Resumen en inglés

This research work reveals the importance of ancestral knowledge, and in this case that of ancestral or complementary medicine, as it is known today, in which the evidence of practices is exposed through textual records. , methods, beliefs and empirical knowledge that incorporate medicinal formulas or procedures based on plants, animals and minerals, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and other types of practices applied alone or mixed, to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases or to maintain well-being and good health. people's health.