. . "Drug addiction treatment by the traditional medicine of the Awaj\u00FAn tribe"@en . . "Drug addiction treatment by the traditional medicine of the Awaj\u00FAn tribe" . "1"^^ . "Torres Romero, Jaime" . "HK - Zvl\u00E1\u0161tn\u00ED administrativn\u00ED oblast \u010C\u00EDnsk\u00E9 lidov\u00E9 republiky Hongkong" . "43310" . . . "San Mart\u00EDn region is among the locations with the highest production of cocaine and cocaine paste in the Upper Amazon. Since 1992 the Takiwasi Center has been operating in Tarapoto, the economic center of the region. The Center is focusing on the treatment of patients addicted to these drugs by traditional indigenous medicine combined with psychotherapy. During nine months long rehabilitation program, the patients ritually drink plant extracts, intended for detoxification of organism and addiction treatment. One of them is purgahuasca, an extract from the liana Banisteriopsis caapi, which represents the traditional component of the Awaj\u00FAn tribe indigenous medicine. This plant extract, previously used in rites of passage, thus became a compact part of the rehabilitation program for drug addicts. The paper deals with the description of purgahuasca use in the Peruvian history, contains detail analysis of the purgahuasca rite, and includes a reflection of effects produced by the extract written down in the internal reports of Takiwasi patients and an assessment of the significance of the purgahuasca rite in the wider cultural context."@en . . "San Mart\u00EDn region is among the locations with the highest production of cocaine and cocaine paste in the Upper Amazon. Since 1992 the Takiwasi Center has been operating in Tarapoto, the economic center of the region. The Center is focusing on the treatment of patients addicted to these drugs by traditional indigenous medicine combined with psychotherapy. During nine months long rehabilitation program, the patients ritually drink plant extracts, intended for detoxification of organism and addiction treatment. One of them is purgahuasca, an extract from the liana Banisteriopsis caapi, which represents the traditional component of the Awaj\u00FAn tribe indigenous medicine. This plant extract, previously used in rites of passage, thus became a compact part of the rehabilitation program for drug addicts. The paper deals with the description of purgahuasca use in the Peruvian history, contains detail analysis of the purgahuasca rite, and includes a reflection of effects produced by the extract written down in the internal reports of Takiwasi patients and an assessment of the significance of the purgahuasca rite in the wider cultural context." . "Journal of Research on Contemporary Society" . "12418" . . "1998-2607" . "1" . . "2"^^ . "drug addiction; Awaj\u00FAn; purgahuasca"@en . "7"^^ . . . "Hor\u00E1k, Miroslav" . "Drug addiction treatment by the traditional medicine of the Awaj\u00FAn tribe"@en . "Drug addiction treatment by the traditional medicine of the Awaj\u00FAn tribe" . . . "[550AAD009445]" . . . "RIV/62156489:43310/14:00224462" . "RIV/62156489:43310/14:00224462!RIV15-MSM-43310___" . "S" . "1" .