An anthropological study about headache and migraine in native cultures from central and south America

被引:15
作者
Carod-Artal, Francisco Javier [1 ]
Vazquez-Cabrera, Carolina [1 ]
机构
[1] Sarah Hosp, Sarah Network Rehabil Hosp, Dept Neurol, BR-70330150 Brasilia, DF, Brazil
来源
HEADACHE | 2007年 / 47卷 / 06期
关键词
anthropology; cross-cultural studies; headache; migraine; Native American; plants;
D O I
10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00778.x
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
Objective.-To describe the ritual and ethnobotanical treatments about migraine performed by shamans from several native cultures. Methods.-Anthropological field study conducted with Tzeltal Maya (Mexico), Kamayuri (Brazil), and Uru-Chipaya (Bolivia) American Indians. Results.-Migraine is called yaxti-wanjol chawaj by Tzeltal shamans. They wash the head of the patient with an herbal solution to treat headache. The boiled leaves of a shrub called payte wamal (Tagetes nelsonii) are used to relieve migraine. Migraine is called monkey's disease by Kamayura natives. The disease is originated by the revenge of the killed monkey's spirit, striking to Kamayuri hunter on his head. It is treated with an herbal infusion applied in the eyes of the patient. Migraine is called eskeclamix by Chipaya people, and is treated by drinking the canahua plant (Chenopodium palludicale) boiled with water. The patient's head may also be washed with shaman's fermented urine. Conclusions.-Cultural equivalents of migraine exist in the healing system of isolated American cultures.
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