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Use of South American plants for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Eliana Rodrigues  and
E. A. Carlini
Eliana Rodrigues
Affiliation:
CEBRID (Brazilian Centre for Information on Psychotropic Drugs), Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862 — 1° andar Edifício Biomédicas CEP 04023-062, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, email elirodri@psicobio.epm.br
E. A. Carlini
Affiliation:
CEBRID (Brazilian Centre for Information on Psychotropic Drugs)
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Two conditions greatly encourage the folk use of plants to cure diseases and alleviate ailments:

  1. ∘ plant biodiversity (the richer the better)

  2. ∘ particular cultural traits of local populations.

Where these conditions are met, local scientific advancement may result from experimentation with and elaboration of folk remedies. Unfortunately, little scientific research has been done on South American plants that may be useful in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disturbances.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 2006 , pp. 19 - 21
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