Abstract
In
this work we aim at presenting and interpreting the use and meaning of
plants in traditional veterinary in Sierra de Ancasti (Catamarca,
Argentina). By employing ethnobotanical research methods and techniques,
we registered taxa of vernacular ailments and 62 medicinal uses
corresponding to 43 species from 30 botanical families. They are used
medicinally due to their healing, digestive, anti-parasitic and oxytocic
properties. In addition, the role of toxic and dangerous species was
analyzed in the local veterinary. Together with the repertoire of
plants, we also described other popular therapeutic techniques and
cultural practices of religious-ritualistic nature. Finally, tension was
analyzed between tradition and modernity in this field of knowledge. It
has been concluded that, despite ethnoveterinary knowledge is relevant
for many species and uses, its practice is being gradually neglected,
which could eventually lead to the extinction of experience. © 2017
BoletÃn Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y
Aromáticas.
