Alternative Health: Folk Medicine

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions.

Alphabetical listing of ailments, their causes and cures.

Suggests remedies for common problems such as stuffy noses, yeast infections, athlete's foot and hiccups.

Description of the illness and list of treatments.

An archive composed by students from around the world.

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

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

Cures for common childhood ailments and link to information about traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine.

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.

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.

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.

Indian traditional treatments for common childhood ailments.

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

Archived article from the east Texas weekly newspaper column All Things Historical. Describes remedies the author experienced in childhood and lists cures for warts.

Index offers plant description, properties and method of use.

Treatise by Amare Getahun, professor at Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia. Includes introduction to Ethiopian medical lore, glossary and description of plants and their uses.