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pumpkin (the porongo, Lagenaria siceraria) that is used for this infusion. He/she has also called it to him "tea of the Paraguay". Like it happens to the tea, the coffee or the chocolate, the mat??possesses a stimulating effect due to the caffeine (also called mate??a) that contains. He/she is also added an effect that is compensated by the high consumption of water that he/she is carried out when you "matea", being this way a purifying infusion andwhen possessing anti-rustpreservadora of the organism. As the other mentioned infusions, the mat??has certain acidity, reason for the one that many times are addedin scarce proportionsother grasses (digestive, reguladoras of the hepatic, sedative function, etc.) that are able to neutralize the acidity as well as to compensate the powerful stimulating effect of the caffeine. Traditionally he/she drinks hot by means of a sherbet denominated bulb placed in a small recipient, also denominated mat??or porongo that it contains the infusion.