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Cruxi<br />
Paullinia sp.<br />
Duck Flower<br />
Contribo<br />
Aristolochia trilobata<br />
Fiddlewood, Walking Lady<br />
Yax Nik<br />
Vitex gaumeri<br />
Give and Take Palm<br />
Escoba<br />
Crysophila argentea<br />
Guaco<br />
Aristolochia odoratissima<br />
Jackass Bitters<br />
Tres Puntas, Mano de Lagarto<br />
Kayabim<br />
Neurolaena lobata<br />
Lemon Grass, Fever Grass<br />
Zacote Limón<br />
Cymbopogon citratus<br />
Linden Flowers, Basswood<br />
Flor de Tilo<br />
Tilia cordata<br />
Mango Tree<br />
Mangifera indica<br />
Man Vine<br />
Behuco de Hombre<br />
Ya Ax Ak<br />
Agonandra sp.<br />
Mexican Wormseed<br />
Epasote<br />
Chenopodium ambrosioides<br />
Naked Indian, Gumbolimbo<br />
Palo de Turista<br />
Chaca<br />
Bursera simaruba<br />
and diseases of childhood.<br />
Soak vine in pure water all day and take one-fourth glass<br />
three times daily for sinus congestion. Plant has some<br />
degree of toxicity. Boil vine and drink for fever, gastritis,<br />
high blood pressure, and to cleanse internal organs and<br />
urinary tract of phlegm.<br />
Dry and powder white inner bark to sprinkle on bay sore<br />
(leishmaniasis).<br />
A thorny trunk palm <strong>with</strong> many local uses. The dried leaves<br />
are woven into brooms. Scrape the inner bark and apply it to<br />
wounds and cuts to stop bleeding. The heart of this palm is<br />
edible.<br />
A woody vine used as a tea for all manner of gastric<br />
complaints.<br />
Boil leaves and drink for malaria, ringworm, intestinal<br />
parasites, amoebas, fungus, delayed menses. Dry and<br />
powder leaves to sprinkle on stubborn wounds and skin<br />
ulcers.<br />
A pleasant-tasting herb used as a beverage and to reduce<br />
fevers in children and adults.<br />
A mild sedative tea.<br />
Boil leaves <strong>with</strong> sugar until syrupy for cough, or boil <strong>with</strong><br />
water as a tea to relieve menstrual cramps, headaches.<br />
Boil and drink vine for gastritis, constipation, indigestion,<br />
nerves, fever, and muscle spasms, and to cleanse internal<br />
organs. Boil and drink root for male impotency.<br />
Take juice of fresh plant for intestinal parasites. Drink tea of<br />
root for hangovers. Add leaves to bean pot to prevent<br />
flatulence.<br />
The bark is a natural antidote for poison-wood condition,<br />
used to reduce fevers or as a bath for skin conditions, burns,<br />
blisters, bites, rashes, measles, and infections. Drink for<br />
kidney infection, stoppage of urine, dropsy.