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A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin. Alternative Cancer Treatment A treatment center in Thailand specializing in the use of natural healing methods and herbs to treat cancer. American Indian Traditional Medicine in Treating Chronic Illness 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 Index offers plant description, properties and method of use. Ascending Enterprises - Old Fashioned Remedies By Lois Lenz, Medicine Woman. Offers solutions for a variety of everyday health problems. Cultural Diversity, Alternative Medicine, & Folk Medicine 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? 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 Radio documentary describing traditional healing with herbs, aromas, massage and rituals. Requires Real Player. Customary Uses of Ironweed by the Yuchi Article by J. B. Jackson describing the use of Vernonia fasciculta by the Yuchi in Eastern Oklahoma, USA. Folk Belief and Folk Medicine An overview of folk medicine and its types, elements, and origins. Folk Healing, Alternative, and Parallel Medicines Treatise by Dr. Ian Carr, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba about the development of folk healing and its parallels in Chinese and Indic cultures. Folk Medicine Referenced article by a home healthcare nurse from West Virginia about the history of folk medicine and practices still in use. Folk Medicine Plant drawings, common ailments and remedies by a Newfoundland fifth-grade class. Folk Medicine - Bordering the Future Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions. Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States Treatise prepared by a Baylor College of Medicine assistant professor outlining some Hispanic folkloric beliefs and the importance of considering such beliefs during standard medical treatment. Folk Medicine, Amish and Swiss-Pennsylvania German Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia article describing 18th and 19th century remedies and the proliferation of folk healing among Amish and Mennonite cultures. Folk Medicine: UCLA Folklore Archive Resource Includes searchable database by keyword, usage, condition, belief, date, region or ethnicity of origin. Folk-Medicaments By the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey. Outlines the role of traditional medicine and its interaction with modern practices. Includes list of common remedies. Available in English, Turkish, German and Russian. Handbook of Texas Online: Folk Medicine Referenced article describing beliefs and practices among the Anglo, Mexican and Black cultures in Texas. Health 911 - Folk Remedies Alphabetical listing of ailments, their causes and cures. 1 2 3 [>>]

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