Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by Cashinahua (Huni Kuin) herbalists in Purus Province, Peruvian Amazon

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Research

Maria Elena Chuspe Zans¹  Naji Sulaiman²  Ladislav Kokoska²  Zbynek Polesny²  Jana Horackova²  Zoyla Mirella Clavo Peralta³  Ludvik Bortl⁴ 

[1] Departamento Académico de Ingeniería Civil y Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional Intercutural de Quillabamba, El Arenal s/n, Cusco, Peru;Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Praha – Suchdol, Czech Republic;Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Jr. Daniel Alcides Carrión 319, Pucallpa, Peru;Prague Botanical Garden, Trojská 800, 171 00, Prague, Czech Republic;

关键词: Ethnobotany;    Ethnomedicine;    Indigenous people;    Traditional knowledge;    Peru;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13002-023-00586-4

 received in 2023-03-10, accepted in 2023-04-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This study aims to document the diversity of medicinal plants used by the Cashinahua people (also known as Huni Kuin) of the Curanja River, as well as describe and compare their uses with pharmacological and phytochemical records from previously published studies. The ethnic has been studied to a limited extent from an ethnobotanical perspective. The study area is located in the Ucayali region, eastern Central Amazon, where ancestral knowledge is preserved due to the limited accessibility of the region. Between November 2010 and June 2015, a total of 11 months were spent on the survey, which included a short-term visit to complete voucher specimen collection and taxonomic identification. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 Cashinahua traditional healers and 10 midwives. Vernacular names, ethnomedicinal uses, plant parts used and forms of preparation and administration were recorded. Ethnopharmacological, pharmacological and phytochemical uses were checked through survey of the previously published papers indexed on Web of Science databases between 2018 and 2022. We obtained data on 467 plant taxa, among which we highlighted 79 species unreported or rarely cited for medicinal use or phytochemical analysis. These species were spread over 60 genera and 42 botanical families, with Acanthaceae being the most represented. Leaves were used the most frequently (93.56%). Among the 79 species, the most reported therapeutic activities involved pregnancy and birth disorders (13.84%), followed by poisonings, infections and infestations. The predominant application form was external (87%). Our study indicates that there are locally valuable species that have not yet been studied for their medical potential.

【 授权许可】

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