Ecuador
Dr. Ligia Rocίo Alarcόn G.
PhD in Ethnopharmacology UCL (UK)
Director of the IAMOE Centre in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Ethnopharmacologist, ethnobotanist, curandera. She has spent over 40 years working with ethnic groups in the tropical rain forest and the Andes Mountains of Ecuador as well as the Basque Country, Spain. She published local articles and for scientific journals such as:
She is the creator of the Messages from the Hummingbirds. Oracle Cards.
Alarcon, R., et al. The Proximate Causes of Waorani Warfare. Sept. September 2019, Human Nature 30(20)
Alarcon, R. 2015. Hunting and Hallucinogens: The Use Psychoactive and Other Plants to Improve the Hunting Ability of Dogs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
She offers workshops in UK, Ireland, Portugal, USA, etc. She practices and teaches the art and science of curandero (shamanic) healing ceremonies. A knowledge that she received from her mother and grandmother who were born in the Andes of Ecuador, the place where she was born too, at the foot of the Pichincha volcano. Her interests are the practices with master plants and the techniques of healing ceremonies in Ecuador, and research about ethnobotany and biodiversity. She offers workshops for different organisations around the world.
Website: www.iamoe.org