| 词条 | Brazilian traditional medicine |
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The Aruak, Tupi, Yamomami, Krahô, Guarani and other Indians groups are among the native tribes that together with isolated descendants of Africans or Quilombola, and Indians integrated (Caboclo) that are known to almost exclusively practice traditional medicine. Among the plants include edible foods like the cashew, peppers, mangosteen and coconut, but often include inedible parts like the fruits, leaves, husk, bark. Neighboring nations like the Patamona of Guyana also use the cashew.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} There is growing interest in Brazilian medicine as the Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical forest in the world, and is home to immense biodiversity, including cures or treatments for many ailments. Japanese scientists have found strong anticancer activity in Brazilian traditional remedies.[2] In one study in 1997 published in The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, only 122 species existing in Brazil could be related to the Chinese species (or 14.35% of the samples).,[3] which means the vast majority of species are not known to Chinese traditional medicine. Thousands and possibly millions of species remain unstudied and/or susceptible to extinction by habitat destruction. ExamplesExamples of modern studies of Brazilian medicine the Acai Palm contains antioxidants active against leukemia. Alchornea glandulosa is used to treat assorted skin diseases, diarrhea, inflammations, leprosy and rheuma. Scientific studies have confirmed most of these effects, and also found extracts of certain species to kill off trypanosoma, some bacteria and fungi, and cancer cells. Some others include psychoactive plants like Ayahuasca Epena and Jurema used in rituals currently being investigated for their potential use in psychiatry.[4] {{ill|Vacina do sapo|pt}} (frog vaccine) is a secretion from the giant leaf frog used by indigenous groups, such as the Asháninka, that is injected into the bloodstream and used in traditional medicine to ward off bad luck, however, only recently have multiple patents are pending for use against ischemia and hepatic injury.[5]The Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress Group at the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Medicine and Nursing at the University of the Basque Country has published a study where traditionally infused Vismia baccifera has shown massive induction of oxidative stress in kidney cancer cells, with rapid death, but leaving healthy cells alone.[6] MarketsVer-o-peso is a market in Belém which sells native foods (and remedies), and is more recently a host to the Açaí Fair. {{Portal|Traditional African religion|Complementary and alternative medicine|African diaspora|Brazil}}See also
Notes1. ^{{cite journal |pmc=4087670 |year=2014 |last=Mazzari |first=Andrea L. D. A. |title=Herbal medicines in Brazil: Pharmacokinetic profile and potential herb-drug interactions |journal=Frontiers in Pharmacology |volume=5 |pages=162 |last2=Prieto |first2=Jose M. |doi=10.3389/fphar.2014.00162 |pmid=25071580}} 2. ^{{cite journal |url=http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200624/000020062406A0954904.php |title=Basic and applied studies for physiological activities of Brazilian traditional medicine, Taheebo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210025744/http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200624/000020062406A0954904.php |archive-date=February 10, 2012 |access-date=17 October 2018 |issn=0031-6903 |volume=216 |issue=3 |pages=136-137 |year=2006 |language=ja|publisher=Japan Science and Technology Agency |first=Tokuda |last=Harukuni |first2=Iida |last2=Akira}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2795729 |work=CAT.INIST |title=Comparison between ethnopharmacology in traditional Chinese medicine and Brazilian popular phytotherapy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606185054/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2795729# |archive-date=2012-06-06 |access-date=17 October 2018 |dead-url=no |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.maps.org/ |work=Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies |title=What Is MAPS? |access-date=17 October 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.amazonlink.org/biopirataria/ |title=BIOPIRATARIA NA AMAZÔNIA - APRESENTAÇÃO |year=2008 |access-date=17 October 2018 |work=Amazon Link |language=pt}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-antitumour-mechanism-amazonian-human-cancer.html |title=The antitumour mechanism of an Amazonian plant in human cancer cells is deciphered |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=17 October 2018 |work=Medical Xpress |publisher=University of the Basque Country}} External links
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