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Author Berlin, Elois Ann, 1937- author.

Title Medical ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico : the gastrointestinal diseases / Elois Ann Berlin and Brent Berlin ; with contributions by Xavier Lozoya [and nine others].

Publication Info. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1996.
©1996

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Description 1 online resource (592 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 2. The Diarrheas; 3. The Abdominal Pains; 4. The Worms; 5. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix: Pharmacological Activity of Plant Species Used as Admixtures; Glossary of Technical Terms; References; Index of Maya Terms; General Index.
Summary Whereas most previous work on Maya healing has focused on ritual and symbolism, this book presents evidence that confirms the scientific foundations of traditional Maya medicine. Data drawn from analysis of the medical practices of two Mayan-speaking peoples, the Tzeltal and Tzotzil, reveal that they have developed a large number of herbal remedies based on a highly sophisticated understanding of the physiology and symptomatology of common diseases and on an in-depth knowledge of medicinal plants. Here Elois Ann Berlin and Brent Berlin, along with their many collaborators, provide detailed in.
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Subject Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Treatment.
Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Treatment.
Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases.
Materia medica, Vegetable -- Mexico -- Chiapas.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Mexico -- Chiapas.
Tzeltal Indians.
Tzeltal Indians.
Tzotzil Indians.
Tzotzil Indians.
Ethnobiology -- Mexico -- Chiapas.
Ethnobiology.
Traditional medicine -- Mexico -- Chiapas.
Traditional medicine.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Berlin, Brent, author.
Lozoya L., Xavier (Lozoya Legorreta), contributor.
Other Form: Print version: Berlin, Elois Ann, 1937- Medical ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico : the gastrointestinal diseases. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©1996 xxxii, 557 pages Princeton legacy library. 9780691602714
ISBN 9781400872886 (electronic book)
140087288X (electronic book)
9780691602714