de Murcielago | Munnozia hastifolia | Asteraceae | Ovary inflammation, belly ache | Bd | |
✦ | Llantén | Plantago major | Plantaginaceae | Ovary inflammation, belly ache | ‒ |
❧✦ | Sangre de grado | Croton lechleri | Euphorbiaceae | Wounds | Lx |
Sachahuasca | ‒ | ‒ | Kidney-complaints | Bd | |
Uña de gato | Uncaria guianensis Uncaria tomentosa | Rubiaceae | Wounds, kidney-complaints | Bd | |
❧✦ | Pan de arbol | Artocarpus altilis | Moraceae | Hernia | Lx |
Huampo Blanco | Heliocarpus americanus | Tiliaceae | To purify the body | Bd | |
❧✦ | Platano | Musa paradisiaca | Musaceae | Wounds, haemorrhage | Sa |
❧✦ | Pepa de palta | Persea americana | Lauraceae | Diarrhoea | Cbd |
'Okilia' | ‒ | ‒ | Eye infection | Cs | |
❧✦ | Achiote | Bixa orellana | Bixaceae | 'Susto', eye infection | ‒ |
✦ | 'Porokishi' | Vernonia sp. | Asteraceae | Wounds | ‒ |
❧✦ | Tabaco | Nicotiana sp. | Solanaceae | 'Susto', sorcery, used by curanderos | ‒ |
❧✦ | Piñon | Jatropha curcas | Euphorbiaceae | Parasites | ‒ |
❧✦ | Guajaba | Psidium guajava | Myrtaceae | Diarrhoea, stomach ache | Bd |
✦ | Chanca piedra | Phyllanthus niruri Phyllanthus orbiculatus | Euphorbiaceae | Wounds, malaria | ‒ |
✦ | Lengua de perro | Chaptalia nutans, Asplenium serratum | Asteraceae | Stomach ache, ovary inflammation | ‒ |
✦ | Cola de caballo | Xiphidium caeruleum | Haemodoraceae | 'Mal aire', sorcery, to enhance hair growth | St, Bw |
✦ | Pajaro bobo | Tessaria integrifolia | Asteraceae | Head ache | ‒ |
❧: cultivated in homegardens | |||||
✦: grows wild in homegardens | |||||
*Bw: boil and wash with the decoction; Bd: boil and drink the decoction; Em: emplast; Lx: apply the fresh latex on the wound; Sa: apply sap on the wound; Cbd: crush the seed, boil and drink; Cs:crush and squeeze into the eye; St: steam bath | |||||