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Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species
    #6370823 - 12/14/06 03:35 PM (17 years, 3 months ago)

Ethnobotanical study of Northern Peru reveals abundant system of plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species
by Jessica Fraser
December 14, 2006 - newstarget.com

A pair of researchers from the University of Hawaii and the San Diego Museum of Man recently examined the traditional plant-based system of medicine -- "ethnobotany" -- in Northern Peru to gather information on ancient herbal remedies and healing rituals, in a study published in the online November edition of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.

The researchers -- Rainer Bussmann and Douglas Sharon -- traveled to Northern Peru to interview local healers known as curanderos and observe native healing practices. Bussmann and Sharon, who are both fluent in Spanish, also collected ethnobotanical information from plant sellers by purchasing native plants in local markets, and by accompanying curanderos on harvesting trips and to healing ceremonies.

Bussmann and Sharon collected Northern Peruvian plants from the wild and also purchased them from the markets, then took the specimens to curanderos to discuss medicinal properties and the plants' role in healing rituals.

The researchers were able to determine many of the plants' properties, including the season in which they are best grown, the region in which they are harvested and various ailments the plants have proven effective at treating.

Bussmann and Sharon were able to collect 510 plant species used by Northern Peruvian healers, as well as identify their traditional uses, vernacular names and various applications. The researchers found that the majority of treatments -- 207 -- were used for ritual or "magical" ailments, such as susto and espanto, a condition caused by fright brought on by a life event or the patient's environment.

Most of the researchers' plant discoveries were used to treat ritual or magical ailments, or were parts of hallucinogenic healing ceremonies. Common illnesses in Northern Peruvian regions include mal aire (bad air), mal viento (bad wind), mal ojo (evil eye) and envidia (envy). Such conditions are characterized by shock, poisoned food and changes in body temperature. Bussmann and Sharon characterized such illnesses in Western medical terms as "psychosomatic disorders," which are physical symptoms brought about from mental or emotional factors.

Ninety-five plants were used to treat respiratory disorders, which included common ailments such as cold, flu, bronchitis and asthma. According to Bussmann and Sharon, many such conditions could be brought on by damp living conditions that foster mold and insufficient air circulation.

The researchers found that 85 medicinal plants treated urinary tract problems, such as kidney stones and infections of the bladder or kidneys. For example, the plant Chanca Piedra, which translates to "Stonebreaker," is used to treat kidney stones, and has gained popularity in the international market.

Sixty-six of the plants battled infections of female organs, the researchers found. Uteran, ovarian, vaginal and post-partum infections were treated with 100 different applications of the plant species, while 39 additional uses helped women with childbirth, menstrual cramps and cycle regulation. A select few plants were involved in medicinal procedures for abortion, birth control and female fertility.

On the flip side, 52 plant species were used to treat "male" problems, including prostate inflammation, impotence, urination problems, fertility and hair loss. Twelve species served the dual purposes of impotence remedy and aphrodisiac.

Bussmann and Sharon said they believed that because only 61 plants were used to aid liver disorders, the curanderos were mainly employed to treat magical and ritualistic problems, such as mal aire.

"Disorders of internal organs fall far behind the most commonly treated medical conditions," they wrote. "This is another indication that curanderos in Northern Peru are to a large extent specializing in the treatment of psychosomatic disorders, and that 'bodily' illness are treated more as a sideline."

However, the researchers turned up 59 plant treatments for inflammation, such as that caused by tonsil and throat and infections. An additional 51 were used to treat stomach problems, while 45 aided in rheumatism treatment.

But perhaps the most interesting plant species utilized by the curanderos were those employed in cancer treatment. "The use of plant species in this field could provide particularly interesting leads in medicinal development," Bussmann and Sharon wrote.

Eighty-three percent of the plants the researchers collected were native Peruvian plants, and two-thirds were harvested and utilized fresh. Many of the plants were collected wild, and the most common applications included ingesting the herb or decoction, or applying the plants as poultices.

The Northern Peruvian curanderos typically used the leaves or the whole plant to create treatments. Medicinal flowers from the plants were used in roughly 10 percent of treatments, while seeds were used in 7 percent of remedies. The fruit, bark, peel or wood of healing plants were used in only a fraction of medicines.

