"Tobacco Is the Chief Medicinal Plant in My Work": Therapeutic Uses of Tobacco in Peruvian Amazonian Medicine Exemplified by the Work of a Maestro Tabaquero
IntroductionHarmful usage of tobacco is a public health problem of global concern and, in many countries, the main risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Yet, in the Peruvian Amazon, the geographical region believed to be tobacco's historical birthplace, this plant is associated with a stri...
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Main Authors: | Ilana Berlowitz (Author), Ernesto García Torres (Author), Heinrich Walt (Author), Ursula Wolf (Author), Caroline Maake (Author), Chantal Martin-Soelch (Author) |
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