Mexico: A Case Of Zootherapy With The Tarantula Brachypelma Vagans Ausserer, 1875 In ...

Mexico: A Case Of Zootherapy With The Tarantula Brachypelma Vagans Ausserer, 1875 In Traditional Medicine Of The Chol Mayan Ethnic Group In Mexico Salima Machkour-M'Rabet, Yann Henaut, Peter Winterton, and Roberto Rojo, 2011   Background: In practically every human culture, the use of arthropods as medicinal resources has been reported. In Mexico, the Mayan people mainly use plants but occasionally also animals and minerals in their medicine. This article is the first to report the...

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