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The Identities of pipiltzintzintli
then with this herb they can divine the illness. The curandero who brings
the leaves first asks the sick person if they are addicted to alcohol, for a
person who doesn’t drink is prescribed fifty leaves, but one who does is
prescribed one hundred. The ill one drinks the water in which the leaves
have been squeezed; at midnight the curandero goes with them and
another person to a place where there is no noise, as for example, a
house where the sick person drinks the potion. They wait a quarter of an
hour for the effects of the drug, and the sick person begins to describe
the type of illness they are suffering from. The sick one finds themselves
in a semi-delirious state, they speak as if in a trance and the others listen
attentively to what they say, they throw off their clothing as if with the
herb they could free themselves of the animals. At daybreak the
curandero bathes the sick person with the same water that they took, and
with this they are cured.
It is said that this bath ends the intoxicated state of the sick person
who has taken the herb.
When one is trying to uncover a robbery or loss, the curandero listens
to what the person who has taken the plant says and in this manner the
deeds are discovered.
There is a man called Felipe Miranda in Jalapa de Díaz who goes to
the mountain every three to six months to collect the herb; he performs
excellent cures and he is doing quite well, economically; they say he
grows the plant, but he won’t reveal what type of herb it is.
Later Weitlaner continued:
It seems odd that the use of the mushroom called Teonanacatl was
categorically denied, when we know that in the Mazatecan capital of
Huautla de Jiménez its esoteric use is very well known. As has been
said, here it gives way to the plant known as Yerba de María.
Perhaps it may be of interest to point out the fact that a plant called
Yerba de la Virgen is used in almost the identical manner in the Otomí
town of Santa Ana Hueytalpan, in the region of Tulancingo, Hidalgo,
according to Dr. J. Soustelle, who learned of it and wrote us. However,
he didn’t mention an auto-diagnosis as takes place in our Mazatecan
town.
Yerba mora is Black Nightshade or Solanum nigrum; illness can be physical,
psychological or magical. There is a more detailed description of crushing the
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