Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon

Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon

OBJECTIVE: To investigate, by means of household surveys, the use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals in Apillapampa, a large Andean community of Quechua peasants, and in six small communities of Yuracaré-Trinitario "slash-and-burn" cultivators of the National Park Isiboro-Sécure (the...

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Main Authors: Vandebroek Ina, Calewaert Jan-Bart, De jonckheere Stijn, Sanca Sabino, Semo Lucio, Van Damme Patrick, Van Puyvelde Luc, De Kimpe Norbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Plants, Medicinal
Ethnobotany
Pharmaceutical preparations/therapeutic use
Primary health care
Health services accessibility
Geography
Social isolation
Health knowledge, attitudes, practice
Ethnic groups
Bolivia
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000400005

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