Bibliographic citations
Ramos, G., (2015). Plantas medicinales de uso ginecológico de cuatro comunidades del Distrito de Huambos, Provincia de Chota, Departamento de Cajamarca [Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/1884
Ramos, G., Plantas medicinales de uso ginecológico de cuatro comunidades del Distrito de Huambos, Provincia de Chota, Departamento de Cajamarca []. PE: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/1884
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title = "Plantas medicinales de uso ginecológico de cuatro comunidades del Distrito de Huambos, Provincia de Chota, Departamento de Cajamarca",
author = "Ramos Abensur, Gloria Esther Vanesa",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2015"
}
In order to identify medicinal plants used for gynecological purposes by four Mestizo communities located in the district of Huambos, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 key informants, 6 of whom were midwives. Additionally botanical samples were collected with the guidance of informants in ethnobotanical walks. The scientific identity of each species was recognized and the use and application given by midwives and tradicional healers of the communities of Cutervillo, Huambos, Lancheconga and Succhabamba Alta, located in the district of Huambos province of Chota, department of Cajamarca, Peru, were described. The study area, placed in Northern peruvian Andes, comprises an altitude between 1841 and 2404 meters above sea level. Interviews and botanical collection were executed in the months of March and April 2011 and May and June 2012, thus covering a wet season and a dry season. In total 39 species of plants are reported (32 identified with collect and 7 without collect) with 51 different gynecological uses in general: 23 treat diseases of the female reproductive system, 11 for postpartum complications, 9 for menstruation disorders, 5 are used during child delivery, one for fertility management, and 2 in other uses. The most representative botanical family was Asteraceae (with 20.5% of all species), followed by Lamiaceae (7.7% of all species). Regarding the habit the herbaceous (56.4%) dominates over the bush (28.2%), arboreal (12.8%) and succulents (2.6%). It is inferred that midwives and their knowledge of medicinal plants for pregnant women or women with a gynecological condition prevail in the 4 communities studied.
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