Peppermint (Mentha x Piperita): Use in traditional amazonian phytotherapy for relief of abdominal pain, gas, and cramps

Resumen

The traditions of using medicinal plants in the Amazon keep elements of various cultures. The herbal knowledge of the Amazonian peoples began to incorporate knowledge and practices, mainly from European folk medicine. With their healing strategies redesigned, these populations were then involved in the intense movement of Northeasterners that would introduce elements of African traditions, which no longer arrived as native, authentic knowledge, but as knowledge already validated by a syncretic cultural formation (SANTOS, 2000).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevenIVmulti2023-099