Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture

<p>Abstract</p> <p>This paper examines the traditional use of medicinal plants in Northern Peru, with special focus on the Departments of Piura, Lambayeque, La Libertad, Cajamarca, and San Martin.</p> <p>Northern Peru represents the center of the old Central Andean &quo...

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Main Authors: Sharon Douglas, Bussmann Rainer W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-11-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/2/1/47