Sacred Plants and Mental Health in Latin America
Oscar Espin, European Institute For Multidisciplinary Studies On Human Rights And Science - Knowmad Institut
May 22, 2019 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7235793 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractMexico has the greatest diversity of sacred plants in the Americas, with indigenous groups maintaining magical-religious relationships with them. These plants are used ritually and medicinally and are seen as carrying a bond with the sacred. In early research, substances like psilocybin, mescaline, and ergotamine were classified as classical psychedelics, a categorization that aided psychiatry and neuroscience in the 1950s and 1960s.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review |
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| Keywords | Latin americans Mental health Traditional medicine Geography Political science |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key finding | Mexico has the greatest diversity of sacred plants in the Americas, and the classification of psilocybin, mescaline, and ergotamine as classical psychedelics aided psychiatry and neuroscience in the 1950s and 1960s. |
Abstract
Abstract Sacred plants have a number of phenomena that revolve around their ritual and medicinal use, as well as being seen as carrying a bond with the sphere of the sacred. México is the country that has the greatest diversity of sacred plants in the Americas because its indigenous groups have a magical-religious relationship with them. In the beginning of the study of sacred plants, psilocybin, mescaline and ergotamine began to be classified as classical psychedelics, this categorization was of great help to psychiatry and neuroscience in the 1950s and 1960s.