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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med

ISSN 1741-427x; 1741-4288;

4 papers in the library · 79 citations · publishing 2013-2022

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The globalization of traditional medicine in northern peru: from shamanism to molecules.

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med December 28, 2013 Rainer W. Bussmann 79 citations

Northern Peru represents the center of the Andean "health axis," with roots going back to traditional practices of Cupisnique culture (1000 BC). For more than a decade of research, semistructured interviews were conducted with healers, collectors, and sellers of medicinal plants. In addition, bioassays were carried out to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of plants found. Most of the 510...