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ECONOMIC BOTANY
Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 344-357Publisher
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
DOI: 10.1007/BF02864786
Keywords
ethnomedicine; ethnobotany; women's health; uterine fibroids; menorrhagia; endometriosis; hot flashes; Latino
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This paper examines rite use of medicinal plants by Latino healers in New York City to treat various, women's illnesses. Eight Latino healers collaborated on the study through consultations with female patients who had one of the following conditions as diagnosed by biomedically trained physicians: uterine fibroids, hot flashes,,menorrhagia, or endometrosis. The study identified a total of 67 plant species prescribed by the healers in the form of mixtures or as individual plants. Voucher specimens were collected from local botanicas and identified by specialists at The New. York Botanical Garden. Studies of immigrant traditional healers and the plants they use in an urban setting ran provide interesting ethnobotanical data and information to assist in diagnosing conditions and contributing to treatment of patients from Latino as, well as non-Latino communities.
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