Biological resources in traditional medicine used by the Andean population of Ubinas against COVID-19; [Recursos biológicos na medicina tradicional utilizados pela população andina de Ubinas contra a COVID-19]

Mamani H.J.H.; Castro R.A.G. · Revista Lasallista de Investigacion (2024) · DOI: 10.22507/rli.v21n1a6

Resumen

Introduction. The use of traditional medicine in the Andean population is a practice rooted in their ancestral culture and has great importance in their lifestyle. These communities have developed a high level of knowledge about the healing properties of plants and other natural resources. Objective. To carry out an ethnobiological study on the use of plants and animals in traditional medicine to combat the respiratory syndrome of COVID-19 in the Andean population of Ubinas. Materials and Methods. It is an ethnographic investigation, information was collected through open interviews with 100 residents of the area, field observations and documentary consultation of the species were also carried out. Results. 58 plants were identified, of which 38 are wild and 20 are domestic. Of the wild ones, 16 are native to the area, 12 have been imported. Of the domestic plants, 2 are native and 18 imported from other places. There are 10 wild plants that are not registered in the different databases (they only have local names). 7 species of animals were also identified, whose parts are used to prepare hot soups. Conclusions. To deal with covid-19 and other related diseases, the inhabitant’s resort to treatments with infusion preparations, macerates and plasters. These preparations are based on flora and fauna, with the most widely used wild plants being sasahui (35 %), muña (31 %) and matico (23 %), among the domestic one’s eucalyptus (61 %), kion (35 %), garlic (33 %) and lemon (30 %). © (2024), (Corporacion Universitaria Lasallista). All rights reserved.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann