Folk Medicine (Subscribe)
Links
Includes sections describing the concept of health and illness, determination of illness, doctors and cures.
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.
Index offers plant description, properties and method of use.
A study of various alternative medicines in the Philippines.
Describes home remedy using a popular contact lens cleaning solution mixed with aloe vera gel.
Archived article from the Medford Mail Tribune column Over the Back Fence, by Hank Henry. Describes remedies remembered from childhood and the blending of folk and conventional medicine.
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.
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.
Discusses non-traditional discipline and healing practices of various cultures as related to perceived abuse or neglect. Includes references.
Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.
A treatment center in Thailand specializing in the use of natural healing methods and herbs to treat cancer.
World Health Organization fact sheet outlining the place of traditional healing practices in modern society.
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.
Monograph with references describing the similarities between folkloric beliefs in Haiti and mid-western America.
Includes suggestions for colds, constipation, toothache, insomnia, headache and breakdown as well as links to the full Russian cooking archive.
Suggests remedies for common problems such as stuffy noses, yeast infections, athlete's foot and hiccups.
National Park Service article describing the traditional folk medicine in use near the Big Bend Region along the Texas-Mexico border.
Traditional treatments for ailments ranging from cancer to upset stomach.
Discusses the history of honey's medicinal use, recent research and antibiotic and antifungal properties.
Introduction and description of several traditions that have contributed toward medicinal resources in North America. Includes references.
Native American uses of Common Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium) in Eastern North America; article by J. B. Jackson [PDF].
Article by J. B. Jackson describing the use of Vernonia fasciculta by the Yuchi in Eastern Oklahoma, USA.
Outlines Native American belief that wellness is the complete integration of mind, body and spirit. Includes information about desert walks, personal wellness plans and workshops.
Discusses history and benefits of pascalite clay and provides a method to order pascalite.
