“Tobacco Is the Chief Medicinal Plant in My Work”: Therapeutic Uses of Tobacco in Peruvian Amazonian Medicine Exemplified by the Work of a Maestro Tabaquero

“Tobacco Is the Chief Medicinal Plant in My Work”: Therapeutic Uses of Tobacco in Peruvian Amazonian Medicine Exemplified by the Work of a Maestro Tabaquero

IntroductionHarmful usage of tobacco is a public health problem of global concern and, in many countries, the main risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Yet, in the Peruvian Amazon, the geographical region believed to be tobacco’s historical birthplace, this plant is associated with a strikingl...

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Main Authors: Ilana Berlowitz, Ernesto García Torres, Heinrich Walt, Ursula Wolf, Caroline Maake, Chantal Martin-Soelch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
tobacco
Nicotiana rustica L.
Amazon
medicinal plant
Peru
psychoactive
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2020.594591/full

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