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@article{citeulike:3871969, abstract = {Ritual, pathological, and ethnopharmacological data indicate that Qollahuaya Andeans have a topographical-hydraulic model for understanding the physiology of their bodies. Qollahuayas look to their ayllu, a mountain with three ecological levels, and its waterways for understanding their physiology. Analogously, Qollahuayas understand the body as a vertically layered axis with a system of ducts through which air, blood, fat, and water flow to and from the sonco (heart). Blood and fat, principles of life and energy, come together at the heart and flow to the members of the body in a hydraulic cycle of centripetal and centrifugal motion. The sonco is also a distillation center that combines respiratory, digestive, and reproductive functions. Within this distillation process, secondary fluids (bile, feces, gas, milk, phlegm, semen, sweat, and urine) are produced that need to be eliminated. If these fluids accumulate, they become noxious and must be purged from the body with carminatives, emetics, enemas, fastings, dietary restrictions, and baths. Basically, the body is a hydraulic system with distillation, circulation, and elimination processes, which operate by the centripetal and centrifugal forces of liquids.}, author = {Tyler, Stephen}, citeulike-article-id = {3871969}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.anthrosource.net/Abstract.aspx?issn=0002-7294&volume=87&issue=3&supplement=0&article=10.2307_678907&jstor=True}, journal = {American Anthropologist}, keywords = {ethnobotany, ethnopharmacological, physiology, qollahuayas, ritual}, month = {January}, number = {3}, pages = {687--689}, posted-at = {2009-01-09 16:41:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Untitled}, url = {http://www.anthrosource.net/Abstract.aspx?issn=0002-7294&volume=87&issue=3&supplement=0&article=10.2307_678907&jstor=True}, volume = {87}, year = {1985} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3871969 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3871969 N2 - Ritual, pathological, and ethnopharmacological data indicate that Qollahuaya Andeans have a topographical-hydraulic model for understanding the physiology of their bodies. Qollahuayas look to their ayllu, a mountain with three ecological levels, and its waterways for understanding their physiology. Analogously, Qollahuayas understand the body as a vertically layered axis with a system of ducts through which air, blood, fat, and water flow to and from the sonco (heart). Blood and fat, principles of life and energy, come together at the heart and flow to the members of the body in a hydraulic cycle of centripetal and centrifugal motion. The sonco is also a distillation center that combines respiratory, digestive, and reproductive functions. Within this distillation process, secondary fluids (bile, feces, gas, milk, phlegm, semen, sweat, and urine) are produced that need to be eliminated. If these fluids accumulate, they become noxious and must be purged from the body with carminatives, emetics, enemas, fastings, dietary restrictions, and baths. Basically, the body is a hydraulic system with distillation, circulation, and elimination processes, which operate by the centripetal and centrifugal forces of liquids. IS - 3 JF - American Anthropologist EP - 689 TI - Untitled VL - 87 SP - 687 KW - ethnobotany KW - ethnopharmacological KW - physiology KW - qollahuayas KW - ritual AU - Tyler, Stephen PY - 1985/01// UR - http://www.anthrosource.net/Abstract.aspx?issn=0002-7294&volume=87&issue=3&supplement=0&article=10.2307_678907&jstor=True ER -