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1 online resource (177 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| 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. Niño 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. |
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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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Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Mexico.
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Traditional medicine -- Mexico.
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Mexican Americans -- Medicine.
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Healers -- Mexico.
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Healing -- Mexico.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Healers. (OCoLC)fst00952697
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Healing. (OCoLC)fst00952704
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Herbs -- Therapeutic use.
(OCoLC)fst00955386
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Mexican Americans -- Medicine.
(OCoLC)fst01019127
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Traditional medicine. (OCoLC)fst01153974
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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| Added Author |
Sawyer, Timothy L. (Timothy Leighton), 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Torres, Eliseo "Cheo". Healing with Herbs and Rituals. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014 9780826339614 |
| ISBN |
9780826339621 (electronic bk.) |
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082633962X (electronic bk.) |
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