The seeds are “not less oily and useful for medicinal purposes 
than the seeds of Amomum thyrsoideum, which is plentiful...” 
PIPERACEAE 
Piper Carpunya R. et. P. Fl. Peruv. | (1798) 37, t. 63. 
(carpunya) 
The aromatic leaves become more fragrant when dried. The 
natives drink one or two cups of an infusion as an aid to digestion. 
They prefer it to real tea. 
Piper dichotomum R. et P. Fl. Peruv. | (1798) 35, t. 60. 
(Cited in the Relacién as Piper dichotoma) 
The leaves of this species can be used as a substitute for P. 
Carpunya, for they are almost equally as fragrant and tasty. 
CHLORANTHACEAE 
Tafalla glauca R. et. P. Syst. (1798) 271. 
[Hedyosmum glaucum (R. et P.) Cordem. in Adansonia 3 (1863) 
303. ] 
(aitacupi) 
These bushes give off tears of resin, very similar in shape, 
colour, and smell to mastic, for which reason the plant is 
frequently called almaciga. The resin is used to alleviate 
headaches, applied to the temples as a plaster. 
Tafalla triflora nom. nud. 
(aitacup1) 
The resin, called almaciga (“mastic”), is collected in some 
regions of Peru and used as a comforting plaster. 
JUGLANDACEAE 
Juglans nigra L. Sp. Pl. (1753) 997. 
(nogal del pais) 
“Take equal parts of the native walnut, soot and colophony and 
boil them together with wool previously soaked in alum solution. 
The resulting dye is resin-colour.” 
M YRICACEAE 
Myrica stornatatoria nom. nud. 
(ssayre; tuppassayre; laurel) 
The entire shrub is useful for dyeing leather black. The 
powdered bark causes repeated sneezing and is extensively used 
to clear the head and to relieve headaches. 
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