Health condition | Spanish or Quechua name (the latter name is underlined) | Diagnostic symptom(s) of health condition according to healers |
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arthritis | reumatismo, t'ullu taxaj | Pain in bones and knees during low environment temperature |
biliary colic and cholecystitis | cólico, cólera, colerina, bilis, jayaq'e punkiy, jayaq'in | Reference to the gall bladder, (cramping) abdominal pain, yellow or green-colored vomiting, sharp taste in the mouth, flatulence. Caused amongst others by feelings of anger towards family. Headache, acidity and heartburn can be accompanying symptoms |
cold, flu and chills | resfrÃo, gripe, ilasqa, chiri pasasqas | Elevated body temperature, sneezing, phlegm. Chiri pasasqas: chills caused by working at night in a cold and/or wet environment |
conjunctivitis | ch'ojñi, ñawi | Eye feels warm and painful, inflammation, eye cannot be opened, pus, blurred vision |
constipation | estreñimiento, empacho | Inability to release stool, need to apply enema |
contraception | planificación familiar, warmis | Women who do not want to have more children |
diabetes | diabetes | Patient has dull abdominal pain, sweet tasting urine, a dry mouth and a desire to eat sweets |
diarrhea | diarrea | Linked to intestines, can be associated with vomiting and stomachache |
fever | k'aja, junp'iy | Dry mouth and nose, elevated body temperature (patient feels 'hot'), accelerated pulse, headache |
fractures and sprains | fracturas, torceduras | A distinction is made between closed and open fractures |
intestinal parasites | gusanos en los intestinos, botar bichos de la barriga, limpiar las tripas | Worms that have to be expelled from the intestines |
labor and puerperium | parto | Labor induction, pain, bleeding, recovery from childbirth |
madre ("rupture") | madre, quebradura, quebración, chullchusqas | Caused by working hard or lifting heavy objects (and not eating well). Abdominal pain, flatulence, desire to constantly go to the bathroom, blood in stool (blood in urine is mentioned as well), vomiting and dizziness, diarrhea is possible, itchy hands and feet, difficult urination, loss of appetite, unwillingness to work, weight loss, "lack of blood", loss of vitality |
maldición ("cursed") | jap'eqa (asustarse, manchariy); maldición, hechizo, brujerÃa | Caused by fright or witchcraft; the patient does not cure, shivers and has pain in the entire body, abdominal pain, headache, desire to sleep, unwillingness to work, loss of appetite, weak pulse, sadness, fever is possible. In the case of maldición the patient already knows from his dreams that he is cursed |
pain, excluding toothache | nanay | Including headache, abdominal, body, back and chest pain |
respiratory infections, including cough, otitis, pneumonia and sore throat | cough: tos, ch'ujchu; otitis: sordo, dolor de oÃdo, ninri jukara; pneumonia: neumonia, costa(d)o | Cough can be "dry" or "wet" (with phlegm) and accompanied by a sore throat and fever; otitis is reported as deafness/inability to hear, and earache with yellow pus; pneumonia symptoms include cough, (high) fever, and chest pain and its equivalent costa(d)o consists of cough with blood, and pulsating chest pain |
scabies | sarna, rasca paloma, rasca rasca | Itching and infecting skin eruptions caused by scabies |
stomachache and gastritis | dolor de estomago, gastritis, bultos en el pecho, dolor de estómago y corazón | Heartburn (described as sensation of "stones" or burning feeling in chest), vomiting, pain in higher abdomen, loss of appetite, stomach problems are thought to be caused by eating burned food or drinking too much alcohol |
toothache | dolor de muelas, dolor dedientes | Painful teeth |
urijasqa ("malnutrition") | urijasqa | Illness caused in children by the bad smell of a dead animal; symptoms include swollen and painful belly, weight loss, growth retardation, yellow colored skin |
urinary and kidney problems | quebración, jisp'ay p'iti quebradura, hemorragia, mal de riñon, dolor de riñones | These can include difficult or painful urination; reduced urination, a "desire to go to the bathroom all the time", painful abdomen, dark colored urine; blood in urine; "cold" bladder, back pain, and swollen hands and feet |
wayra ("evil wind") | aire, wayra, wayra jap'isqa | Symptoms can range from stiff and painful muscles to (facial or even corporeal) paralysis, depending on the degree of severity according to healers. In case of facial paralysis, the mouth is twisted or an eye-lid is drooping |
wounds and bruises | herida, hinchazón, moradura, punkisqa, abceso, ch'upu | Include abscesses (a swelling with pus that does not want to open), cuts, bleeding from the skin. Bruises are described as a localized feeling of heat, swelling of the skin without pus |