Abstract
ABSTRACT An ethnobotanical and ethnopharmaceutical study was carried out in the Calamuchita region, Province of Córdoba, Argentina, by conducting interviews and semi-structured questionnaires to 59 informants–“criollos” peasants–in order to identify species used to treat blood, cardiovascular and neuroendocrinous affections within the context of folk health practices of the inhabitants of the region. Among the criteria to identify, diagnose and treat diseases, the prevalence of knowledge of official medicine and reshaped concepts derived from the Hippocratic-humoral medicine as well as the recurrent reference to Hispanic-European traditions and a wide plant pharmacopoeia have been noticed. A total of 113 medicinal uses belonging to 74 species grouped in 35 families were recorded for the health field under study. The use of native wild plants gathered in the field is a frequent practice; mainly their leaves and air parts are used in decoctions and infusions. Plants are used mainly for the treatment of blood diseases, palpitations, heart problems, hypertension, diabetes, and anxiety. Results obtained show consistency in the features of Argentine traditional health practices described for other regions of the country.
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