🔮Shipibo & Upper Amazonian Shamanism
Yahuar Piri Piri (Eleocharisis)
Eleocharis dulcis
About Yahuar Piri Piri (Eleocharisis)
Yahuar Piri Piri (Eleocharisis) (Eleocharis dulcis) is a herb used in the Shipibo & Upper Amazonian Shamanism tradition to help with Ceremonial Use, Fertility, Digestive Issues, and Wound Healing, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia (China, Japan, India, Philippines, etc.), Australia, tropical Africa, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both