Rocío alarcón

Dr. Ligia Rocίo Alarcόn G. PhD in Ethnopharmacology UCL (UK)Director of the IAMOE Centre in the Ecuadorian AmazonCurandera, Ethnopharmacologist, ethnobotanist. She has spent over 40years working with ethnic groups in the tropical rain forest and the AndesMountains of Ecuador as well as the Basque Country, Spain.

She offers workshops in UK, Ireland, Portugal, USA, etc. She practices and teaches the art and science of curandero (shamanic) healing ceremonies. A knowledge that she received from her mother and grandmother who were born in the Andes of Ecuador, the place where she was born too, at the foot of the Pichincha volcano. She offers workshops for different organizations around the world. Website: www.iamoe.org

She has published local articles for scientific journals and more, such as:

• Hunting and Hallucinogens: The Use Psychoactive and Other Plants to Improve the Hunting Ability of Dogs
  Alarcón, R. 2015. Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

• Messages from the Hummingbirds, Oracle Cards

• The Proximate Causes of Waorani Warfare
  September 2019, Human Nature 30(20) Alarcón, R., et al.