Title
The use of plants diet in traditional amazonian medicine: Implications for a new approach in herbal medicine
Other title
L'usage des diètes en médecine traditionnelle amazonienne: Implications pour une nouvelle phytothérapie
Date Issued
01 August 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Publisher(s)
Lavoisier
Abstract
Traditional Amazonian medicine as well as naturopathy has a great amount of resources and a wide variety of healing techniques. Plants diet is one of the techniques widely used in the Peruvian High Amazon. In this case, the healer puts the patient in isolation in the forest with very strict alimentary diet and physical norms to administer him/her herbal preparations. Through an inner journey and a deep physical cleansing, the patient releases his vital energy and thus finds the way to heal. The diet experience leads the human being to reconnect with nature and plants, re-establishing a link often lost because of an urban and materialistic lifestyle. Through this process of purification, the human being will not only release his self-healing vital force but also open to spirituality and thus meet his essence. Plants diet, as an instrument of healing and personal development, is now spreading more and more towards Western cultures and contexts. Beyond its contribution to what is called shamanic tourism, the possibility of its cultural transfer with the use of plants from European flora is envisaged.
Start page
169
End page
179
Volume
18
Issue
April 3
Language
French
OCDE Knowledge area
Nutrición, Dietética Medicina integral, Medicina complementaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85099687807
Source
Phytotherapie
ISSN of the container
16248597
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus