Medicinal plants and shamanism in the Amazon varzea.
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Title
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Medicinal plants and shamanism in the Amazon varzea.
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Identifier
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AAI3103145
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identifier
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3103145
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Creator
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Mazzatenta, Claudio.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Jack Valdovinos
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Date
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2003
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Biology, Botany
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Abstract
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A study on medicinal plants and shamanism has been carried out in the Peruvian Amazon floodplain (varzea) in the vicinity of Iquitos. Shamans in the village of Tapirillo about seventy kilometers from Iquitos city have been interviewed. In the same area a distribution inventory of the plants available has been done to verify what are the plants that varzea shamans use in their healing practice. The research indicates that varzea shamans use about 36% of the plants of varzea territory where they live while the other 64% of the plants comes from areas other than varzea. In conjunction similar study has been carried out with Iquitos shamans to verify if differences occur between the practices of city and varzea shamans. The findings indicate that shamans in both areas have the capability to satisfy the healing needs of the community even if different plants are used. Distribution inventory has been carried out not only in the floodplain (varzea) but also in upper dry land (terrafirme).;The study has been conducted also to verify the possible use of plants in substitution of Psychotria viridis highly responsible for hallucination in the preparation of the ayahuasca drink.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
