Traditional indigenous medicine of the peruvian Amazon and its potential for psychological treatment and personal grow.
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Traditional indigenous medicine of the peruvian Amazon and its potential for psychological treatment and personal grow.
Original language description
This contribution explains the context and basic principles of traditional medicine of the Amazon. In particular, it focuses on the hallucinogenic vine ayahuasca, traditionally used by indigenous communities in the Amazon as a tool for healing, establishing con-tact with spiritual life, and for many other purposes. In the last decades, there is rapidly growing interest in ayahuasca observed among people from other cultures (Europe and the US in particular), who come to the Amazon to undergo the ayahuasca ritual. This contribution demonstrates ayahuasca's psychotherapeutic potential, and shows the pos-sibilities of ayahuasca in structured therapeutic community for drug addicts (Takiwasi). There are potential benefits and risks for individuals undertaking ayahuasca expeditions on their own ("shamanic tourism"). The motivation of these individuals is mentioned in the text.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
A reader in ethnobotany and phytotherapy.
ISBN
978-80-7509-157-4
Number of pages of the result
11
Pages from-to
48-58
Number of pages of the book
191
Publisher name
Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Place of publication
Brno
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