Medicina Ancestral

This work deals with a very important topic in the context of health, especially when it comes to intercultural health. This work aims to show in some way in brief the ancestral medicine that Ecuador still preserves in its geographical spaces. The work presented to the reader is divided into six chapters, the first of which deals with ancestral medicine, with conceptions and reviews on this topic. Chapter two deals with the disease considering Andean philosophy and its contexts with Aymara, Kicwa and Amazonian conceptualizations. Chapter three deals with the ancestral medicine that is practiced on the Ecuadorian coast; while in chapter four the ancestral medicine in the Andes is reviewed, and in chapter five the review is carried out on the ancestral medicine of the Amazon. In chapter six, the main species of medicinal plants investigated in research projects that contribute to this book are proposed, with the purpose of publicizing the possibility of undertaking their cultivation and commercialization, and finally, the bibliographic review of the present work.