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Common name |
Scientific name | Uses in the past | Present uses in the study area |
Validation | Part of the plant used | Medicinal Use [15, 16, 43, 47, 52, 69–71, 73] | Part of the plant used | Medicinal use |
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Cidra | Citrus medica L. | Fruit | To avoid evil spirits, antidote against poisons (emetic), insect repellent, to freshen up breath, remedy against plague, to invigorate stomach and against vomiting and fainting after labour | | | Antiulcer [90] | Juice | Effective purgative to remove poison from the body | | | Fever [47] | Epicarp | Sedative | | | | For halitosis, for dysentery, to comfort stomach, diuretic, and mild antidote | Epicarp | For the stomach, stomach ache, for diarrhea, against “empacho,” as tonic, and for the fever | Tonic, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, and anticholinesterase [47, 91] | Leaf | For the stomach, tonic, stimulant, and expectorant | | | | Antispasmodic | Leaf | Refreshing (against heath, in humoral medicine) | Fever, anthelmintic [47, 92] | Shoots | After the labour | | | | Appetizer, for stomach ache, and anthelmintic | | | | Flowers | Medicinal | | | | Seeds | Anthelmintic | | | Anticancer activity [47] | Fruit | Antidote against poisons | | | | Appetizer, to invigorate stomach, and antidote against poison | | | Antimicrobial, antimycobacterial and spasmolytic [47, 93, 94] |
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Lima | Citrus × aurantifolia (Christm.) Sw. Citrus × limettioides Tanaka | | | Leaf | Digestive, for stomach ache, for flatulence, and for gastrointestinal diseases | Antibacterial [47] | Juice | To clean liver and stomach, to alleviate stomach inflammations, to alleviate fevers, to improve blood, and to cure wounds, throat, and uvula abscess. | Juice | To chew coca (dietary supplement) | Immunomodulatory effect [47] | Fruit | To low blood pressure | | Leaf | To low blood pressure, sedative, for the heart, and for diabetes | | Flowers | For the heart | | Juice | To low blood pressure, for diabetes, for the liver, sedative, digestive, for influenza, and for colds | | | | | | Juice | Refreshing, for liver, stomach ache, against indigestion, for fever, for blood, for cough, expectorant, for influenza, for pneumonia, bronchitis, colds, angina, purgative, as anti-inflammatory in insect bites, aphthas, for hangover, and for lose weight | Antidiarrhoeic, diuretic, intestinal mucosa protector, local haemostatic, vascular stimulant and protector, vitaminic, antioxidant, sedative, and anxiolytic [47, 95] |
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Limón | Citrus × limon (L.) Osbeck | Seed | Against sickness and vomits | | | | To prevent drunkenness | | | | To eliminate pimples and blackheads | | | | Anthelmintic and to eliminate kidney stones and sand | | | | To relieve thirst and febrifuge | | | | Antidote against poisons | | | | Epicarp | To invigorate stomach, appetitive, digestive, to improve breath, to strengthen heart, antidote, to improve hygiene, and to remove phlegm from the palate | | | Antiseptic, carminative, diuretic, eupeptic, vascular stimulant, protective vitamin, and antimicrobial [47, 96] | Fruit | To cure the plague and digestive | Fruit | | Analgesic, antianemic, antiemetic, antiesclerotic, antipyretic, antiseptic, demulcent, moisturizing, remineraliser, antitoxic, and vulnerary [47] | | | Flower | For influenza, sudorific, for colds, and for sore throat | | | | Leaf | For influenza, for cough, and to low blood pressure | | Juice | To smooth the face and to remove yellow color of jaundice | Juice | Dietary supplement, refreshing, sedative, digestive, and for respiratory diseases | Peel antiperoxidative, antithyroidal, anti- hyperglycemic, cardioprotective, anthelmintic, and antimicrobial [97, 98] |
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Naranja | Citrus × aurantium L. | Flowers | To invigorate stomach, heart, and stomach tonic and fainting after labour | | | | | | Leaf | For flatulence, refreshing (humoral medicine), for hemorrhages, to low blood pressure, for influenza and fever, for cough, sedative, digestive, hepatic, laxative, angina, antiseptic, bone pain, and low back pain | | | | Fruit | Sudorific and for influenza | | | | Epicarp and mesocarp | For influenza, cough, and for colds | | Flowers | To strengthen heart and stomach | | | Antispasmodic, sedative and tranquillizer [47] |
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Naranja agria, apepu | Citrus × aurantium L. | Epicarp | To comfort stomach | Epicarp and mesocarp | Fever, for influenza, digestive, and for hangover | Appetizer, cholagogue, demulcent, eupeptic, reduces cholesterol, tonic, vascular stimulant, it aids in digestion and relieves flatulence, cardiovascular health, anticancer, sedative, anxiolytic, and antiviral [47, 99, 100] | | | Fruit | For influenza and for fever | | | | Leaf | To low blood pressure, for influenza, digestive and for “empacho,” for “pasmo” and column “pasmo,” bone pain, hemorrhoids, and angina | | | | Juice | Refreshing, vitamin supplement, for influenza, for respiratory diseases, cough and bronchospasm, for “pasmo,” and angina | | Juice | For liver, cough, and against scurvy | Juice | Refreshing, digestive, and sedative | Antimicrobial [101] |
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Mandarina | Citrus reticulata Blanco | | | Sprout | For influenza | | | | Leaf | Sedative specially for children, fevers, influenza, for cough, emetic, antiseptic, tooth ache, and waist ache | | | | Leaf | For liver and antidote | Leaf | Against influenza, fever, for cough, and to low high blood pressure | Hypotensive, antistress, against anxiety, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic [102–104] |
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Pomelo | Citrus × aurantium L. | | | Juice | Vitamin supplement, refreshing, for cough, catarrh and asthma, influenza, digestive, and to low blood pressure | | | | Epicarp and mesocarp | For fever | | | | Fruit | Vitamin supplement and for influenza | | Fruit | Laxante | Fruit | Kidneys and sight | Anti-inflammatory [105] |
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Durazno | Prunus persica L. Batsch | Leaf | Laxative, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, and healing | | | Laxative [106] | Flowers | Laxative and to remove freckles | Flowers and seeds | Intestine diseases (diarrhea, flatulence, and intestine inflammation) | Skin diseases [107] | Seeds | Against hemorrhage | | | | | | Shoots | Refreshing and febrifuge | |
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