Disease concepts and treatment by tribal healers of an Amazonian forest culture

• Main Authors: Plotkin Mark J (Author), Uremaru Amasina (Author), Uiterloo Melvin (Author), Herndon Christopher N (Author), Emanuels-Smith Gwendolyn (Author), Jitan Jeetendra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The extensive medicinal plant knowledge of Amazonian tribal peoples is widely recognized in the scientific literature and celebrated in popular lore. Despite this broad interest, the ethnomedical systems and knowledge of disease whic...