It is the common name of a herb in Colombia, which also said pain-killer, rosadita, moradita, verbenilla, hierbabuenilla, leg of ox, cow leg, leg of venison. Its scientific name is Cuphea micrantha and belongs to the family Lythraceae. It has many medicinal uses among the people of the countryside, especially is very useful to treat wounds and sores that seem incurable. In Europe there is another plant with the same common name but it is Hypericum androsaemum of Hypericaceae family and also exists in Europe, Asia and America that have scientific name Arctium lappa of the family of the Asteraceae family. This is known as well as pain-killer or cure-all with agarrucha names. burdock, carrapeto, lamparaza, peyicon, and others. All the three have qualities according to popular and traditional medicine to heal many diseases of animals and humans. .
