internally. Some take half a scruple of the prickles or bristles ina 
cup of chocolate, milk or sugared water as an anthelmintic. 
Psoralea capitata L. f. Suppl. (1781) 339. 
(yerba de San Agustin; yerba de la Trinidad, yerba del Carnera, 
huallicaya) 
The natives often utilize the leaves to cleanse ulcers of pus and 
to aid in regeneration of flesh; later, leaves of the same plant are 
applied in powdered form to hasten healing. 
K RAMERIACEAE 
Krameria triandra R. et P. Fl. Peruv. 4 (1803) 61, t. 93. 
(ratanhia; pumacuchu; mapato) 
The roots have excellent styptic properties that can staunch the 
flow of blood, according to native belief. The dose for a decoction 
is half an ounce of dry root or one drachma of its water extract 
weakened with two or three ounces of ordinary water. This root is 
good for “cleansing and strengthening the teeth.” According to 
Ruiz, the root “surpasses in efficiency all other herbs which are 
employed at the present time to staunch the flow of blood and 
lacks the evil after-effects that other astringents cause. Experi- 
ments with more than one thousand persons who have taken the 
extract under the care of the best physicians bear out the 
statement.” 
Ruiz published more extensively on the styptic uses of this 
plant in his Memoria sobre la Ratanhia in Memoirs of the 
Medical Academy of Madrid, vol. | (1797). 
OXALIDACEAE 
Oxalis Ockas nom. nud. 
[ Oxalis tuberosa Mol. Sagg. Chile 3 (1782) 109.] 
(chullco—chullco; occas) 
The stems and leaves are called chullco (“sorrel”) and are said 
to be used “as a cooling agent in high fevers and typhoid,” in 
treating painful urination, choking, sore throat and jaundice. The 
roots are crushed and applied as a cataplasm to reduce the 
swelling of goitre and mumps. 
TROPAEOLACEAE 
Tropaeolum majus L. Sp. PI. (1753) 345. 
(masteurzo; capuchinas) 
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