They are two of the common names of a plant of traditional medicinal uses. There are other similar herbs, known as mints, caángay or chuva. Its scientific name is Ageratum conyzoides, and it belongs to the Asteraceae family. Similar plants known as mints or caángay, also of medicinal uses, are called mastranzo, betonica, candalus, mint brava, horse mint, donkey mint, pennyroyal. Its scientific name is Mentha suaveolens and it belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
chuva or caángay-it is a species of herbaceous plant, annual, of the Asteraceae family, about 70 cm high, very toxic, considered a weed, native to South America; it has opposite leaves, small pink or white flowers of nauseating smell, becoming a weed of the tropical areas of the world-It is used medicinally as an antibacterial or antiarthritic, also, for its essential oils, it is used in cosmetics; is toxic to mammals-
