Table 2.

Causes of diseases according to the Andean worldview of health and disease

Disorder	Cause	Disease
Organic disorder	Poor diet, poor intake of food and beverage, alimentary excess	Alteration of the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, nervous or reproductive systems
Psychosocial disorder	Transgression of moral or social norms	Anger, rage, envy, suffering, grief
Supernatural disorder	Negative energy of a person or place	Shuka, mal de ojo, susto, encanto, supernatural diseases