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Folk Medicine

Ascending Enterprises - Old Fashioned Remedies
By Lois Lenz, Medicine Woman. Offers solutions for a variety of everyday health problems.

A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices
Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.

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.

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 - Bordering the Future
Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions.

Folk Medicine: UCLA Folklore Archive Resource
Includes searchable database by keyword, usage, condition, belief, date, region or ethnicity of origin.

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 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.

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.

Home Remedies and Holistic Cures
A guide to home remedies and holistic cures for common illnesses and ailments.

Home Remedies for Common Ailments
Information on causes, symptoms and diet conditions for common ailments and diseases. Also provides information on health benefits from common ingredients like honey, garlic, aloe vera and other items.

Home Remedies Web
Provides information on natural cures for a variety of common illnesses.

India Parenting: Home Remedies
Cures for common childhood ailments and link to information about traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine.

International Home Remedies
An archive composed by students from around the world.

Lithuanian Folk Medicine
Includes sections describing the concept of health and illness, determination of illness, doctors and cures.

Medicine Women
Writer Carolina Carlessi discusses growing up in Peru's culture of folk medicine and faith healing and how it affected her perception of modern medicine.

Midwives and Maternity Care in the Roman World
Comparisons between folk treatment and professional midwifery in Greco-Roman society, primarily based upon the writings of Pliny and Soranus. Includes references.

My Home Remedies
A forum where readers can submit their own home remedies as well as rate and comment on others' submissions.

Natural Cure Reviews
Visitor-rated folk remedies and cures. People can submit their favorite remedy and share it with others.

Old Cures
The history of old medicine, and an old medical book.

Ozarkian and Haitian Folk Medicine
Monograph with references describing the similarities between folkloric beliefs in Haiti and mid-western America.

Pediatric Oncall - Home-Made Remedies
Indian traditional treatments for common childhood ailments.

Philippine Alternative Medicine
A study of various alternative medicines in the Philippines.

Placenta Disposal Suggestions
Describes rituals and recipes associated with birth products.

Placenta Recipes
Mothering Magazine offers an illustrated guide to preparing the placenta for consumption.

Remedies
Herb drying, storage and preparation descriptions and alphabetical list of tips for easing common complaints.

RussianFoods.com - Folk Medicine
Includes suggestions for colds, constipation, toothache, insomnia, headache and breakdown as well as links to the full Russian cooking archive.

Safe Natural Cures - More Than Home Remedies
Suggests remedies for common problems such as stuffy noses, yeast infections, athlete's foot and hiccups.

Simple Remedies
Traditional folk remedies and ideas to treat common and not-so common ailments. Generated by readers of Simplitudes.com.

Skin Cancer Treatment Alternative Using Topical Pancreatin Enzymes
Describes home remedy using a popular contact lens cleaning solution mixed with aloe vera gel.

Some Common Medicinal and Poisonous Plants Used in Ethiopian Folk Medicine
Treatise by Amare Getahun, professor at Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia. Includes introduction to Ethiopian medical lore, glossary and description of plants and their uses.

Toenail Fungus Remedies
Lists several easy and inexpensive ways to get rid of toenail fungus.

Traditional Medicine
World Health Organization fact sheet outlining the place of traditional healing practices in modern society.

The Vinegar Website
Folk uses, medicinal qualities, home remedies, history, and beauty and household uses of vinegar.

Warts
Archived article from the east Texas weekly newspaper column All Things Historical. Describes remedies the author experienced in childhood and lists cures for warts. (August 21, 2000)

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.

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