Ethnomedicine and neuropsychopharmacology in Mesoamerica

Geck, Matthias S;Lecca, Daniele;Marchese, Giorgio;Casu, Laura;Leonti, Marco

2021-01-01

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Abstract

The burden of disease caused by mental and neurological disorders is increasing globally, to a disproportionate degree in Latin America. In contrast to the many psychoactive plants with a use history in Mesoamerican cultures, the translation to the wider population of knowledge around numerous botanicals used contemporarily by indigenous Mesoamerican societies to treat psychological and neurological disorders did not receive the same attention.