Survey of Traditional Medicine of Paraguayan Guarany Indian

自1998年以来，到1999年在巴拉圭进行了三次实地研究，包括瓜拉尼印第安人药用植物的调查。在亚松森市的草药市场，经常出售100多种草药，几乎都是补药、消化药、利尿剂。通过听取约700人的意见，我们还对以下问题进行了调查：合理利用草药、目的和方法。在使用频率较高的药材中，有一些不是来自药材市场，而是原始途径。几乎所有的用途都是补药、消化，几乎所有的人都把这种草药当作茶或巴拉圭特有的“Terere”。对巴拉圭天然生长草药的地区进行了研究。在南北地区共发现80种野生草本植物，由于气候因素，北部地区Haye和Chaco的植物性质与南部地区Paraguari， Itapua和Caaguazu的植物性质有很大差异。同时，收集标准植物。在阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯的CEFYBO （Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos）和阿根廷拉普拉塔大学（La Plata University）对南美洲的草本植物和印第安人进行了调查。1900年初，人们发现了记录瓜拉尼印第安人生活的文献。文献记载了大约176种药用植物，以及动物药物。对这些药用植物进行了分析。结果表明，当时一些草药的利用目的与现在不同。这些变化对分析瓜拉尼印第安人的医学观念具有重要意义。

Field studies in Paraguay were carried out to three times by 1999 since 1998, involving survey of medicinal plants for Guarany indian. In the herb market of Asuncion city, about 100 kinds of herbs were always sold, almost which are for tonics, digestive, and a diuretic. The following were also examined by hearing from about 700 persons : well utilizing herb, purpose, and does method. In utilizing herbs with high frequency, some were not from the herb market, but original route. The almost purposes were of tonics, digestive, and almost persons take the medicinal herb as a tea or as "Terere" peculiar to Paraguay. the area where medicinal herbs grow naturally in Paraguay was studied. Total 80 kinds of wild herbs were found in the north and south area, and the nature of plants growing in the north area, Haye and Chaco prefectures, were very different form those growing in the south area, Paraguari, Itapua, and Caaguazu prefectures, because of climatic factor. At the same time, the **ndard plants were collected. Herbs and Indians in the South America were investigated at CEFYBO (Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos), Buenos Aires, Argentine and at the La Plata University, La Plata, Argentine. It was found the literature which recorded the life of Guarany indian at the beginning of 1900. About 176 kinds of medicinal plants were recorded in the literature, along with animal drugs. These medicinal plants were analyzed. It was indicated that the utilizing purposes of some herbs at the time were different from those in the present time. The changes will be important to analyze the medicinal idea of Guarany indian.