Folk Medicine

Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.

Argues against uncritical use of traditional healing practices, especially by non-members of the cultures which generate the traditions. By Dr. Adam Brooke Davis of Truman State University.

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.

Index offers plant description, properties and method of use.

By Lois Lenz, Medicine Woman. Offers solutions for a variety of everyday health problems.

Treatise prepared by a Penn State College of Medicine professor on the importance of recognizing cultural diversity of health beliefs and practices.

Discusses non-traditional discipline and healing practices of various cultures as related to perceived abuse or neglect. Includes references.

Radio documentary describing traditional healing with herbs, aromas, massage and rituals. Requires Real Player.

Behavioral analysis of equine folk medicine, including glossary and list of ailments and cures, with references.

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.

Referenced article by a home healthcare nurse from West Virginia about the history of folk medicine and practices still in use.

Plant drawings, common ailments and remedies by a Newfoundland fifth-grade class.

Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions.

Healing tea recipes with links to herbal and medicinal glossaries, herbal preparations and diseases.

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.

Promotion of culturally competent health care. Explores the previously unexplored self-medication practices of newly arrived immigrant populations in the United States.

Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia article describing 18th and 19th century remedies and the proliferation of folk healing among Amish and Mennonite cultures.

Includes searchable database by keyword, usage, condition, belief, date, region or ethnicity of origin.

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.

Referenced article describing beliefs and practices among the Anglo, Mexican and Black cultures in Texas.