Healing with herbs and rituals a Mexican tradition / Eliseo "Cheo" Torres ; edited by Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.

Contents Folk healers and folk healing -- A brief history of curanderismo -- The curandero -- Ailments -- The rituals -- Folk beliefs -- Don Pedrito Jaramillo -- Niño Fidencio -- Teresita -- Modern curanderos -- Fusing traditional and modern medicine -- Further reading pertaining to curanderismo -- Green medicine: traditional Mexican-American herbs and remedies -- Green medicine -- A brief history of green medicine -- Where to get the herbs -- Preparing herbs for use -- A few cautions -- Important terms -- Keeping green medicine alive -- Further reading pertaining to green medicine -- Spanish language listing of plant names -- Glossary of herbs.
General noteThis volume is a combination with revisions of two of the author's earlier works entitled Folk healer and Green medicine.
General noteIncludes index.
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LCCN 2005025893
ISBN0826339611 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780826339614

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