Medicinal Plants: From Sanitary Fallacy to Medicine of the Future
Martin Ignacio Díaz Velásquez, European Institute For Multidisciplinary Studies On Human Rights And Science - Knowmad Institut
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) November 2, 2020 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7117198 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Fallacy Traditional medicine Epistemology |
| Key findings | Argues that the westernization of knowledge is a major obstacle to applying ancestral knowledge of herbal medicines, and that international prohibitions on psychoactive substances intersect with the fourth industrial revolution, psychedelics, and mental health, raising human rights concerns. |
Abstract
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. Keywords: Psychedelics, Mental Health, Human Rights