The Andean worldview embraces a holistic understanding of well-being. For Andean Traditional Medicine (ATM), health comprises the internal energetic equilibrium of the individual and the equivalent energetic balance with ...

Traditional knowledge (TK) of medicinal plants in cities has been poorly studied across different inhabitants’ socioeconomic sectors. We studied the small city of Chachapoyas (~34,000 inhabitants) in the northern Peruvian ...

We have compared the species richness of medicinal plants and the differential patterns of use amongst settlements in the Andean communities of Northwest Argentina which have differing levels of isolation. About 259 ...

Studies on the biocultural variation of medicinal plant use in urban contexts are necessary for public health purposes. We asked: What are the main supply sites of medicinal plants in the pluricultural city of San Salvador ...

ABSTRACT Background. Ancestral wisdom in health are not accept by the science, so run the risk of disappearing. Scientific Medicine coexists with Andean Ancestral Knowledge. Ancestral wisdom have their own Cosmovision, ...

Despite the urbanization of the last 20 years, Sayausí still maintains ancestral Andean customs such as the use of medicinal plants, a preventive and therapeutic resource in health. Objetive: To determinate the principles ...