Contribution of the Awajún Culture to the Drug Addiction Treatment

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Contribution of the Awajún Culture to the Drug Addiction Treatment

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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

Název v anglickém jazyce

Contribution of the Awajún Culture to the Drug Addiction Treatment

Popis výsledku anglicky

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

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Rok uplatnění

2013

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Sborník příspěvků z mezinárodní vědecké konference Region v rozvoji společnosti 2013

ISBN

978-80-7375-884-4

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

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Název nakladatele

Mendelova univerzita

Místo vydání

Brno

Místo konání akce

Brno

Datum konání akce

1. 1. 2013

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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