How do Indigenous knowledge and Western science come together in the study of nature and plant medicine? Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, a chemical biologist and author of TheSpirit of the Rainforest, joins Dr. Mark Plotkin to explore ethnobotany, animal self-medication, and the idea that plants and ecosystems may hold forms of intelligence that science is only beginning to understand.
In this episode, Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza shares stories about learning from her grandmother, navigating life between two worlds, and why Indigenous knowledge and scientific research don'thave to be in conflict.
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