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Palo Verde<br />
Eupatorium (Critonia) morifolium<br />
Pheasant Tail<br />
Cola de Faisán<br />
Xiv Yak Tun Ich<br />
Anthurium schlechtendalii<br />
Rosemary<br />
Romero<br />
Rosemarinus officinalis<br />
Rue<br />
Ruda<br />
Sink In<br />
Ruta graveolens<br />
Skunk Root<br />
Zorillo<br />
Payche<br />
Chiococca alba<br />
Sour Orange Tree<br />
Naranja Agria<br />
Citrus aurantium<br />
Soursop<br />
Guanabana<br />
Annona muricata<br />
Spanish Elder, Buttonwood<br />
Cordonsillo<br />
Ixu Bal<br />
Piper amalago<br />
Tzibche<br />
Crotolaria cajanifolia<br />
Vegetable Pear<br />
Chayote<br />
Cho Cho, Wiskil<br />
Sechium edule<br />
Wild Coffee, Suprecayo<br />
Café Sylvestre<br />
Eremuil<br />
Malmea depressa<br />
Boil fresh leaves for use as herbal bath for any ailment. Part<br />
of the Xiv formula.<br />
Boil leaves and use as steam bath for rheumatism, arthritis,<br />
swellings, paralysis, and fluid retention.<br />
Drink tea of leaves to cleanse stomach of mucus. Burn <strong>with</strong><br />
Copal resin as incense to ward off evil spirits and envy.<br />
Squeeze fresh plant into water and drink for hysteria,<br />
menstrual cramps, stomachache, and onset of epilepsy. Take<br />
<strong>with</strong> Zorillo and white stone to ward off spiritual diseases<br />
such as evil, envy, or fright. Fresh plant also used for<br />
delayed menses, labor, and delivery.<br />
Boil and drink root or bark of vine to dispel envy and evil<br />
spirits. Drunk by shamans to increase powers, used to<br />
cleanse internal organs for stomach ulcers, and as a bath for<br />
many skin conditions or sores on mucus membranes.<br />
A wild tree whose fruits are used as substitutes for lemons.<br />
Drink an infusion of the leaves for fever, colds, flu, and<br />
hangover.<br />
Boil leaves in sugar <strong>with</strong> other species to make cough syrup.<br />
The fruit is commonly made into ice cream.<br />
Over twelve varieties found in Belize; all are medicinal.<br />
Mostly used for herbal bathing for a variety of ailments,<br />
especially for skin conditions, headaches, nervousness,<br />
insomnia, and children’s disorders. Root of most varieties is<br />
chewed for toothache.<br />
Used in herbal bath formulas and to brush Primicia<br />
participants to protect them from being harmed by the<br />
Winds of the Spirits.<br />
A backyard vining vegetable bearing pear-shaped fruits <strong>with</strong><br />
a mild flavor reminiscent of zucchini. Drink mixture of<br />
fruits and leaves boiled in water for high blood pressure and<br />
high cholesterol.<br />
Prime ingredient in herbal bath formula. Use alone as bath<br />
for stubborn conditions, especially for backache, muscle<br />
spasms, hysteria, nightmares, and insomnia.
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