Benito Treviño: Lo que comemos, lo que nos cura, lo que usamos
Title:
Benito Treviño: Lo que comemos, lo que nos cura, lo que usamos
Description:
A documentary about Benito Treviño, an ethnobotanist who was born in Starr County. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, with a major in botany and minor in chemistry. Treviño, owner of the Rancho Lomitas, talks about the healing properties of local plants to cure or relieve discomfort in the body such as eye irritation, stomachache, headache, etc. He also demonstrates how to make a rope and paper with plants. Treviño shares the importance of preserving nature and to treat the land as a library where all the plants are books to learn from.
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Mexicano americanos, and Texas--Condiciones sociales
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America and Starr County, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 2703. Duration of content within the file is 59 minutes, 26 seconds. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas at Austin does not hold the copyright to the content of this file. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder. Material copyrighted to Dr. Manuel F. Medrano and The University of Texas at Brownsville. The assets of UT Brownsville are now held by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
Origin Note:
Los del Valle oral history recordings transferred from The University of Texas at Brownsville to The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Digitized with funds from the Latin American Materials Project (LAMP), Center for Research Libraries.