The Indians consider this shrub to be an excellent diuretic for 
ailments of the urinary tract. 
Rumex Patentia L. Sp. Pl. (1753) 333. 
(hualtata) 
The purplish leaves are used in Chile as a supperative agent, 
whereas the green leaves are employed as a resolutive. Both kinds 
of leaves, applied to the back, “reduce the heat of the blood.” 
CHENOPODIACEAE 
Chenopodium amarum nom. nud. 
C. dulce nom. nud. 
(payco) 
A warm infusion is considered in Chile to be an excellent 
digestive and is used in place of tea. 
AMARANTHACEAE 
Achyranthes obovata Pav. ex Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2. 
(1849) 359. 
[Alternanthera Achyrantha R. Br. Prodr. | (1810) 417.] 
Achyranthes rigida nom. nud. 
(yerba del moro hembra and yerba del moro macho, respectively) 
Both specimens are employed in decoction to lessen bleeding. 
Crushed with salt, they are applied to lessen bloody hemorrhages 
and heal ulcers; the poultice is changed every 24 hours. The 
natives heal bruises and cuts of the feet caused by the calyces of 
these species that enter as splinters when shoes are not worn. 
Celosia conferta nom. nud. 
(yerba de la sangre) 
The juice and a decoction of its tuberous root are considered to 
be hemostatic — whence the vernacular name. 
PORTULACCACEAE 
Talinum monandrum R. et P. Syst. (1798) 118. 
Talinum nitidum R. et P. Syst. (1798) 117. 
Talinum umbellatum R. et P. Syst. (1798) 117. 
(yerba de la mistela) 
The flowers impart a crimson colour to mistela (a liquid made 
of urine, sugar and cinnamon). The country women tint their 
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