Tsicta (Petiveria)
Petiveria alliacea
About Tsicta (Petiveria)
Tsicta (Petiveria) (Petiveria alliacea) is a herb used in the Shipibo & Upper Amazonian Shamanism tradition to help with Immune Support, Fever, Rheumatism, and Spiritual Cleansing, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Petiveria is a genus of flowering plants in the pigeonberry family, Petiveriaceae. The sole species it contains, Petiveria alliacea, is native to Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and tropical South America. Introduced populations occur in Benin and Nigeria. It is a deeply rooted herbaceous perennial shrub growing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in height and has small greenish piccate flowers. The roots and leaves...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist