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List of plants
A - D
Name
Achiote
Bixa orellana L.
ütá
Used parts
Plant bud, fruit
náchaca, o'ri
Medicinal uses
Diarrhea, body aches, chills, repellent
yaün, nguune, aiyaachi, chawnerun
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Name
Ajengibre
Zingiber officinale Roscoe
techiwa
Used Parts
Rhizome
na´chumagü
Medicinal uses
Body ache, diarrhea, nausea, bloody stools
nguune, yaün, oéga, duün
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Name
Asai
Euterpe oleracea
Waira
Used parts
Root
na´chuma
Medicinal uses
Bloody stools, colic, anemia, tuberculosis
yaün, nguune, aiyaachi, chawnerun
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Name
Ayahuasca
Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) C.V. Morton
ayahuasca
Used parts
Bark
na´chamü
Medicinal uses
Fever, headache, stomachache
aüne, nguéru, nguáchineca
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Name
Azafrán/gisador/cúrcuma
Curcuma longa L.
de'pan
Used parts
Leave
naatü
Medicinal uses
Colic
ngu cuma
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Name
Camu camu
Myrciaria floribunda (H. West ex Willd.) O. Berg
Como como
Used Parts
Fruit
o'ri
Medicinal uses
Heart healing
maüne arw me´ee
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Name
Caña agria
Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav
Ngobuya
Used parts
Leave
naatü
Medicinal uses
Kidney healing, respiratory problems
ñuchitama arw me'ee, taukürá ti ngüaküü
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Name
Capinuri
Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F. Macbr.
copumari
Used parts
Resin
nagü
Medicinal uses
Skin wounds, tumors
oóne, tainagü
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Name
Chanango
Coussarea brevicaulis K. Krause
chanango
Used parts
Leave
naatü
Medicinal uses
Fever
aüne
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Name
Chancapiedra
Phyllanthus niruri L.
nuta arw chaichirũ
Used parts
Leave
naatü
Medicinal uses
Fever, Gastritis, kidney healing, liver healing
aüne, gastritis, ñuchitama arw me'ee, naca arw me´ee
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Name
Chuchuhuasa
Maytenus laevis Chuchuhuasa
Used parts
Bark
na´chamü
Medicinal uses
Gastritis, intestinal colic, ulcers, diarrhea, body aches
gastritis, nguanü, ma´neca, yaün, nguune
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Name
Cilantrillo
Pseudelephantopus spiralis (Less.) Cronquist
chicurichikü
Used parts
Leave
Naatü
Medicinal uses
Headache, anemia, wounds, fever, blood pressure
nguune, turaüne, o rí, aüne, poraguichi
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Name
Cilantro
Eryngium foetidum L.
chicuri
Used parts
Leave
Naatü
Medicinal uses
Colic, liver healing, heart healing
Ngu Cuma, naca arw me´ee, maüne arw me´ee
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Name
Clavo huasca
Tynanthus panurensis (Bureau) Sandwith
Clavo huasca
Used parts
Leave, bark. root
Naatü, na´chamü, na´chuma
Medicinal uses
Headache, body aches, chills, fever, blood vessels cleaning, kidney healing
Nguéru, nguune, aiyaachi, aüne, nagwchin ita pi, ñuchitama arw me'ee
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Name
Copal
Protium nitidifolium (Cuatrec.) Daly
cha´re
Used parts
Resin
Nagü
Medicinal uses
Repel mosquitoes
A i bumaee
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