Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biodiversity in the Upper Amazon

ISBN-13: 9781583946084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 432 str.

Jonathon Miller Weisberger

Opis

Chronicling the practices, legends, and wisdom of the vanishing traditions of the upper Amazon, this book reveals the area's indigenous peoples' approach to living in harmony with the natural world. 'Rainforest Medicine' features in-depth essays on plant-based medicine and indigenous science from four distinct Amazonian societies: deep forest and urban, lowland rainforest and mountain.