Open AccessConocimientos sobre plantas medicinales en seis comunidades Ch’oles de Tacotalpa, Tabasco
Author(s) -
María Isabel Villegas-Ramírez,
Guadalupe Morales-Valenzuela,
Cynthia Paola De Los Santos-Ruiz,
Pedro Gómez-Sántiz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de sociología contemporánea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2410-3985
DOI - 10.35429/jocs.2019.19.6.1.6
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , traditional knowledge , medicine , ethnobotany , population , medicinal plants , geography , family medicine , environmental health , biology , ecology , indigenous
The Ch'oles of Tacotalpa, Tabasco; have knowledge and practices about traditional health systems that they share with each other. Knowledge about Traditional Mexican Medicine (TMM) is enough and it is used to take care of their health. This work had the purpose to identify the knowledge that the population of six communities have about medicinal plants and their uses. It was a quantitative study carried out during January-August 2019. An interview of six categories of questions was the instrument used, involving 143 inhabitants from systematic sampling, including youth and adults, men and women. As part of the results, 69 medicinal plants used for various conditions belonging to seven groups of diseases were identified: immunological, gastrointestinal, respiratory, skin infections, cultural affiliation syndromes, osteomuscular and nervous system. 28 medicinal plants were registered in Buenos Aires, 14 in Noypac, 49 in Oxolotán, 27 in Puxcatán, 22 in Guayal and 17 in Libertad. The plants with the greatest mention are maguey, sábila, basil, rue and epazote; some of these are introduced to the region, such as moringa, chamomile and saffron crocus. The diseases in which they are mainly used are cough, injuries, infection, stomachache, evil eye and diarrhea. There is a variety of knowledge and practices relating to traditional medicine that are worth identifying, systematizing and sharing inside and outside the communities, allowing the recognition of community and traditional knowledge.