Animals used for medicinal and magico-religious purposes in western Granada Province, Andalusia (Spain)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1113-1123

  Benítez, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethnobiology; Ethnomedicine; Ethnozoology; Granada; Medicinal animals; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL OIL; ANTIECZEMA AGENT; CANTHARIDIN; LARD; OIL; OLIVE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BUFO CALAMITA; BUTHUS OCCITANUS; CHICKEN; COLUMBA; COMMON COLD; CYST; DEER; DONKEY; ECZEMA; EGG; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEATHER; GOITER; HEMOLYMPH; HEMORRHOID; HERNIA; HONEY; HORN; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; INSECT STING; LACERTA LEPIDA; LARVA; MALPOLON MONSPESSULANUS; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; PIGEON; PODARCIS; POISONOUS SCORPION; PSAMMODROMUS; PUSTULE; RANA PEREZI; REPTILE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHEEP; SNAIL; SNAKE; SNAKESKIN; SPAIN; SPIDER WEB; THEBA PISANA; TOAD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINE; VARICOSIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WOUND;

ANIMALS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAGIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; ORGANOTHERAPY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054933126     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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