Gardoquia conferta nom. nud. 
(socconche, suyumpay, chinchi) 
An infusion of this highly fragrant plant is frequently used to 
“relieve melancholies”, for pains in the side and for nervous 
breakdowns. It is taken mixed with wine or with water or spirits. 
Nepeta sp. 
(muna; ccoa) 
The natives utilize a salt water decoction to treat dropsical and 
gouty swellings and for liver complaints. it is valued also to 
assuage headaches. The warm infusion is taken as an apperitive 
and diuretic, to cure severe cholera and “melancholy”, to cleanse 
the spleen and reduce oppilations. 
Salvia fragrantissima nom. nud. 
Salvia plumosa R. et P. Fl. peruv. | (1798) 26, t. 37. 
(chenchelcoma; salvia real) 
Indians occasionally eat the leaves as a vermifuge and attribute 
to them pectoral and antiasthmatic properties. They believe that 
they are capable of making sterile women fecund. The plant is 
frequently employed as an apperative, diuretic, vulnerary, deter- 
sive and tonic to build up the appetite. 
NOLANACEAE 
Nolana acutangula nom. nud. 
(chaves) 
This plant is considered an excellent feed for chickens. 
SOLANACEAE 
Cestrum virgatum R. et P. Fl. Peruv. 2 (1799) 27. 
[Cestrum Parqui L’Herit. Stirp. Nov. (1784) 73.] 
(palqui; parqui) 
Chilean natives employ a decoction or infusion in treating 
intertmittent fevers; an infusion of the inner bark is drunk in fast 
periods to cure stomach ills. The berries yield a purplish blue dye. 
Datura sanguinea R. et P. Fl. Peruv. 2 (1799) 15. 
[ Brugmansia sanguinea (R. et P.) D. Donin Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 
2 (1835) 272.] 
(puca—-campanilla; floripondio encarnado) 
The leaves are used as emollients and anodynes either in the 
form of cataplasms or when simply applied single and entire. The 
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