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- Pathways as "signatures in landscape": towards an ethnography of mobility among the Mbya-Guaraní (Northeastern Argentina)

 

Table 1 Plant resources employed in the therapy of parasitosis and related diseases
Disease Plant designation Scientific name and family Preparation Part used Origin and obtaining
  Name in Spanish Name in Guaraní or Mbya        
Diarrea (Gerachy)   Ka'a re* Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (Chenopodiaceae) Infusion Aerial part New World (NW): wild, surroundings of the home Capuera Monte
  Marcela Poty ju* Achyrochline satureioides (Lam.) DC (Asteraceae) Infusion Aerial part NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera
    Jate'i ka'a Achyrochline sp. (Asteraceae) Infusion Aerial part NW: wild, capuera
    Guavira* Campomanesia xanthocarpa (Mart.) Berg. (Myrtaceae) Infusion Leaves NW: wild, monte
    Parí-paroba* Piper mikanianum (Kunth,.) Steud (Piperaceae) Infusion Leaves  
  Guayaba Araza Psidium sp. (Myrtaceae)     NW: wild, from monte but cultivated in the surroundings of the home
  Achicoria   Cichorium intybus L. (Asteraceae) Concoction Root Old World (OW): adventitious in Argentina capuera
    Jabrandi* Pilocarpus pennatifolius Lem. (Rutaceae) Infusion The whole plant NW: wild, monte
Stomach ache (Hy'erasy)   Guavira* Campomanesia xanthocarpa (Mart.) Berg. (Myrtaceae) Infusion Leaves NW: wild, monte
  Pitanga Añanga piry Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) Infusion Leaves NW: wild, monte
  Marcela Poty ju Achyrochline satureioides (Lam.) DC (Asteraceae) Infusion Aerial part NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera
  Doradilla Amambai Aneimia sp. (Schizaeaceae) Infusion The whole plant NW: wild, del monte
Parasites (Tacho)   Ka'a re* Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (Chenopodiaceae) Infusion Aerial part NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera Monte
  Raíz de perejil   Petroselinum crispum (Apiaceae) Not registered root OW: cultivated chacra
  Horqueta Sapyragy Tabernaemontana catharinensis (Apocynaceae) Concoction Stem bark NW: wild monte
  Cangorosa Yvyra rapo ju* Maytenus ilicifolia Reiss. (Celastraceae)      
    Guaporovity Plinia rivularis (Myrtaceae) With cold water Stem bark NW: silveste, Del monte
    Yvyra-ro Pterogyne nitens Tulasne (Fabaceae)   Stem bark NW: wild, l monte
  Verbena Guachu ka'a Verbena intermedia Gill. Et Hook. (Verbenaceae) Infusion Aerial part NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera
  Pitanga Añanga piry Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) Infusion Leaves NW: wild, monte
    Jabrandi* Pilocarpus pennatifolius Lem. (Rutaceae) Infusion The whole plant NW: wild, l monte
    Typycha hu Sida rhombifolia L. (Malvaceae) Infusion Root NW: wild, surroundings of the home Capuera
    Pipi guasu Sapyragy Petiveria alliaceae L. (Phytolaccaceae) Concoction Root NW: wild,monte
    Ka'api kachi* Kyllinga sp. (Cyperaceae) Concoction Aerial part  
    Tembetari Zanthoxylum hyemale (Rutaceae)   Leaves NW: wild, monte
  Rabos Yvyra kachi Lonchocarpus sp. (Fabaceae) Concoction Stem bark NW: wild,monte
  Siete capotes Ñandú apycha Not collected Concoction Leaves NW: wild,monte
Rotating stomach (Kambi ryru jere) cáscara de mandarina   Citrus reticulata (Rutaceae) Burnt and then prepared in infusion Fruit rind VM: cultivated Chacra. colonia
  manzanilla   Matricaria recutita (Asteraceae) Concoction (in combination with other plants, as seen below) "Center of the flower" (only the tubulous flowers of the inflorescence) OW: cultivated in the surroundings of the home Capuera
Strong abdominal pain. Eucaliptus   Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) Infusion (In the water for mate). Leaves Australia: cultivated Colonia
Stomach sickness   Jaguane ka'a Coronopus didymus (Brassicaceae) Concoction Leaves NW: wild capuera
Diarrhea caused by tacho   Jaguarete ka'a Baccharis sp. (Asteraceae) Concoction (in combination with other plants, as seen below) Not registered NW: wild capuera
Diarrhea with blood   Ñandyta Not collected Concoction Stem bark Wild, Monte
Diagnoses tabaco Pety Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) Burnt and smoke used for diagnoses and first steps of the therapy Leaves NW: cultivated chacra

* resources mentioned both in ethnobotanical interview as well as in the following of illness cases

 

 

Table 2 Resources mentioned in illness cases studied
Episode/case Involved People Processing Space of obtaining/resources
Number. Ill person Relative Expert Others In the UD. Out of the UD. colonia monte capuera
1   X     X       ka'are
    X     X       Marcela
    X X   X       Marcela
    X X   X       Raiz de perejil (near an UD from the other community)
2   X X   X       Marcela, jaguarete ka'a, ka'api kachy manzanilla
3     X X   X     Manzanilla, cáscara de mandarina
4   X     X       Marcela
5   X X     X     ka'are, manzanilla
    X     X       ka'are
    X     X       yvyra rapo ju (cangorosa)
6   X     X     Jabrandi  
7   X X   X   Eucalipto    
    X X   X       Jaguane ka'a
8   X     X     Ñandyta  
9   X X   X   Mandarina    
10   X     X     Guaporovity  
11     X     X     Tabaco
    X X   X       busca ka'are
12 X       X     Sapiragy  
13     X     X     Tabaco
      X     X     ka'are
14     X   X       Tabaco
      X   X       ¤
15   X     X       Marcela
    X     X     Guaporovity  

¤ For this case the expert gives guavira, pari paroba, manzanilla and ka'api cachi. As those resources are not easy to obtain, people make the decision of attending hospital.


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