Category: Folk Medicine

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Alternative/Folk Medicine

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• A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices.   [rate it] [review it]
  Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.

• A Few Words About Folk Medicine   [rate it] [review it]
  Argues against uncritical use of traditional healing practices, especially by non-members of the cultures which generate the traditions. By Dr. Adam Brooke Davis of Truman State University.

• Age Old And New Age Folk Remedies For Common Ailments   [rate it] [review it]
  Lists treatments for hangovers, bruises, sprains, constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, hiccups, indigestion and dandruff.

• American Indian Traditional Medicine in Treating Chronic Illness   [rate it] [review it]
  Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona at Beth Israel's Center for Health and Healing presents research on how Native American traditional practices can integrate with traditional medicine to treat chronic illness. Includes comparison and demographic charts.

• Ancient Aztec Herbal Remedies   [rate it] [review it]
  Index offers plant description, properties and method of use.

• Ascending Enterprises - Old Fashioned Remedies   [rate it] [review it]
  By Lois Lenz, Medicine Woman. Offers solutions for a variety of everyday health problems.

• Cultural Diversity, Alternative Medicine, & Folk Medicine   [rate it] [review it]
  Treatise prepared by a Penn State College of Medicine professor on the importance of recognizing cultural diversity of health beliefs and practices.

• Culturally Diverse Childrearing Practices: Abusive or Just Different?   [rate it] [review it]
  Discusses non-traditional discipline and healing practices of various cultures as related to perceived abuse or neglect. Includes references.

• Curanderismo: Folk Healing in the Southwest   [rate it] [review it]
  Radio documentary describing traditional healing with herbs, aromas, massage and rituals. Requires Real Player.

• Efficacious, Economic and Psychologically Soothing   [rate it] [review it]
  Behavioral analysis of equine folk medicine, including glossary and list of ailments and cures, with references.

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