AVENA: OAT
It is a seed. Oats tea drink is an excellent medicine to cure stomach ache. It has a diarrhoea affect. This tea can be drunkeveryday.
Dose: one cool water cup a day.

EUCALIPTUS:
It is a tree. Eucaliptus leaves can be prepared as a tea drink, to cure respiratory infections . Eucaliptus leaves poultice is used to heal reumathic aches.It is very useful to inhale the vapour water of this coction.
Dose: one cup a day.

COLA DE CABALLO: HORSE TAIL
It is a herb. It is prepared as a diuretic tea. It is used for kidney infection and bladder infection. It is also used to clean wounds.
Dose: two or three cups of  light tea a day.

TORONJIL:
It is a plant. It is prepared as a tea. It is used to cure gastric infections nervous, eructations intestinal cramps, headaches, migraines, colds, cough.
Dose: four or five cups a day.

MANZANILLA:
It is a herb. This herb is used to cure dyspepsias , stomach aches and menstruation aches. The flower of this herb is used  a tea drink.
Dose: four or five cups a day.

CEDRON:
It is tree. Its leaves are used to prepare a tea. this tea is drunk to cure stomach aches specially  those caused by nervous problems.
Dose: four or five cups a day

HINOJO:
It is a sweet-smelling plant to cure stomach gasses, abdominal colics and it increase the milk quantity in nursing. It is used as a cool tea.
Dose: four or five cups a day.

LLANTEN:
It is a herb. Its leaves are prepared as an effective tea to cure  common sicknesses as stomach aches, throat infections, diarrhoea, phlegms. Gargles  with this tea  may be done to cure  mouth infections. The cooked leaves and the liquid of this coction are used to disinfect  and to cicatrize wounds.

OREGANO:
It is a herb. It is an emollient and fortifying tonic. It used as a tea to cure  colds specially those in which  the throat , chest and bronchi are involved. It is an antiflatus. It stimulate the apetit. It fortify the heart and nerves. It is a good medicine to cure reumathism, anaemia, and uterus troubles. It is used successfully in the liver aches  treatment.
Dose: four or five of cool tea cups a day.

LAUREL:
It is a tree. Its leaves are used as a tea drink  to cure amenorrea, dyspepsias, reumathism  and ulcers.
Dose: three cups a day.

MATICO:
It is a tree. This tea is used by coction in the treatment of haemorrhage. This coction is also used to clean wounds and in the genitals cleaning.
Dose: three cups a day.

TRIACA:
It a tree. It  grows in humid areas. Its green leaves are used to prepare  infusions  for the diabetes treatment.
Dose: two or three cups a day.

BOLDO:
It is an originary chilean tree. It leaves are used to prepare a tea. It is used in stomach aches  and in hepatitis treatment.
Dose: three or four cups a day.

HELECHO MACHO: FERN
Its roots are used by coction to clean wounds or ulcers.

TOMILLO:
It is a smelling  herb. Its stem and leaves are used to prepare  a tea to cure digestive problems such as colics and flatulences.
Dose: two or three cups a day.

BORRAJA:
It is a plant. Its leaves and flowers are used to  prepare teas to cure digestive affections.
Dose: two or three cups a day.

CULEN:
It is a wild plant . Its leaves  are used by coction  to cure spasms, heart problems and digestive problems.
Dose: everyday according to the Machi's prescription.

POLEO:
It is a sweet-smelling herb. The whole herb is used to prepare  a tea drink  to cure digestive affections and nervous problems.

RUDA:
It is a smelling plant. It leaves and flowers  are used as a tea . It is used in digestive troubles, blood problems and nervous problems.
It is not recommended for a pregnant woman.
Dose: one or three cups a day.

TUSILAGO O UÑA DE CABRA: GOAT  NAIL
It is a wild plant. It grows in humid areas. It tender leaves and flowers  are used as a tea. It is used to cure colds and repiratory affections.
Dose:  two or three cups a day.

PINO:
It is a tree. Its leaves and shoot are used to prepare a light tea drink. It is used to cure kidney aches, bladder ache and throat aches. Its bark, shoots and leaves are used  to prepare hot bath to cure reumathism.
Dose: two or three tea cups a day .
          three hot baths a week.

(*)  This Information was gotten from "La Machi", Mrs. Carmen Carilao Quiñimil.
In: Ercilla, Province of  Malleco, Ninth Region, Chile. August 1999.