Folha de coca : superalimento e medicina : as tradições indígenas da sagrada planta ancestral no Brasil e na América do Sul / André DeMarco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeMarco, André, author.

Language:

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Coca--Therapeutic use.

Coca.

Coca--Nutrition.

Ethnobotany--Brazil.

Ethnobotany.

Ethnobotany--South America.

Indians of South America--Ethnobotany.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Religion.

Shamanism--Brazil.

Shamanism.

Shamanism--South America.

Physical Description:

316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Curitiba, Brasil : Editora CRV, 2025.

Summary:

In this book, André DeMarco presents an unprecedented body of work in Portuguese on the coca leaf. The author offers a deep exploration of Indigenous traditions from the Andes to the Amazon, revealing how diverse peoples relate to this ancestral plant, its multiple uses, and its historical significance within their cultures. The book also includes a detailed survey of Indigenous groups in Brazil who maintain sacred and ancestral uses of coca--a subject still little known to most Brazilians. With a scientific approach grounded in academic research, the work analyzes the remarkable nutritional and medicinal properties of the coca leaf, demonstrating its value as a superfood and therapeutic resource, far beyond the distorted image linked to cocaine. Additionally, the book incorporates a spiritual and anthropological perspective, rooted in multispecies ethnography, highlighting the sacred feminine entity associated with the plant, Mama Coca. Its central mission is to clarify two essential points: the coca leaf is not cocaine, and the coca leaf is not a drug.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-308) and index.

ISBN:

9786525173474

6525173477

OCLC:

1552585979