Contribution of the Awajún Culture to the Drug Addiction Treatment

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angličtina
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Contribution of the Awajún Culture to the Drug Addiction Treatment
Original language description
San Martín region is among the locations with the highest production of cocaine and cocaine paste in the Upper Amazon. Since 1992 the Takiwasi Centre has been operating in Tarapoto, the economic centre of the region. The Centre is focusing on the treatment of patients addicted to these drugs by traditional indigenous medicine combined with psychotherapy. During nine months long rehabilitation programme, the patients ritually drink plant extracts, intended for detoxification of organism and addiction treatment. One of them is purgahuasca, an extract from the liana Banisteriopsis caapi, which represents the traditional component of the Awajún tribe indigenous medicine. This plant extract, previously used in rites of passage, thus became a compact part ofthe rehabilitation programme for drug addicts. The paper deals with the description of purgahuasca use in the Peruvian history, contains detail analysis of the purgahuasca rite, and includes a reflection of effects produced by the extrac
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Publication year
2013
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Sborník příspěvků z mezinárodní vědecké konference Region v rozvoji společnosti 2013
ISBN
978-80-7375-884-4
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Number of pages
7
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Publisher name
Mendelova univerzita
Place of publication
Brno
Event location
Brno
Event date
Jan 1, 2013
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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