Healers of the Andes: Kallawaya Herbalists and Their Medicinal Plants

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
N. Ross Crumrine ◽  
Joseph W. Bastien
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Andes

Healers of the Andes: Kallawaya Herbalists and Their Medicinal Plants

1989 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Denise Y. Arnold ◽  
Joseph W. Bastien
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Andes

Healers of the andes: Kallawaya herbalists and their medicinal plants

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Evans Schultes
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
The Andes

Reviving Traditional Medicine in the Peruvian Andes

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
Inge Bolin
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
The Andes ◽  
San Pedro ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
San Pedro Cactus

The use of medicinal plants and medical practices in the Andes is as old as Andean culture itself. Ancient Mochica pottery depicting curanderos dressed in splendid garments, holding parts of the potent San Pedro cactus in their hands, and bending over a patient suggest that healers have long held a prominent place in Andean society. The Incas built on the medical achievements of the societies preceding them, adding a diversity of practices such as trepanation and embalming which we know well from archaeological sites. In ancient times knowledge of herbs and healing methods was not monopolized by specialists but was widespread within the population at large. Where the help of a specialist was required, this service could be easily obtained and was either free of charge or much less costly than is today's modern medicine.

Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, Across the Andes and Down the Amazon

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Smyth ◽  
Frederick Lowe
Keyword(s):  
The Andes

Bilaterality in the Andes

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Lambert
Keyword(s):  
The Andes
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