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[Health]
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8/3/2006
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Treatment With Care (Book Review)
Author: Paul Wine (reviewer) Source: Tuscon Weekly (AZ)
Title: TREATMENT WITH CARE
Review: Healing With Herbs and Rituals: A Mexican Tradition, by Eliseo "Cheo" Torres, edited by Timothy L. Sawyer Jr.. University of New Mexico Press, $17.95.
Curanderismo is a traditional form of folk healing that flourishes in Mexico and parts of Latin America. In the United States, it is practiced by many Mexican Americans, especially in the Southwest and the barrios of major cities; outside of the Hispanic community, few people have heard of it.
Arising from the Spanish conquest of the Americas, curanderismo is a true melting pot, mixing Judeo-Christian beliefs, Islamic medical learning, Native American herbal wisdom and remnants of medieval European witchcraft. Additionally, beliefs about psychic phenomena and elements of modern medicine have influenced its practices.
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