Alternative Health: Folk Medicine

Collection of free safe and natural home remedies, healthy diet plans and beauty tips. Sign up for the free newsletter with the best remedy of the week!

A unique step by step guide for over 150 home and beauty remedies using just an aloe plant. Learn about a biogenic stimulation method preparing aloe juice at home.

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.

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

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

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

Describes home remedy using a popular contact lens cleaning solution mixed with aloe vera gel.

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

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

Traditional treatments for ailments ranging from acne to vomiting.

Describes the practices of the Alaska Native people and their applicability today. Includes reports, articles and resources.

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.

Describes the therapeutic use of music in holistic healing.

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.

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

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

Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions.

Discusses alternative and complementary medicine. Includes chat room, message board and newsletter.

Alphabetical listing of ailments, their causes and cures.