An ebbo can also be the offering of a fruit, flowers, candles of different colors, or their favorite food. An ebbo with blood of an animal is used for the solution of big problems, or when the life of the person is in danger. The orishas are the only ones who desidees what types of ebbo they want. This is done through the seashells readings made by the santero. Most of the people that go to see a santero have personal problems like bad luck, love problems, illness of all kinds, money problems, haunting, and witchcraft.
Clients go for a consultation with the santero to find the solution of their problems.
Others go because they say that a spirit is following them because they were sent by a hide enemy that they have. The santero finds these problems and their solutions through the reading of the seashells. No all santeros conduct a reading with seashells, others prefer to use spansh playing cards, a cigar, or just with a simple glass of water. No matter what method of divination is use the eggun or the orisha is the only one to determines the cure to the problems or illness of a person, and the ebbos needed. When the solutions or instructions are given to the santero they are written in notebook called libreta.