Zdraví z pralesa - Léčivé rostliny Amazonie – Škrabáková Ludmila (2013)

Mgr. Ludmila Škrabáková studied general anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University, where she is currently a doctoral student. She has been enchanted by the Amazon jungle, which she continuously returns to since her first research for her bachelor's thesis. She is interested in the lives of local people in conditions of the greatest biodiversity and natural wealth, as well as one of the most challenging environments to live in on Earth. The interaction between the rainforest and the indigenous people, who have managed to live in mutual symbiosis and respect for generations, is an inexhaustible topic for her ethnobotanical research. This mutual respect exists because Amazonian Indians perceive nature and everything it represents as living beings, often more powerful and capable than humans. Beings infused and surrounded by the sacred. In this extraordinary herbarium, the author has utilized her rich knowledge gathered in the Amazon, where she has conducted research stays among the ethnic groups of Ocaina, Shipibo, Asháninka, Quichua (Peru), Yekuana (Venezuela), and in mestizo communities in Peru around the cities of Pucallpa and Iquitos and on the Tigre River. The book contains information about the use of individual sacred and medicinal plants, their stories against the backdrop of human history,…