Image Description: The sun shines with a brilliant late afternoon glow onto a matico plant that the artist holds in their hands close to their core. Matico, also called Piper aduncum, hierba del soldado/soldier’s herb, spiked pepper, and many other names, has long been used in the Andes for wound healing, to stop bleeding, as an antiseptic, and to aid digestive issues among many other benefits. A nipple peaks out from behind a bushy bundle of green leaves with long curved very thin green peppers, textured and speckled white. A closer look shows a post-op flat chest, belly hair, and a tiny T4T tattoo by their hip.