PERU – Andes

Many medicinal plants passed through trade routes between the cultures of the Amazon and the Andes. Therefore, our work expanded into the Andes, documenting the medicinal plants used by the ‘”Hampeq Runas” and “Hampeq Warmys”. (curanderos and curanderas) who walk from pueblo to isolated pueblo to administer the medicinal treatments that they have used for centuries.

We worked in Cusco with Dr. Jorge Valdivia, MD, whose medical practice in Cusco and the altiplano communities focuses on using traditional methods. Dr. Valdivia utilizes herbs that are grown in an extensive medicinal plant garden on the grounds of the Cusco hospital.

We then produced the first documentary film of our work in Peru, entitled WHERE ELDERS MEET, Peruvian Traditional Medicine in the Amazon and Andes.