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Aspects of traditional medicine and medicinal plants of the Shipibo-Conibo of Ucayali.


Web link: www.persee.fr/doc/jatba...

Pages: 249 - 265

Abstract

After explaining the Shipibo-Conibo concept of "rao", which covers not only medicinal plants but also all plants which have a "power", the authors give an account of their investigations on "rao" in three native communities. Analysis is done of the intra and inter- communal distributions of the "rao" and some aspects of their nomenclature is given.