One of them, the Jesuit Juan Maria de Salvatierra, wrote about damiana in his chronicles that were published in 1699. But not until the end of the 19th century was the plant introduced to European knowledge.
其中一位叫做沙威提拉的耶穌會士還將之紀錄在他的日誌中，日誌雖在十七世紀末的一六九九年便已印製，歐洲人真正得知大迷亞納卻還得等到十九世紀末。