Diagnosis with Guinea Pig (Cavia Porcellus), Aymara X-Rays and Treatment in Times Of COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: The objective is to identify the use and practice of diagnosis with Cuy (Cavia Porcellus), Aymara X-rays and treatment in Covid-19 times as a natural method different from the diagnostic and medication procedures of modern scientific biomedicine in this context.   Theoretical framework: Traditional Aymara medicine is a current medical system practiced by peasant health agents, who still have a particular profile, where leadership, sensitivity, vocation, especially of service, stand out. It is still a system that responds to the health needs of the population. In the last two years, Aymara medicine resisted the Covid-19 pandemic with its own local resources, highlighting herbal medicine, the use of mineral and animal by-products in the diagnosis and treatment of post-Covid-19 patients.   Method: This is an interpretative qualitative case study with ethnographic design through which the perceptions and practices of health restoration of doctors and Aymara patients affected by Covid-19 are analyzed. The research was conducted in the Aymara peasant communities of the provinces of Chucuito, El Collao and Puno in the districts of Acora, Chucuito and Pichacani, in the department of Puno (Peru) during the period 2021-2022.   Results: The results show that ancestral Aymara medicine is an integral medical system that responds to a set of knowledge and know-how for the treatment of various physiological and cultural diseases. The guinea pig is important in traditional medicine, it is used as an "X-Ray" and has efficacy in the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and prognosis of diseases caused by Covid-19 in the Aymara communities.