Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) C.V.Morton

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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ECUADOR
Prov. Morona Santiago - Medicinal Plants of the Shuar
Malpighiaceae Spachea tricarpus (\ckr.
No. 147	) AA
Basin of Rio Morona, Rio Mangosiza. Nayumbime,
45 km SE of Sucua (by air) ca. 2°43'S, 77°38fW.
Undulating terrain, reddish clay soils. Elev. ca.
300 m.
Shrub planted in house garden of Don Luis Najamte,
height 80cm, sterile.
N.V.: tampuk (Shuar)
Principal interest: for treating tikiatin, in
which a ball forms in the belly, followed by strong
umbilical pain. Place 3-4 branches of tampuk in 2
liters of water, boiled down 1 liter; drink one cup
every 2-3 hrs. along with 4-5 cc. of juice of tikiatin
ajej; also apply hot compress of ashes in a banana
to abdomen at same time (possible GI cancer agent).
C. F. LIMBACH, M.D. ^C-L	+ »<»?.,
Funded by the Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc.
1 March, 1990
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