Healing faith: knowledge, learning and social relationships of healers from Araripe plateau, Brazil

Zank, Sofia; Hanazaki, Natália

doi:10.15451/ec2016-6-5.3-1-15

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“…Perhaps, for this reason they have not given so much importance to the other species when compared to men. Some studies claim that women take care of the home, so they have greater local knowledge of plant resources of anthropogenic areas, such as backyards (Caniago & Siebert 1998;Voeks & Leony 2004;Zank & Hanazaki 2016). However, this might not be the case of this community.…”

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“…It is possible that women gave greater local importance only to certain species or only to one species because they know less about native species than men. For example, in the study by Campos et al (2015b) conducted in Macaúba, women had limited local knowledge on native food species because they were dedicated to the management and marketing of a single species (A. speciosa); or because they are more involved in caring for the family and have a greater affinity with health and spirituality practices, as Zank & Hanazaki (2016) observed when conducting a study in this same community. However, this species was not influenced by gender (and by none of the analyzed factors), and this could be explained because men also act, even if to a lesser extent, in the management and marketing of this species.…”

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Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

2019

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Th e aim of this work was to determine whether socioeconomic factors explain the importance of culturally salient plants to social-ecological systems. Extractive communities of the Araripe-Apodi Environmental Protection Area in Northeast Brazil were studied, and a random sample of the population was selected. Quantitative variables (education, age and income) were analyzed using Spearman correlations, while categorical variables (gender and occupation) were analyzed using Mann-Whitney tests. Relationships between socioeconomic factors and the importance of culturally salient plants were all weak. Nevertheless, age infl uenced the local importance of the largest number of species. Other factors not considered in this study (historical, cultural, ecological, and psychological) may be outstanding predictors of the importance of culturally salient plants and should be studied in future investigations.

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Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

2019

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“…We used WHO classification of diseases only for allowing some parallels between the sets of data, and not to homogenize the knowledge between regions; particularities of the local knowledge related to health practices go beyond the WHO classification and are discussed in Zank and Hanazaki [38]. The Kruskall-Wallis test was used to compare the averages of plants and allopathic medications cited by the interviewees.…”

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“…The classification of the therapeutic indications of the medicinal plants and the medications was based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10) of the World Health Organization [ 37 ] and subsequently compared by percentage. We used WHO classification of diseases only for allowing some parallels between the sets of data, and not to homogenize the knowledge between regions; particularities of the local knowledge related to health practices go beyond the WHO classification and are discussed in Zank and Hanazaki [ 38 ]. The Kruskall-Wallis test was used to compare the averages of plants and allopathic medications cited by the interviewees.…”

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The coexistence of traditional medicine and biomedicine: A study with local health experts in two Brazilian regions

Zank

Hanazaki

2017

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This study investigated the combined use of traditional medicine and biomedicine by local experts in Chapada do Araripe communities (Ceará State) and maroon communities (Santa Catarina State), Brazil. The objective was to understand the perception of local health specialists regarding the number of healers, demand for healers and use of medicinal plants, and the dependence of different environments to obtain such plants. We also aimed to understand the role of medicinal plants to treat different categories of diseases and if there is a complementary use of medicinal plants and allopathic biomedicine, according to the context of each group. The research was conducted with local health specialists that answered structured interviews, created free lists and participated in guided tours to collect cited plants. Sixty-six local health specialists were identified in the Araripe communities and 22 specialists in the maroon communities. In the maroon communities, a greater number of specialists thought there was a decrease in the number and demand for healers, as well as the use of medicinal plants, due to changes in traditional livelihoods, since they are located in a region where the effects of the modernization were more intense. In the Chapada do Araripe communities the specialists knew more plants extracted from native vegetation, whereas in the maroon communities cultivated plants were better known, which may reflect the environmental conditions and the history of each region. Medicinal plants are preferred to treat simpler health problems that do not require medical care, such as gastrointestinal problems, general pain, flues and colds. The biomedicine is used principally for problems with blood pressure, general pains and endocrine and nutritional diseases. Even with the particularities of each region, in general the use of medicinal plants and biomedicines occurred in a complementary form in both regions; however, this coexistence may result from these different contexts. This study also found that there was knowledge and appreciation for traditional health practices in both regions.

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“…Medicinal plants and animals have been used in virtually all cultures as a source of medicine [1–5]. Due to the extensive use of plant materials [6–10], traditional medicine is associated with herbalism. However, recent research on animal species used in folk medicinal practices worldwide shows that products derived from medicinal animals are used directly in the elaboration of natural remedies that are widely sought in folk medicinal practices [11–16] and involve a large number of species.…”

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Environmental influence on the choice of medicinal animals: a case study from northeastern Brazil

Brito

Borges

Lopes

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J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundAnimals from various taxonomic groups are commonly used in folk medicine, and their selection seems to be directly linked to their availability and accessibility. In the present study, we analyzed the use of animals as a source of folk medicines in a community in northeastern Brazil with access to aquatic and terrestrial animals. We hypothesize that the medicinal fauna is well represented by species of both habitat types.MethodsFor the collection of information, semi-structured questionnaires were applied to local residents.ResultsWe recorded the use of 22 animals used as medicinal resources in the community, distributed among eight taxonomic categories, which are used to treat 38 types of diseases. Of the therapeutic animals, 14 species are terrestrial and 8 species can be considered aquatic occurring in marine or estuarine habitats.ConclusionsOur data confirm the tendency of human communities to use affordable medicinal animals in local ecosystems. We also found that medicinal use represents a strategy of optimizing the use of resources and is related to the economic, historical, social, cultural, and ecological contexts in which the community is inserted.

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Healing faith: knowledge, learning and social relationships of healers from Araripe plateau, Brazil

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

The coexistence of traditional medicine and biomedicine: A study with local health experts in two Brazilian regions

Environmental influence on the choice of medicinal animals: a case study from northeastern Brazil

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