The last shaman "Medicine Man" of the Peruvian Amazon Highland jungle, who cures his patients of terminal diseases using plants native to the Amazon Jungle.

It would be great to see a twist on this initial idea...perhaps your medicine man can cure others but he can't cure himself?

You have only given us a concept; you have not indicated a goal, antagonist or stakes. Also; is the medicine man your main character, or is he the mentor that your protagonist meets?

A college educated doctor must apprentice himself to the last medicine man in the Peruvian Amazon to prevent the old shaman's profound knowledge of jungle medicine from dying with him.