Intercultural integration of western and ancestral medicines in chronic pain management and the use of medicinal plants

In a multicultural and multiethnic society such as ours, spaces are still generated to articulate the knowledge and practices of Western medicine and ancestral medicines within the health model, this work presents an inter -institutional collaboration proposal with the Ministry of Health to integrate Western science with Andean knowledge, in a dynamic process of analysis and reflection on purpose of the study of chronic pain and its treatment with medicinal plants. The guide conceptual referent is symbolic interaction and critical theory to understand the laws and principles of the Andean worldview and Granda's hermeneutics to interpret knowledge and present them in horizontal dialogue with science. The methodology highlights experiential visits in 4 communities in the region: Ingapirca in Cañar, Ayaloma in Azuay, Méndez in Morona Santiago and Saraguro in Loja with the men and women of Andean wisdom and the population; Then the data will be systematized using computer programs such as the ATLAS-Ti and the coordination of the research team, in addition they will feed the advances and proposals in workshops, forums and seminars in the community and in the university promoting dialogue and intercultural debate. The work team is made up of teachers of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, external researchers known to the use of medicinal plants, medical students and officials and technicians of the Provincial Directorate of Intercultural Health of Azuay with a great experience in community participation. The budget contemplates $ 33,703.45 in charge of the DIUC, $ 30,595.00 corresponds to the support of the Intercultural Health Directorate and $ 27,405.00 to the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

XII UNIVERSITY COMPETITION FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS UNIVERSITY OF CUENCA