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，涉及Guarany印第安人的药用植物调查。在亚松森市的药材市场上，经常出售的药材大约有100多种，几乎都是滋补、助消化、利尿的药材。并对700余人的用药情况、用药目的、用药方法进行了调查。在使用频率较高的药材中，有些并非来自药材市场，而是原始路线。几乎目的是滋补品，消化，几乎人把草药作为茶或作为“Terere”特有的巴拉圭。研究了巴拉圭自然生长草药的地区。在北部和南部地区共发现了80种野生草本植物，由于气候因素，生长在北部地区、海耶省和查科省的植物的性质与生长在南部地区、卡塔里省、伊塔普阿省和卡瓜苏省的植物有很大不同。同时，收集了一些不良植物。在阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯的CEFYBO（Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos）和阿根廷拉普拉塔的拉普拉塔大学对南美洲的草药和印第安人进行了研究。1900年初，人们发现了记录瓜拉尼印第安人生活的文献。文献记载的药用植物约有176种，其中沿着有兽药。对这些药用植物进行了分析。说明当时某些药材的利用目的与现代不同。这些变化对分析瓜拉尼印第安人的医学思想具有重要意义。

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.