Nierika AC - Multidisciplinary Association for the Preservation of Indigenous Traditions of Sacred Plants
Chalmita
Description:
?To facilitate interdisciplinary dialogues
between traditional indigenous doctors,
medicine people, keepers of knowledge of
the various indigenous peoples who still use
these sacred plants, and research scientists
from different academic disciplines including:
anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists,
physicians, psychiatrists, pharmacologistes
etc. Thus promoting a conceptual bridge that
permits the study of traditional medicine from
a scientific perspective and simultaneously
allowing elements of traditional indigenous
medicine to bring benefits to the patients most
in need of effective treatments and contributes
to the enrichment of the International Health
Systems and human development.
?To enrich international scientific knowledge
about the therapeutic potential of the
ceremonial use of sacred plants by impulsing
and developing clinical research studies
in Mexico and other countries, in order to contribute to the
development of effective treatments for
addictions, depression, anxiety, and PTSD
among other mental health challenges.
?To develop culurally adapted treatments that
integrate the use of sacred plants and other
resources of traditional medicine and modern
psychotherapeutic strategies for different
mental health challenges for indigenous people
of North America.
?To conserve and preserve the ecological
habitats where these plants grow and/or where indigenous
communities still maintain active traditional
medicine practices with sacred plants, and
to develop sustainable management plans
in collaboration with environmental groups
and conservationists as well as appropriate
government agencies.
?To promote the creation of a Regulatory
Committee for the Use of Sacred Plants to develop the legal architecture
that may allow for a more integrated and
comprehensive application of sacred plants
for humankind, within safe and therapeutic
contexts.
?To establish a pilot project for a legitimized
clinical program that includes psychotherapy
and the use of psychotropic sacred plants
within an intercultural medicine paradigm.
Address: Rancho Nierika Paraje Casahuate s/n San Ambrosio Chalmita Ocuilan Estado de Mexico 52483 Chalmita Mexico
Services provided:
Prevention
Treatment
Rehabilitation
Alternative development
Advocacy
Research
Other
Areas of interest:
Multidisciplinary Study and Preservation of Sacred Plants and Traditions
Scientific research into the therapeutic potential of the structured use of psychotropic plants and psychedelic substances found in nature within intercultural medicinal contexts. Sustainable development of culture and preservation of territory related to Sacred Plant or psychotropic plant knowledge. Education and institutional cooperation to develop comprehensive drug policies based on human rights and scientific evidence that can preserve indigenous knowledge of sacred plants.
Team:
Director of Research and Treatment