Zenú safeguarding medicinal plants

The guard indigenena Zenu San Andrés de Sotavento Cordoba and Sucre has been characterized by the preservation of some elements of their cultural identity, including the crafting, specifically the preparation of the Sombrero Fino Vueltiao among others accessories made from the fiber of the cane arrow, in the religious field still remains certain practices such as the worship of the dead, belief in myths, spells, prayers for the dead, among others, so as well remain elements related to traditional medicine based on the use of plants.This body of knowledge related to medicinal plants, with the passing of time has been lost, because these kids who are living influenced by the consumer society, which stigmatizes this type of knowledge under the label of "herbalists","Teguas","healers"and sometimes even witches and warlocks, they also have selfless giving value to their culture and continue to transmit their knowledge to new generations, about the curative action of the plant, are gone decoupling of ancestral customs and practices, being influenced by pharmaceutical medicine which can cause more damage to the body that medicine provided by nature itself.In Zenú Protection, specifically in the town of Tuchín there is a large variety of medicinal plants with active principles, used by people and considered important because they are part of the cultural heritage of our people Zenú, ethnicity that has been used empirically and prepared plants as medicine for certain ailments and simple diseases, among these, just to mentions some of the plants we can have, Basil, the Plantain, Oregano, peppermint, hierbasanta, the Aloe, lemon, among other species.Medicinal plants are part of the cultural heritage of pre-Columbian cultures that inhabited our lands. This empirical knowledge has been transmitted from generation to generation orally: in families, from grandparents to grandchildren, etc.. nowadays we can take advantage of information technologies and communication technologies (ICT) to continue to carry each of our community members and other people that know the historical, cultural and ancestral ethnicity Zenú.