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The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands
Although the use of plants for treating supernaturally caused illnesses (e.g., soul loss, evil wind, witchcraft) has been documented in the Ecuador highlands, so-called magical plants have received much less focused attention than plants used for treating naturalistic disorders. Drawing on interview...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19161618 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-3 |
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| author | Cavender, Anthony P Albán, Manuel |
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| description | Although the use of plants for treating supernaturally caused illnesses (e.g., soul loss, evil wind, witchcraft) has been documented in the Ecuador highlands, so-called magical plants have received much less focused attention than plants used for treating naturalistic disorders. Drawing on interviews done in 2002 and 2003 with 116 curanderos residing in the Ecuador highlands, this paper examines the characteristics of plants identified as magical, how they are used, and how the study of magical plants provides insights into the mindscape of residents of the highlands. |
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| spelling | pubmed-26427812009-02-14 The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands Cavender, Anthony P Albán, Manuel J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Review Although the use of plants for treating supernaturally caused illnesses (e.g., soul loss, evil wind, witchcraft) has been documented in the Ecuador highlands, so-called magical plants have received much less focused attention than plants used for treating naturalistic disorders. Drawing on interviews done in 2002 and 2003 with 116 curanderos residing in the Ecuador highlands, this paper examines the characteristics of plants identified as magical, how they are used, and how the study of magical plants provides insights into the mindscape of residents of the highlands. BioMed Central 2009-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2642781/ /pubmed/19161618 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-3 Text en Copyright © 2009 Cavender and Albán; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Review Cavender, Anthony P Albán, Manuel The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands |
| title | The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands |
| title_full | The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands |
| title_fullStr | The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands |
| title_short | The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands |
| title_sort | use of magical plants by curanderos in the ecuador highlands |
| topic | Review |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19161618 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-3 |
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