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Folk Medicine
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Original articles from our library related to the Folk Medicine. See Table of Contents for further available material (downloadable resources) on Folk Medicine.
- Herbs of Folklore and Modern Medicine: White Willow, Aloe Vera, and Garlic
- Many of the medicinal herbs we use today have been studied by modern science for application in today’s medical field. These studies have shown that our ancestral folk uses of these herbs were very much correct in their applications. Here we will explore...
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Earth Mysteries >> Herbalism
- History of Egyptian Medicine and Philosophy
- When medical knowledge past is considered, lack of aseptic technique, pain-killing drugs and antibiotics are an accepted part of our modern legend of these ancient healing practices. You will find that none of this is true when it comes to Ancient Egypt....
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Religions >> Egyptian
- Origins of the Celts
- Two new groups of people emerge in Central Europe during the late Neolithic (New Stone Age) period, one certainly immigrant. Each group may be distinguished archaeologically by characteristic artifacts found in their respective burial sites. One was a Bell...
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History & Anthropology >> Celtic & Irish
- The Celtic Vedic Connection, Part I
- Of all the great ancient cultures perhaps no two share more parallels than those of the Celtic and Vedic peoples. A deep rooted affinity runs between them, what is present in one is mirrored in the other. Myths, Gods, Goddesses, even fairy tales bear a...
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Religions >> Druidism
- Story of the Celts: Who are the Celts?
- The ancient Celts were a group of culturally similar peoples who once occupied most of central and western Europe, north of the Greco-Roman world. Perhaps the most common cultural characteristic of the ancient Celts were the Celtic languages, a branch of the...
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History & Anthropology >> Celtic & Irish
Folk Medicine is described in multiple online sources, as addition to our editors' articles, see section below for printable documents, Folk Medicine books and related discussion.
Suggested Pdf Resources
- Scottish Folk Medicine
- Scottish Folk Medicine. First people.
- www.gaiagarden.com
- EARLY KENTUCKY FOLKLIFE: Folk Medicine
- Folk medicine is all traditional beliefs about health and sickness.
- www.wku.edu
- MEXICAN FOLK MEDICINE AND FOLK BELIEFS
- MEXICAN FOLK. MEDICINE AND FOLK. BELIEFS.
- www.unm.edu
- Health, Healing and Folk Remedies: Cultural Competency for Health
- approaches to diagnosing and treating disease, also referred to as folk medicine or ethnomedical remedies.
- www.marketsegment.com
- Timothy D. Walker: Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition. The
- Timothy D. Walker: Doctors, Folk Medicine and the Inquisition. The.
- www.brown.edu
Suggested News Resources
- African Abortion Herbs May Save Lives
- Black cohosh is known under a variety of names in folk medicine such as black snakeroot, rattleroot, rattleweed, bugbane, bugwort and squawroot. Black cohosh is a member of the buttercup family.
- Natural remedies: Boulder's alternatives to modern medicine
- Mugwort/Moxa: A Eurasian perennial herb that is naturalized in North America and has aromatic leaves used in folk medicine and to flavor beverages.
- Traditional Uses of Allspice
- While in Jamaican folk medicine, allspice is supposedly made into a tea, which Jamaicans use for colds, menstrual cramps, and stomach complaints. Cubans have used the tea as a depurative, stimulant, and tonic.
Suggested Web Resources
- Folk medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- en.wikipedia.org
- Folk Medicine
- Referenced article by a home healthcare nurse from West Virginia about the history of folk medicine and practices still in use.
- www.wvculture.org
- E A R T H . C L I N I C - Folk Remedies and Holistic Cures
- Folk Remedies Archive -- extensive Natural Cures and Healing database.
- www.earthclinic.com
- Folk Medicine
- Includes searchable database by keyword, usage, condition, belief, date, region or ethnicity of origin.
- www.folkmed.ucla.edu
- Amazon.com: Folk Medicine (9780345471741): D.C. Jarvis M.D.
- "A fascinating book by a distinguished Vermont physician.
- www.amazon.com
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