Mapuche Medicinal Herbs

Spiritual, scientific and practical elements are contained in the rich Mapuche tradition which has a special vision about health and disease.
The herbs used by the Mapuche medicine has been effective in the healing and relief of many pains. Some herbs have historically been used but some others have been revealed by produce improvement in the people's health.
Here we describe briefly only 5 combinations of 29 from the document "The Mapuche Women. Traditional Knowledge in the Treatment of Common Diseases " compiled by Sonia Montecinos and Ana Conejeros in 1985.

MIXTURE OF HERBS IN THE MAPUCHE MEDICINE

 

HEALTH PROBLEM	TREATMENT FOR HEALTH PROBLEM (mixture of herbs)
MOLLFUN KAICHU Diarrhea with blood	KELLU KULLE: Red Culle (rosea Oxalis) LIÑU: Linseed [ Linum usitatissitum ] KOLEU: Pennyroyal [ Mentha pulegium ] KACHILLA: Wheatgerm [ Triticum vulgare ].
KE KUTRAN Pain Liver	ÑANKU LAWEN: purple everlasting [ Gnaphalium purpureum]. PENU: Peumo [ Crystocaria peumus ]. KOLEU: Pennyroyal [ Mentha pulegium ]. HINOKO: Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). LINDEN TREE: Crust of Linden tree [ Tilia platyphylla ]. IRE-IRE: Black wood [ Leptocarpha rivularis. ]
ALI KUTRAN Fever	THEYGUE: Scraping of Willow [ Salix chilensis ]. DEFECONO: wild Mallow [ Hydrocotyle peoppigii). PELAI - PELAI: Pila-Pila [Modiola caroliniana]
KUTRAN LONKON Headache	KILLOI - KILLOI: Quilloy-Quilloy [Stellaria media ). LAFQUEN KACHU: sanguinaria [ Bloodroot]
CHAFO KUTRAN Cold with Cough	NATRI: Natre [ Solanum gayanum). AKENKO: Absinthe [ Artemisia absinthium ].

 

Source: Bulletin of Natural Health