According to Bussmann and Sharon's study conclusions, traditional Northern Peruvian curanderos have helped the region's centuries-old system of plant-based medicine survive, in spite of hundreds of years of suppression by Western medicine.

"Current research indicates that the composition of the local pharmacopoeia has changed since colonial times," the researchers wrote. "However, the overall number of medicinal plants employed seems to have increased. This indicates that the Northern Peruvian health tradition is still going strong, and that the healers and public are constantly experimenting with new remedies."

Though the ethnobotanical medical system of Northern Peru has survived thus far, Bussmann and Sharon warn that urban growth, climatic change, global interest in harvesting medicinal plants, and large-scale mining are serious threats to its future survival.

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: veggie]
    #6370831 - 12/14/06 03:37 PM (17 years, 3 months ago)

wow thanks for that! definately belongs here rather than news forum

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: CptnGarden]
    #7741035 - 12/10/07 02:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

i second that!

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: biospun]
    #7741046 - 12/10/07 02:48 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: veggie]
    #7743544 - 12/11/07 12:44 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

awesome!  how long til the western world patents, bottles and sells them their own medicine? :tongue:

it's amazing how us "western" people think so completely opposite about illness than other cultures such as them.  for us everything is physical (usually) but so many cultures treat the mental side as if it were physical...maybe it is?  we often seem to pass it off as placebo.  fascinating stuff, thanks for posting :smile:


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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: kadakuda]
    #7746419 - 12/11/07 06:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

i think "western medicine", or "conventional medicine," as it has become known as, is in place for most conditions to souly treat symptoms and not the underlying problems. of course, sometimes procedures go closer to the core, such as chemotherapy and so forth. however, most disorders are treated with a pill. these pills bring with them side effects. the side effect is treated with another pill, and the cycle continues. i was sickened when a medication my grandmother was given produced the side effect of and upset stomach, to not be gross. then she was given a medication for constipataion. all of these prescribed by the same lazy, money hungry, didn't-give-a-shit doctor. thus, her system was overloaded, all funtions finally ceased, and that was that.
we often develop physical ailments from our thoughts. stress leads to high blood pressure, anxiety leads to panic attacks, and so on. our culture has become comfortable with having its symptoms treated. many even take comfort in sickness-which is a mental sickness of wanting attention, excuses for shortcomings, etc. if problems were treated from the source, treatment would be more effective. i'm guilty myself, but i hope all of us on this message board are striving to be above that.

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: biospun]
    #7808076 - 12/28/07 05:31 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

i can't wait until dec. of 08, i'll be checking out these spoken of plants in peru.

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: biospun]
    #7808319 - 12/28/07 07:10 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

wow, that's alot of plants.


Guess I better write my congressman so we can add em to the controlled substance act. Someone's gotta think about the children.

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: johnm214]
    #7809271 - 12/28/07 11:55 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

:lol:

Thaks for the post veggie.:stoned::thumbup:


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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: Nalim]
    #7809415 - 12/29/07 12:47 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

This thread is over a year old ya know....

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: Knoa6]
    #7809662 - 12/29/07 03:00 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I wasn't the one bumping it.. It still is as interesting as when it was first posted.


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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: Nalim]
    #7811092 - 12/29/07 04:55 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

True, I was just pointing it out..

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: Knoa6]
    #7846210 - 01/07/08 10:38 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

and your point? good information doesn't get old, it only gets added to. and the post still exists here, thankfully, so those of us who missed it earlier can check it out now that its been bumped back in to activity

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: biospun]
    #7847359 - 01/08/08 10:50 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

do any one have more information on the subject , is seem like it most be public now someone have the hole document .

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Re: Ethnobotanical study of Peru reveals plant-based medicine spanning 510 plant species [Re: cactu]
    #7850394 - 01/08/08 08:49 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

mexicoelcentrodelconocimiento  center of knowledge? sweeet. i wanna go there.
lots of people have more info on the subject. my friend from peru talks about the plants they use there. they casually chew coca leaves, as if they were drinking coffee.  i'm looking for more documents online though. i'll let ya know if i come across anything :wink:

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