Participant Experiences on a Medicinal Plant Diet at Takiwasi Center: An In-Depth Small-Scale Survey

The medicinal plant diet is a healing process used in traditional Amazonian medicine (TAM), and it is poorly described within the scientific literature. This work analyzes the experience of seven participants in this therapy performed at the Takiwasi Center in Peru. Semistructured interviews were pe...

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Main Author: Rumlerová, Tereza (Author)
Contributors: Friso, Fabio ; Torres Romero, Jaime ; Kavenská, Veronika ; Politi, Matteo
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: Anthropology of consciousness
Year: 2022, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-62
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Amazon region / Indigenous peoples / Local knowledge / Medicinal plant / Health centre / Healing / Experience
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
KBR Latin America
ZA Social sciences
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B traditional Amazonian medicine
B Shamanism
B teacher plants
B Ayahuasca
B plant diet
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