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How Time Has
Changed The Use
and Development
of Tropical &
Traditional
Medicine in Belize
By: Takeitha Moye
TREES, PLANTS, FRUITS, BARKS AND VINES ACCOUNT FOR
THE MAJORITY OF THE AILMENTS USED IN THE BELIZEAN
CULTURE. THESE MEDICINAL TREATMENTS GO BACK TO
THE TIMES OF THE ANCIENT MAYA, WHEN RAINFORESTS
WERE CRUCIALLY RELIED ON FOR CURES AND SURVIVAL:
What is tropical/ traditional medicine?
TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO BE THE LEADING
BASIS OF ADVANCEMENT IN MEDICINE IN
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED
STATES, BUT IN BELIZE, TRADITIONAL AND
TROPICAL MEDICINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED,
BUT TODAY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE HAS CHANGED.
IN BELIZE, HERBS AND BUSH GARDENS PROVIDE MANY
AILMENTS. HOWEVER, THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE IS BEGINNING TO ALTER THE AMOUNT AND
PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THESE NATURAL
REMEDIES.
Climate Change
Wild Yam is a medicinal plant which
contains the steroids in oral
contraception and is used as a technique
for birth control, menstrual cramps,
rheumatoid arthritis and pain from
gallstones in places like Belize.
Climate Change continues to inept wild
yam’s ability to adapt and survive
because of
the decrease in rainfall.
Have You Noticed The Rising Cost of Birth Control?
Could This be a contributing reason??
HYPERICUM HERBS (WHICH ARE USED AS AN EFFECTIVE
ANTIDEPRESSANT IN BELIZE) ON THE OTHER HAND CAN GROW
ON DRY, DISTURBED SOIL, AND BENEFIT FROM FIRE ECOLOGY;
THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING MORE ABUNDANTLY IN THE PAST FEW
YEARS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY OF SAVANNA
FIRES AND ARE CURRENTLY VERY PLENTIFUL.
Savanna Fires are wildfires that regularly occur in the
Savanna.
SEA GRAPES ARE VERY SWEET AND ARE SAID TO BE ESPECIALLY
GOOD IF YOU HAVE AN UPSET STOMACH, BUT SCIENTISTS
PREDICT THAT WITH THE RAPID RISE IN SEA LEVELS AND
INCREASES SALT WATER EXPOSURE, SEA GRAPES WILL BE MORE
PLENTIFUL BUT WILL GRADUALLY LOOSE ITS NATURAL
SWEETNESS AND BEGAN TO TASTE MORE BITTER.
According to the the National Geographic's website, for the past 20
years sea levels have risen an estimated .13 inches per year.
TROPICAL MEDICINE IN BELIZE SUCH AS MIMOSA (USED
TO ALLEVIATE PAIN AND INDUCE SLEEP) HAVE BEGUN TO
FLOWER EARLIER AND SHIFT THEIR RANGES IN RESPONSE
TO THE INCREASE IN SEVERITY OF HEAT IN BELIZE AND
THE SHIFT IN THE RAINY SEASON
The wet season usually runs mid-May November in the South. However,
recently rain has been coming in large amounts as early as March.
In Conclusion:
The impact of climate change on
natural disasters, droughts, potential
famine, health and ecosystems are
often talked about, yet everyday we
wait to attempt to reverse the effects
of global warming will be another
day that the presently fragile life of
traditional medicine will be made to
suffer.
Traditional and tropical
medicine is an extremely
under-utilized resource, but
today, more and more
scientists and doctors are
embracing the natural
ailments that God has
provided, now its just up to
us to maintain and
preserve its well being
before its too late!
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