Botánica
A botánica (often written botanica and less commonly known as a hierbería or botica) is a religious goods store. The name ''botánica'' is Spanish and translates as "botany" or "plant store," referring to these establishments' function as dispensaries of medicinal herbs. Botánicas are common in many Hispanic American countries and Latino communities around the world. Such establishments sell folk medicine, herbs, candles, and statues for Saints and popular gods. They also carry oils, incense, perfumes, and books. Such stores have become increasingly popular in the United States as the Latino communities they serve have grown in that country. A botánica is a site of healing and support, such that one owner says they are a "place of mysteries" due to the metaphysical appreciation of mystery as a synonym for spirit and divinity.Most botánicas sell products and services associated with spiritual practices such as Candomblé, Curanderismo, Espiritismo, Macumba, Palo Monte, Santa Muerte, María Lionza and Santería. Whether these items are viewed as cultural imports or adaptive responses on the part of immigrants to a new social environment, the majority of these products and services are used by those who seek guidance in their spiritual and social lives. Botánicas provide their patrons with access to power: power from the natural world, the social world, and the world of the spirits. Devotees, in turn, use this power to meet the challenges of ordinary life: problems of health, wealth, and love. People come to the botánica with a host of struggles and problems, and the botánica offers hope from these troubles.
There is extensive research and literature on botánicas as dispensers of healthcare in the Latino communities of the United States. Without access to professional health services, many Latinos have found effective care in the herbal treatments and psychological support that botánicas offer. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1by Afonso Carrillo, Julio, Verlaque, Marc, Gil Rodr´ıguez, Durand, Christine, Boudouresque, Charles F., Le Parco, YannickContributors: “...Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal...”
Published 2004
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
2by Afonso Carrillo, Julio, Peña, Viviana, Adey, Walter H., Riosmena-Rodríguez, Rafael, Jung, Moon-Yung, Choi, Han-Gu, Bárbara, IgnacioContributors: “...Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal...”
Published in Journal of Phycology (2011)
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
3by González Pérez, Alejandro, Álvarez Esteban, Ramón, Penas Merino, Ángel, Río González, Sara delContributors: “...Botanica...”
Published in Applied Sciences (2022)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
4by González Pérez, Alejandro, Álvarez Esteban, Ramón, Penas Merino, Ángel, Río González, Sara delContributors: “...Botanica...”
Published in Applied Sciences (2022)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
5Contributors: “...Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal)...”
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
6by Munilla Rumbao, Ignacio, Arcos, José Manuel, Oro, Daniel, Álvarez Fernández, David, Leyenda, Patricia M., Velando Rodríguez, AlbertoContributors: “...Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Botánica...”
Published in Ecosphere
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
7Contributors: “...Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal)...”
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
8by López Albacete, Itziar, Gavira Romero, Óscar, Blanco Garrido, Francisco, Herrera Grao, AntonioContributors: “...Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica y Fisiología Vegetal)...”
Published 2010
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
9
-
10by Amigo Vázquez, Javier, San Martín, Cristina, Ramírez, Carlos, Álvarez, MiguelContributors: “...Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Botánica...”
Published in Lazaroa
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
11Contributors: “...UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION/FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y OCEANOGRAFICAS/DEPARTAMENTO DE BOTANICA...”
Get access
-
12Contributors: “...UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION/FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y OCEANOGRAFICAS/DEPARTAMENTO DE BOTANICA...”
Get access
-
13by Francesco Boscutti, Enrico Braidot, Valentino Casolo, Antonio Filippi, Elisa Petrussa, Marco ZancaniContributors: “...Società Botanica Italiana - SBI...”
Published 2018
Get access
Get access
Conference Object -
14by Pereira, Stephanie de FátimaContributors: “...Universidade Federal do Paraná. Setor de Ciências Biológicas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica...”
Published 2015
Get access
Thesis -
15by Feres, Mariana Calixto LopesContributors: “...Universidade Federal do Paraná. Setor de Ciencias Biológicas. Programa de Pós-Graduaçao em Botânica...”
Published 2013
Get access
Thesis -
16by Maia, Fabiano Rodrigo daContributors: “...Universidade Federal do Paraná. Setor de Ciencias Biológicas. Programa de Pós-Graduaçao em Botânica...”
Published 2013
Get access
Thesis -
17by MAGGI, Oriana, PERSIANI, Anna Maria, FABBRI, Anna Adele, LUNGHINI, Dario, QUADRACCIA, Livio, FANELLI, Corrado, C. DE LUCAContributors: “...Società Botanica Italiana...”
Published 1991
Get access
Conference Object -
18by Luz, Patrícia Michele daContributors: “...Universidade Federal do Paraná. Setor de Ciências Biológicas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica...”
Published 2014
Get access
Thesis -
19by Sharifi, Arash, Djamali, Morteza, Peterson, Larry, Swart, Peter, Ávila, María Guadalupe Pulido, Esfahaninejad, Mojgan, de Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis, Lahijani, Hamid, Pourmand, AliContributors: “...Laboratorio de Palinología, Instituto de Botánica, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad...”
Published in Regional Environmental Change (2023)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
20by Sharifi, Arash, Djamali, Morteza, Peterson, Larry, Swart, Peter, Ávila, María Guadalupe Pulido, Esfahaninejad, Mojgan, de Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis, Lahijani, Hamid, Pourmand, AliContributors: “...Laboratorio de Palinología, Instituto de Botánica, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad...”
Published in Regional Environmental Change (2023)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper