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Author Torres, Eliseo "Cheo."

Title Healing with Herbs and Rituals : a Mexican Tradition
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (177 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; PREFACE TO CURRENT EDITION; PART ONE. Folk Healers and Folk Healing; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE. A Brief History of Curanderismo; CHAPTER TWO. The Curandero; CHAPTER THREE. Ailments; CHAPTER FOUR. The Rituals; CHAPTER FIVE. Folk Beliefs; CHAPTER SIX. Don Pedrito Jaramillo; CHAPTER SEVEN. NiƱo Fidencio; CHAPTER EIGHT. Teresita; CHAPTER NINE. Modern Curanderos; CHAPTER TEN. Fusing Traditional and Modern Medicine; CHAPTER ELEVEN. Further Reading Pertaining to Curanderismo; PART TWO. Green Medicine: Traditional Mexican-American Herbs and Remedies; INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWELVE. Green Medicine: An IntroductionCHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Brief History of Green Medicine; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Where to Get the Herbs; CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Preparing Herbs for Use; CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A Few Cautions; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Important Terms; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Keeping Green Medicine Alive; CHAPTER NINETEEN. Further Reading Pertaining to Green Medicine; APPENDIX: Spanish Language Listing of Plant Names; GLOSSARY OF HERBS; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Healing with Herbs and Rituals is an herbal remedy-based understanding of curanderismo and the practice of yerberas, or herbalists, as found in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Part One, ""Folk Healers and Folk Healing, "" focuses on individual healers and their procedures. Part Two, ""Green Medicine: Traditional Mexican-American Herbs and Remedies, "" details traditional Mexican-American herbs and cures. These remedies are the product of centuries of experience in Mexico, heavily influenced by the Moors, Judeo-Christians, and Aztecs, and include e
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Subject Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Mexico
Traditional medicine -- Mexico
Mexican Americans -- Medicine
Healers -- Mexico.
Healing -- Mexico
Culture.
Alternative medicine.
Therapeutics, Physiological.
Pharmacognosy.
Pharmacology.
Plants.
Botany.
Therapeutics.
Medical personnel.
Ethnology.
Biology.
Life sciences.
Anthropology.
Physical sciences.
Social sciences.
Medicinal plants.
Botany, Medical.
Medicine, Botanic.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
United States
North America
Mexico
Culture
Complementary Therapies
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacology
Plants
Therapeutics
Americas
Eukaryota
Health Occupations
Anthropology, Cultural
Botany
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Disciplines and Occupations
Biology
Biological Science Disciplines
Organisms
Geographic Locations
Anthropology
Natural Science Disciplines
Geographicals
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Medicine, Traditional
Southwestern United States
Herbal Medicine
Plants, Medicinal
Phytotherapy
Health Personnel
Health Workforce
Ethnology
culture note.
pharmacology.
vegetation.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
botany.
biology.
biological sciences.
anthropology.
physical sciences.
social sciences.
treating (health care function)
culture (concept)
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Therapeutics, Physiological
Therapeutics
Social sciences
Plants
Physical sciences
Pharmacology
Pharmacognosy
Medicine, Botanic
Medicinal plants
Medical personnel
Materia medica, Vegetable
Life sciences
Ethnology
Culture
Botany, Medical
Botany
Biology
Anthropology
Alternative medicine
Healers
Healing
Herbs -- Therapeutic use
Mexican Americans -- Medicine
Traditional medicine
Health & Biological Sciences.
Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology.
SUBJECT North America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092455
North America
Mexico
United States
Subject North America
Mexico
Form Electronic book
Author Sawyer, Timothy L
ISBN 9780826339621
082633962X
1322029490
9781322029498