Medicinal plants for the treatment of “nervios”, anxiety, and depression in Mexican Traditional Medicine

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants by population of Valley of Juruena Region, Legal Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil

“…'Evil eye' for example, seems to be a culture-bound syndrome that is common in the Latin America (Gallagher and Rehm, 2012;Gutiérrez et al, 2014). In addition, it is interesting to note that many of these cultural syndromes are widespread in rural populations of the world (Estomba et al, 2006).…”

Mexican Medicinal Plants Used to Alleviate the Symptoms of Anxiety: Mini-Review

“…This work is based on the bibliographic search that identifies 49 plants used in Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of anxiety [5,6]. Only the most representative plants are in this work.…”

Ternstroemia guineensis (Ternstroemiaceae), a new endangered cloudforest shrub with neotropical affinities from Kounounkan, Guinea, W Africa

“…Several species are used in traditional medicine, for example, in Mexico, Ternstroemia oocarpa Melch., T. pringlei Standl., T. sylvatica Schltdl. & Cham., are all used for treating "nervios", depression and anxiety (Guzmán-Gutiérrez & al. 2014).…”