Presencia de la herbolaria en el tratamiento de los problemas emocionales: Entrevista a los curanderos urbanos

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contents Presencia de la herbolaria en el tratamiento de los problemas emocionales: Entrevista a los curanderos urbanos Shoshana Berenzon Nayelhi Saavedra Medicina Mexico City Medicinal plants emotional problems traditional medicine The objective of this paper is to examine the use of herbal medicineas a tool for treating emotional problems. The narrationof folk healers from Mexico City is the main source ofinformation.Viesca (1993) indicates that herbal medicine can be studiedfrom two different approaches. One of them is to study theproperties and pharmacological characteristics of the plants.The second approach is to study medicinal plants within theircultural surroundings, that is, to explore what people thinkabout medicinal plants, why they use them and how they justifyits use. This last approach was chosen to carry out this research.Introduction. In ancient Mexico, disease was conceived asthe result of the action of the gods and entities from theinfraworld; these characters caused an imbalance that lead todiverse diseases (Lozoya, 1998).According to the latter, pre hispanic medicine helped thepatient restore balance in two different ways. First, throughmagical-religious practices and prayers; second, through thetherapeutic properties of plants and other natural products. Asa general rule, both therapeutic procedures were appliedsimultaneously (Somolinos, 1976)... 2002 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58212508 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.1 Vol.25
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spellingShingle Presencia de la herbolaria en el tratamiento de los problemas emocionales: Entrevista a los curanderos urbanos
Shoshana Berenzon
Medicina
Mexico City
Medicinal plants
emotional problems
traditional medicine
Presencia de la herbolaria en el tratamiento de los problemas emocionales: Entrevista a los curanderos urbanos Shoshana Berenzon Nayelhi Saavedra Medicina Mexico City Medicinal plants emotional problems traditional medicine The objective of this paper is to examine the use of herbal medicineas a tool for treating emotional problems. The narrationof folk healers from Mexico City is the main source ofinformation.Viesca (1993) indicates that herbal medicine can be studiedfrom two different approaches. One of them is to study theproperties and pharmacological characteristics of the plants.The second approach is to study medicinal plants within theircultural surroundings, that is, to explore what people thinkabout medicinal plants, why they use them and how they justifyits use. This last approach was chosen to carry out this research.Introduction. In ancient Mexico, disease was conceived asthe result of the action of the gods and entities from theinfraworld; these characters caused an imbalance that lead todiverse diseases (Lozoya, 1998).According to the latter, pre hispanic medicine helped thepatient restore balance in two different ways. First, throughmagical-religious practices and prayers; second, through thetherapeutic properties of plants and other natural products. Asa general rule, both therapeutic procedures were appliedsimultaneously (Somolinos, 1976)... 2002 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58212508 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.1 Vol.25
title Presencia de la herbolaria en el tratamiento de los problemas emocionales: Entrevista a los curanderos urbanos
topic Medicina
Mexico City
Medicinal plants
emotional problems
traditional medicine
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58212508