Folk Medicine Alternative Health

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

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Some Common Medicinal and Poisonous Plants Used in Ethiopian Folk Medicine - Treatise by Amare Getahun, professor at Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia. Includes introduction to Ethiopian medical lore, glossary and description of plants and their uses.
Folk Medicine - Referenced article by a home healthcare nurse from West Virginia health about the history of folk medicine and practices still in health use.
India Parenting: Home Remedies - Cures for common childhood ailments and link to folk medicine information health about traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine.
Lithuanian Folk Medicine - Includes sections describing the concept of health and illness, determination of illness, doctors and cures.
Culturally Diverse Childrearing Practices: Abusive or Just Different? - Discusses non-traditional discipline and healing practices of various alternative cultures as alternative related to perceived abuse or neglect. alternative Includes references.
Pediatric Oncall - Home-Made Remedies - Indian traditional treatments for common childhood ailments.
Ozarkian and Haitian Folk Medicine - Monograph with references describing the similarities between folkloric beliefs in Haiti and mid-western America.
Herpes Relief - Describes home remedies for relief from the symptoms of herpes health naturally, from a fellow sufferer.
American Indian Traditional Medicine in Treating Chronic Illness - Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona at Beth Israel\\'s Center for Health and health Healing presents research on how Native American traditional practices can health integrate with traditional medicine to treat chronic illness. Includes health comparison and demographic charts.
A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices - Describes the author\\'s experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.
Midwives and Maternity Care in the Roman World - Comparisons between folk treatment and professional midwifery in Greco-Roman society, folk medicine primarily based upon the writings of Pliny and Soranus. folk medicine Includes references.
International Home Remedy Secrets - Traditional treatments for ailments ranging from acne to folk medicine vomiting.
Folk Medicine - Bordering the Future - Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions.
Skin Cancer Treatment Alternative Using Topical Pancreatin Enzymes - Describes home remedy using a popular contact lens cleaning solution alternative mixed with aloe vera gel.
Home Remedies Web - Provides information on natural cures for a variety folk medicine of folk medicine common illnesses.
Old Cures - The history of old medicine, and an old medical book.
Folk Medicine: UCLA Folklore Archive Resource - Includes searchable database by keyword, usage, condition, belief, health date, region alternative or ethnicity of origin.
My Home Remedies - A forum where readers can submit their own alternative home remedies alternative as well as rate and comment alternative on others' submissions.
Alternative Cancer Treatment - A treatment center in Thailand specializing in the use of health natural healing methods and herbs to treat cancer.
Philippine Alternative Medicine - A study of various alternative medicines in the Philippines.
Safe Natural Cures - More Than Home Remedies - Suggests remedies for common problems such as stuffy noses, yeast infections, athlete's foot and hiccups.
International Home Remedies - An archive composed by students from around the alternative world.
Home Remedies for Common Ailments - Information on causes, symptoms and diet conditions for alternative common ailments folk medicine and diseases. Also provides information on alternative health benefits from common folk medicine ingredients like honey, garlic, alternative aloe vera and other items.
The Vinegar Website - Folk uses, medicinal qualities, home remedies, history, and folk medicine beauty and household uses of vinegar.
RussianFoods.com - Folk Medicine - Includes suggestions for colds, constipation, toothache, insomnia, headache alternative and breakdown as well as links to the alternative full Russian cooking archive.
Curanderismo: Folk Healing in the Southwest - Radio documentary describing traditional healing with herbs, aromas, massage and rituals. Requires Real Player.
Toenail Fungus Remedies - Lists several easy and inexpensive ways to get rid of health toenail fungus.
Medicine Women - Writer Carolina Carlessi discusses growing up in Peru\\'s folk medicine culture folk medicine of folk medicine and faith healing and folk medicine how it folk medicine affected her perception of modern medicine.
Ascending Enterprises - Old Fashioned Remedies - By Lois Lenz, Medicine Woman. Offers solutions folk medicine for alternative a variety of everyday health problems.
Folk Medicine, Amish and Swiss-Pennsylvania German - Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia article describing 18th and 19th century folk medicine remedies and the proliferation of folk healing among Amish and folk medicine Mennonite cultures.
Traditional Medicine - World Health Organization fact sheet outlining the place of traditional health healing practices in modern society.
Cultural Diversity, Alternative Medicine, & Folk Medicine - Treatise prepared by a Penn State College of alternative Medicine professor alternative on the importance of recognizing cultural alternative diversity of health beliefs alternative and practices.
Warts - Archived article from the east Texas weekly newspaper column All health Things Historical. Describes remedies the author experienced in childhood health and lists cures for warts.
Simple Remedies - Traditional folk remedies and ideas to treat common health and not-so folk medicine common ailments. Generated by readers health of Simplitudes.com.
Home Remedies and Holistic Cures - A guide to home remedies and holistic cures alternative for common health illnesses and ailments.
Remedies - Herb drying, storage and preparation descriptions and alphabetical health list of health tips for easing common complaints.
Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States - Treatise prepared by a Baylor College of Medicine folk medicine assistant professor outlining some Hispanic folkloric beliefs and folk medicine the importance of considering such beliefs during standard folk medicine medical treatment.
Natural Cure Reviews - Visitor-rated folk remedies and cures. People can submit their favorite alternative remedy and share it with others.
Traditional Health, Medicine and Healing - Describes the practices of the Alaska Native people health and their folk medicine applicability today. Includes reports, articles health and resources.
Handbook of Texas Online: Folk Medicine - Referenced article describing beliefs and practices among the alternative Anglo, Mexican folk medicine and Black cultures in Texas.
Health 911 - Folk Remedies - Alphabetical listing of ailments, their causes and cures.

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