# Plants of the Gods: S6E7. The Medicinal Plants and Fungi of the Amazon

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Podcast: [Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/plants-of-the-gods-hallucinogens-healing-culture-and-conservation-podcast-3227226)
Published: 2024-10-02T07:30:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1057

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The Amazon rainforest - teeming with unstudied plants, fungi, and shamanic cultures - has long been considered an almost inexhaustible source of healing plants and potions. In this episode - Dr. Mark Plotkin, an ethnobotanist who has been studying the plants and peoples of Amazonia for four decades - provides a detailed and incisive overview of the medicinal power and potential of the world's greatest rainforest!

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