subject: Medications [print this page] The means of rheumatism and circulatory disorders were considered compresses stems of nettles. The infusion of lianas was used in diseases of the kidneys. If you faint and lose consciousness drinking broth from toad skin. On this basis, among other things, created the so-called bufarian that modern doctors use it for these phenomena. To increase the body's resistance and fight fatigue Indians drank cocoa - it is as well used and the conqueror of Mexico, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. A modern psychotherapy creates valuable products based on peyote constituting hallucinate drugs. Many plants not only Indians gathered in the wild, but also cultivated in manmade plantations.
The discoveries made by ancient collectors, you name it. Spanish chronicler of the conquest era Garcilaso de la Vega, in his book "Komentarios" writes that "the Spaniards preferred to have their wounds treated with the Indians, who quickly corrected his health." From olden times believed that the role of physician is often served priest, because in Indian culture there was no distinction between medicine, magic and religion. This relationship is still preserved in many Indian communities of Mexico. However, the researcher Luis Seggiaro in the "Indian Health America found that the Maya had a clear medical specialization: one treated wounds, others - sprains and fractures, the third - his teeth.
And in the Mexican colonial codes you can find pictures of useful, harmful, medicinal and edible herbs and flowers. A man among the plants - one of the main motivations and in art Indians, where people talk about what they regard as important.
