Herbal mixtures in traditional medicine in Northern Peru

• Main Authors: Kuhlman Alyse (Author), Meyer Karen (Author), Glenn Ashley (Author), Bussmann Rainer W (Author), Townesmith Andrew (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>The investigation of plant mixtures used in traditional medicine in Northern Peru yielded a total of 974 herbal preparations used to treat 164 different afflictions. Psychosomatic disorders were, with almost 30% of all recipes applied, the most important afflicti...