The San Pedro Cactus (Equinopsis pachanoi): Ancestral and Modern Therapeutic Uses in Peru
June 16, 2025 Fanny Charrasse, Alfredo Narváez 1 citation
We describe the curanderos of the Túcume district, a land of farmers and territory of the Pyramids of Túcume, one of the most important archaeological monuments on the north coast of Peru. The use of the San Pedro cactus (Equinopsis species) as an entheogenic agent is guided by a specialist, a curandero or “master healer”, who directs a complex ritual around a healing “altar”. This “altar” is...