Ethnobotanical Use of Psidium Guajava in Three Mexican States

  • Rafael Manuel de Jesús Mex Álvarez Universidad Autónoma de Campeche
  • Mario Hernán Alcocer Bastos mhalcocer@hotmail.com
  • Juana Elizabeth Sánchez Andrade Secretaría de salud del Estado de México
  • Ricardo Carreras Contreras Universidad Autónoma de Campeche

Abstract

The objective of this work is to recover the knowledge that the population of three Mexican states (Campeche, State of Mexico and Yucatan) has about Psidium guajava as a medicinal plant. A cross-sectional study was carried out in which surveys on the ethnobotanical knowledge of guava were applied. The ethnobotanical surveys conducted show that the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of respiratory diseases, including COVID-19, is a popular and frequent custom; among the plants mentioned, Psidium guajava stands out because it has traditionally been associated with the improvement of respiratory symptoms of cough, flu or asthma due to its antimicrobial properties.
Published
2022-09-08
How to Cite
Mex Álvarez, R. M. de J., Alcocer Bastos, M. H., Sánchez Andrade, J. E., & Carreras Contreras, R. (2022). Ethnobotanical Use of Psidium Guajava in Three Mexican States. RICS Revista Iberoamericana De Las Ciencias De La Salud, 11(22). https://doi.org/10.23913/rics.v11i22.115
Section
Artículos Científicos