tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "A case of zootherapy with the tarantula Brachypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875 in traditional medicine of the Chol Mayan ethnic group in Mexico"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: A case of zootherapy with the tarantula Brachypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875 in traditional medicine of the Chol Mayan ethnic group in Mexico. | Machkour-M Rabet et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2011 7 12 http content 7 1 12 Tg- JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY 5R And ethnomedicine RESEARCH Open Access A case of zootherapy with the tarantula Brachypelma vagans Ausserer 1875 in traditional medicine of the Chol Mayan ethnic group in Mexico Salima Machkour-M Rabet1 Yann Hénaut1 Peter Winterton2 and Roberto Rojo1 Abstract Background In practically every human culture the use of arthropods as medicinal resources has been reported. In Mexico the Mayan people mainly use plants but occasionally also animals and minerals in their medicine. This article is the first to report the traditional use of the tarantula Brachypelma vagans by medicine men in the Chol community an ancient indigenous group that inhabits the southeastern part of Mexico. We also describe the utility of such arachnids in traditional medicine. Methods This study was carried out in different Chol communities in the states of Chiapas and Campeche southeastern Mexico from 2003 until 2007. We interviewed the local medicine men patients and non-Chol people in each village visited to collect information about the rituals involved and the effectiveness of this traditional medicine and also their opinion of this traditional medicine. Results In all independent villages the people who present an illness called aire de tarantula or tarantula wind with symptoms including chest pain coughing and asthma were treated by the medicine man called hierbatero with a tarantula-based beverage. From village to village the beverage has a similar base composition but some variations occur in additional ingredients depending on the individual medicine man. Like in all traditional Mayan medicine the ritual of the ceremony consists of drinking the tarantula-based beverage and this is principally accompanied by chants and burning of incense. Conclusions The recipe of the tarantula-based beverage and the procedure of this ritual ceremony were fairly