THE USE OF MEDICINAL-PLANTS BY THE YANOMAMI INDIANS OF BRAZIL

Authors
MILLIKEN W ALBERT B
Citation
W. Milliken et B. Albert, THE USE OF MEDICINAL-PLANTS BY THE YANOMAMI INDIANS OF BRAZIL, Economic botany, 50(1), 1996, pp. 10-25
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Economic botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
00130001
Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
10 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-0001(1996)50:1<10:TUOMBT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The results of the first detailed study of the use of medicinal plants by a group of Yanomami Indians are presented. Contrary to previous as sumptions, they are shown to possess a substantial pharmacopoeia, incl uding at least 113 species of plants and fungi. The changes in their u se and knowledge of plant medicine are discussed in the context of the past and present influences on the Yanomami by the outside world.