CUTI CUTI
Botanical name:
Myriopteris myriophylla (Desv.) J. Sm. (formerly Cheilanthes myriophylla). Not a synonym of Geranium sessiliflorum.
Alternative names:
Cuti cuti, cuti
Main indications:
Andean fern tea
folk metabolic talk
THIS PLANT IS PART OF THE ELIXIR DE QUETZAL HERBAL FORMULA.
Short characteristics:
This page is a lip fern, not a geranium. Markets also bag Argyrochosma nivea and Cheilanthes bonariensis as cuti cuti. Geranium sessiliflorum is a different plant; trade sometimes blurs the Andean names. Keep them apart. No human trial makes the fern a diabetes or pancreas medicine.
Bussmann 2013 is the opened source. A second fern-chemistry paper was not opened (fetch 406), so it is not cited. This site sells nothing.
The usual way of use:
Decoction of fronds if you know the plant.
Powdered “cuti cuti” is a name, not a species. This site sells nothing.
WARNING: Wrong species is the usual problem. Not a diabetes, pancreatitis, or pancreatic-cancer medicine.
Composition
Fern flavonoids have been reported in related Cheilanthes. A second chemistry paper was not opened, so this page will not fake a PMC list.
Traditional use
Andean fern teas, often mixed into stall “diabetes” bundles.
Precautions
Wrong species, no dose, no human safety file.
Opened studies
Bussmann et al. (2013). Lima medicinal-plant markets. Opened. Same paper as hercampuri / pasuchaca. PMID 23721210 · PMC3738155.