Curandeiro de picadas de cobrasCurador de CobrasMedicinal <p>O “curador” afirma ter nascido com o dom de curar mordidas por meio de sua saliva. O dono desse poder pode transmiti-lo a outras pessoas cuspindo em suas bocas ou na água que é bebida pelo paciente mordido. Aquele que recebe a saliva em sua boca torna-se um “curado” e obtém o dom de curar picadas de cobra.</p> <p> </p> <p>The “curador” claims to have been born with the gift of healing bites through his spittle. The owner of this power may transmit it to others by spitting in their mouths or in the water that is drunk by the bitten patient. One who receives the spittle in his mouth becomes a “curado” and obtains the gift of healing snakebites.</p> <p> </p> <p>PAGANI, E.; SANTOS, J. F. L.; RODRIGUES, E. Culture-Bound Syndromes of a Brazilian Amazon Riverine population: Tentative correspondence between traditional and conventional medicine terms and possible ethnopharmacological implications. <strong>Journal of Ethnopharmacology</strong>, v. 203, n. 1, p. 80–89, 5 maio 2017.</p> <p><!--?xml version="1.0"?--></p> <div class="csl-bib-body"> <div class="csl-entry">PAGANI, E.; SANTOS, J. F. L.; RODRIGUES, E. Culture-Bound Syndromes of a Brazilian Amazon Riverine population: Tentative correspondence between traditional and conventional medicine terms and possible ethnopharmacological implications. <strong>Journal of Ethnopharmacology</strong>, v. 203, n. 1, p. 80–89, 5 maio 2017.</div> </div>