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Characteristics, production, plant composition, import and uses of plant powder mixture rapé in the Czech Republic
SAGAPOVA, Nikola
This diploma thesis deals with the powder mixture rapé, which is a part of traditional Amazonian medicine. The focus is mainly on the characteristics, production and use of this mixture. Data were collected from the analysis of the Czech market supply of rapé, questionnaire survey, semi-structured interviews and covert participant observation. The data revealed some plant species used in rapé mixtures, experience of Czech rapé users, physiological and the mental effects of rapé, but also the context of its preparation and its power. Rapé has potential to treat colds, addictions and traumas, with an important spiritual overlap. Important plant species used in rapé mixtures with which Czech users have experience include Nicotiana rustica, Dipteryx odorata, Byrsonima spicata and Byrsonima crassifolia, Platycyamus regnelii, Cenostigma macrophyllum, Amburana acreana and Calycophyllum spruceanum.
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