When applied to the temples, the resin is said to alleviate 
headaches. 
CELASTRACEAE 
Celastrus dependens nom. nud. 
(maytén; magthun) 
This showy bush is considered a remedy for the affection 
produced by lithre (a species of Schinus) which grows in the same 
region as maytén. “The Divine Wisdom surely put lithre and 
mayten together so that the ravages of the one could be cured by 
the antidotal action of the other.” A poultice of the crushed 
leaves is applied to the purulent sores caused by the shade, smoke 
or effluvium of lithre and, at the same time, a purgative infusion 
of mayten leaves is imbibed. 
ICACINACEAE 
Villaresia mucronata R. et P. Fl. Peruv. 3 (1802) 9, t. 231. 
[Villaresia emarginata R. et P. Syst. (1798) 64.] 
(huillipatagus) 
The bark and fresh leaves have strong emetic properties and 
are taken in infusion to induce vomiting; in larger doses, the 
infusion acts as a purgative. 
SAPINDACEAE 
Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. Enum. (1790) 19. 
(chamisa; chamana) 
Crushed and applied as cataplasms on contusions, this plant 
has very fast and excellent healing properties, according to native 
informants. 
RHAMNACEAE 
Rhamnus canescens nom. nud. 
R. dependens nom. nud. 
(tréebol; travul) 
The bark is utilized in washing and cleansing the head. It 1s also 
substituted for calaguala as a resolutive and dissolutive agent in 
the treatment of blows. 
Rhamnus verticillatus nom. nud. 
(chacay) 
In Chile, an infusion of the bark is valued in treating internal 
tumours and abscesses. 
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