Ethnobotany of Indigenous Saraguros: Medicinal Plants Used by Community Healers “Hampiyachakkuna” in the San Lucas Parish, Southern Ecuador

Table 6

Ethnopharmacological reports of medicinal species used by a bone healer “Kakuyhampiyachak.”

Number	Scientific name	Herbarium voucher	Medicinal use	Preparation	Used part	Administration
1	Persea americana Mill.; Lauraceae	PPN-lu-001	Coups and hematomas	Scraped	Seed	Oral
2	Alnus acuminata Kunth.; Betulaceae	PPN-be-001	Rupture of bones, sprains and dislocations	Crushed	Buds	Topic
3	Urtica urens L.; Urticaceae	PPN-ur-004	Blows	Crushed	Whole plant	Topic
4	Oreocallis grandiflora (Lam.) R. Br.; Proteaceae	PPN-pr-001	Twists and blows	Crushed	Fruit	Topic
5	Solanum americanum Mill.; Solanaceae	PPN-so-007	Blows internal	Cooked	Leaves	Oral
6	Chenopodium album L.; Chenopodiaceae	PPN-ch-002	Blows, dislocation, sprains	Crushed	Branches or buds	Topic
7	Agave americana L.; Amaryllidaceae	PPN-ar-002	Bone fracture and dislocation	Gets small slats	Stems	Topic
8	Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché, Verh.; Amaryllidaceae	PPN-cu-001	Blows	It uses the buds pounded and mixed with natural sweetener (panela)	Whole plant	Topic
9	Phoradendron parietarioides Trel.; Viscaceae	PPN-vs-002	Bone fractures and dislocated	Crushed	Whole plant	Topic
10	Dendrophthora fastigiata Kuijt.; Viscaceae	PPN-vs-001	Bone fractures and dislocated	Crushed	Whole plant	Topic
11	Carica pubescens Lenné & C. Koch.; Caricaceae	PPN-cc-003	Dislocation	Heat	Leaves	Topic
12	Solanum oblongifolium Dunal, Solan.; Solanaceae	PPN-so-014	Dislocation	Heat	Leaves	Topic