During the inauguration of the “Intercultural Forum of entheogenic medicine” that took place in the Senate of the Republic, legislators, legislators and specialists spoke out for establishing new agreements for the respect, legality and biopreservation of ancestral knowledge.
The president of the Commission on Indigenous Affairs, Senator Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz (PAN) pointed out the importance of indigenous communities and peoples contributing their ancestral knowledge to help treat mental illnesses, in order to find active components in plants and fungi.
Meanwhile, Alejandrina Pedro Castañeda, a traditional Mazatec doctor, spoke out for strengthening entheogenic medicine, as well as activating, from home, herbal practices in order to prevent diseases.
Likewise, the founder of the Mexica tradition group “Nahualcoyotl Tollocán”, Alejandro Durán Padilla, called for the rescue of traditional medicine, as well as asking people to refer respectfully to traditional native plants.
