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Medicinal Plants: From Sanitary Fallacy to Medicine of the Future

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) November 2, 2020 Martin Ignacio Díaz Velásquez, European Institute For Multidisciplinary Studies On Human Rights And Science - Knowmad Institut

This contribution is a brief review of the prohibition of psychoactive substances, mainly of medicinal plants at an international level, finding that the westernization of knowledge presents one of the obstacles when applying ancestral knowledge about herbal medicines. In addition, it looks at the intersections between the fourth industrial revolution, the use of psychedelics and mental health....

Sacred Plants and Mental Health in Latin America

May 22, 2019 Oscar Espin, European Institute For Multidisciplinary Studies On Human Rights And Science - Knowmad Institut 1 citation

Abstract Sacred plants have a number of phenomena that revolve around their ritual and medicinal use, as well as being seen as carrying a bond with the sphere of the sacred. México is the country that has the greatest diversity of sacred plants in the Americas because its indigenous groups have a magical-religious relationship with them. In the beginning of the study of sacred plants,...