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. 2017 Jul 4;2017:9343724. doi: 10.1155/2017/9343724

Table 6.

Ethnopharmacological reports of medicinal species used by a bone healer “Kakuyhampiyachak.”

Number Scientific name Herbarium voucher Medicinal use Preparation Used part Administration
1 Persea americana Mill.
Lauraceae
PPN-lu-001 Coups and hematomas Scraped Seed Oral
2 Alnus acuminata Kunth.  
Betulaceae
PPN-be-001 Rupture of bones, sprains and dislocations Crushed Buds Topic
3 Urtica urens L.  
Urticaceae
PPN-ur-004 Blows Crushed Whole plant Topic
4 Oreocallis grandiflora (Lam.) R. Br.  
Proteaceae
PPN-pr-001 Twists and blows Crushed Fruit Topic
5 Solanum americanum Mill.  
Solanaceae
PPN-so-007 Blows internal Cooked Leaves Oral
6 Chenopodium album L.  
Chenopodiaceae
PPN-ch-002 Blows, dislocation, sprains Crushed Branches or buds Topic
7 Agave americana L.  
Amaryllidaceae
PPN-ar-002 Bone fracture and dislocation Gets small slats Stems Topic
8 Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, Verh.  
Amaryllidaceae
PPN-cu-001 Blows It uses the buds pounded and mixed with natural sweetener (panela) Whole plant Topic
9 Phoradendron parietarioides Trel.  
Viscaceae
PPN-vs-002 Bone fractures and dislocated Crushed Whole plant Topic
10 Dendrophthora fastigiata Kuijt.  
Viscaceae
PPN-vs-001 Bone fractures and dislocated Crushed Whole plant Topic
11 Carica pubescens Lenné & C. Koch.  
Caricaceae
PPN-cc-003 Dislocation Heat Leaves Topic
12 Solanum oblongifolium Dunal, Solan.  
Solanaceae
PPN-so-014 Dislocation Heat Leaves Topic