dc.creatorOrellana Paucar, Adriana Monserrath
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-27T17:20:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T17:00:47Z
dc.date.available2023-02-27T17:20:03Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T17:00:47Z
dc.date.created2023-02-27T17:20:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier9781003173991
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003173991-8/andean-traditional-medicine-plants-adriana-orellana-paucar?context=ubx&refId=8270b0aa-f438-4200-8616-9d754ca64eb4
dc.identifier10.1201/9781003173991-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/6327745
dc.description.abstractThe 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 the surrounding environment. The human being should be in harmony with the family, the community, Nature and the Cosmos to achieve complete welfare (Mathez-Stiefel et al. 2007).Rupture of this energetic balance causes disease. Therefore, treatment focuses on restoring the original stability in the body and the soul (Bautista-Valarezo et al. 2020). For this purpose, plants are the primary therapeutic resources described in ATM (Houghton 1995). The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes the rational use of complementary therapy—including herbal remedies—to ensure widespread therapeutical coverage, especially in developing countries. The application of herbal medicines as co-adjuvant of prescribed drugs could support the administration of minimum effective doses to lessen the probability of dose-dependent adverse reactions. They may contribute to improving adherence to the prescribed pharmacological therapy
dc.languagees_ES
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.sourceMedicinal plants of Ecuador
dc.subjectAndean traditional medicine
dc.titleAndean traditional medicine plants. The case of “Limpia” (Cleansing ceremony)
dc.typeCAPÍTULO DE LIBRO


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