Hampiq
Subtitle: salud y enfermedad en Ayacucho
By: Walter Pariona Cabrera
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Serie Cosmovisión andina -- no. 1; Serie Cosmovisión andina -- no. 1.
Publisher: Pakarina Ediciones; Universidad Nacional de San Cristobal de Huamanga
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Lima; [Huamanga]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9786124297182
Subjects: Traditional medicine; Healers; Ethnology; Antropología cultural y social; Curanderos; Medicina primitiva
Description: This book presents the results of ethnographic research on the practice of traditional medicine in Ayacucho. With first-hand sources, the author studies the cultural syndromes of certain diseases, their healers and the healing procedure. It also describes the deities involved in the health-disease process, the users of this medicine and its relationship with official medicine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159).