"Plantas con madre": Plants that teach and guide in the shamanic initiation process in the East-Central Peruvian Amazon

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 739-752

  Jauregui, X ^a   Clavo, Z M ^b   Jovel, E M ^c   Pardo De Santayana, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Ethnobotany; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plants; Peru; Psychotropic plants; Shamanic diet; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANNONACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIA CAULIFLORA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; BANISTERIOPSIS CAAPI; BIGNONACEAE; BIXACEAE; BRUNFELSIA GRANDIFLORA; BURSERACEAE; CELASTRACEAE; CLEANING; CYPERACEAE; DIET; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA; FICUS INSIPIDA; FICUS SCHULTESII; GOOSEFOOT; HEALING; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; IRIDACEAE; KNOWLEDGE; LECYTHIDACEAE; LEGUME; LOGANIACEAE; MALPIGHIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; MORACEAE; NICOTIANA RUSTICA; NONHUMAN; OLACACEAE; PERU; PHYTOLACCACEAE; PSYCHOTRIA VIRIDIS; RUBIACEAE; SHAMANIC DIET; TEACHING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SHAMANISM;

EID: 79954421441     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.042     Document Type: Article

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