A case of zootherapy with the tarantula Brachypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875 in traditional medicine of the Chol Mayan ethnic group in Mexico

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Machkour M'Rabet, Salima ^a   Hénaut, Yann ^a   Winterton, Peter ^b   Rojo, Roberto ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BRACHYPELMA VAGANS; TARANTULA;

SPIDER VENOM;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEVERAGE; COUGHING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICO; SPIDER; SYMBOLISM; THORAX PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BEVERAGES; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICO; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

EID: 79953096123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-12     Document Type: Article

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