An ethnopharmacological survey of the traditional medicine utilized in the community of Porvenir, Bajo Paraguá Indian Reservation, Bolivia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 838-857

  Hajdu, Zsanett ^a   Hohmann, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amazonian traditional medicine; Bolivia; Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Fieldwork

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM EXTRACT; ANACARDIC ACID; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ASPIDOSPERMA RIGIDUM EXTRACT; ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA EXTRACT; ATTALEA MARIPA EXTRACT; ATTALEA PHALERATA EXTRACT; ATTALEA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; BIDENS CYNAPIIFOLIA EXTRACT; BIXA ORELLANA EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; COCHLOSPERMUM ORINOCENSE EXTRACT; CRESCENTIA CUJETE EXTRACT; DASYPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE EXTRACT; DIEFFENBACHIA EXTRACT; DUGUETIA MACROPHYLLA EXTRACT; EUTERPE PRECATORIA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HYDROCOTYLE RANUNCULOIDES EXTRACT; INDETERMINATE EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MUSSATIA HYACINTHINA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POROPHYLLUM RUDERALE EXTRACT; SPONDIAS MOMBIN EXTRACT; TABEBUIA AUREA EXTRACT; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; XYLOPIA SERICEA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACANTHOSPERMUM; ALCOHOLISM; ANEMIA; APPENDICITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASPIDOSPERMA RIGIDUM; ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA; ATTALEA PHALERATA; ATTALEA SPECIOSA; BACKACHE; BIDENS CYNAPIIFOLIA; BITES AND STINGS; BIXA ORELLANA; BLEEDING; BOLIVIA; BOTANY; BURN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COCHLOSPERMUM ORINOCENSE; COUGHING; CRESCENTIA CUJETE; DASYPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE; DIARRHEA; DIEFFENBACHIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DUGUETIA MACROPHYLLA; DYSENTERY; ENTEROPATHY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUTERPE PRECATORIA; FEVER; FRACTURE; FURUNCULOSIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEART DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROCOTYLE RANUNCULOIDES; HYPERTENSION; IMPETIGO; INDETERMINATE; INFLUENZA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFESTYLE; LIVER DISEASE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUMPS; MUSSATIA HYACINTHINA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; OVARY DISEASE; PAIN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POROPHYLLUM RUDERALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCABIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SNAKEBITE; SPONDIAS MOMBIN; STOMACH PAIN; SWELLING; TABEBUIA AUREA; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VARIETAS; WEAKNESS; WORM INFECTION; WOUND; XYLOPIA SERICEA;

ADULT; BOLIVIA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84856215760     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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