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A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices

http://www.jqjacobs.net/writing/ethnomed.html

Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.

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Alternative Cancer Treatment

http://www.behandlungscenter.com/index_gb.htm

A treatment center in Thailand specializing in the use of natural healing methods and herbs to treat cancer.

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American Indian Traditional Medicine in Treating Chronic Illness

http://www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/mmtraditionalpaper.htm

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.

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Ascending Enterprises - Old Fashioned Remedies

http://www.ascendingenterprises.com/oldfashrem.htm

By Lois Lenz, Medicine Woman. Offers solutions for a variety of everyday health problems.

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Cultural Diversity, Alternative Medicine, & Folk Medicine

http://www.temple.edu/isllc/newfolk/medicine.html

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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Culturally Diverse Childrearing Practices: Abusive or Just Different?

http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/C-ChildAbuse.html

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

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Folk Medicine

http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhs1041.html

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

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Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States

http://www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/Courses/mod7/mod7.html

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.

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Folk Medicine, Amish and Swiss-Pennsylvania German

http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/F656ME.html/?searchterm=Folk%20Medicine,%20Amish%20and%20Swiss-Pennsylvania%20German

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

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Folk Medicine: UCLA Folklore Archive Resource

http://www.folkmed.ucla.edu

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

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Handbook of Texas Online: Folk Medicine

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/sdf1.html

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

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Herpes Relief

http://www.geocities.com/herpes_relief2002/

Describes home remedies for relief from the symptoms of herpes naturally, from a fellow sufferer.

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Home Remedies and Holistic Cures

http://www.webterrace.com/home/home.htm

A guide to home remedies and holistic cures for common illnesses and ailments.

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Home Remedies for Common Ailments

http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/

Information on causes, symptoms and diet conditions for common ailments and diseases. Also provides information on health benefits from common ingredients like honey, garlic, aloe vera and other items.

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Home Remedies Web

http://www.homeremediesweb.com

Provides information on natural cures for a variety of common illnesses.

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India Parenting: Home Remedies

http://www.indiaparenting.com/homeremedies/

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

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Lithuanian Folk Medicine

http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/medicine/medicine.html

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

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Medicine Women

http://www.xploreheartlinks.com/medicinewomen.htm

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.

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Midwives and Maternity Care in the Roman World

http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/midwife.HTM

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

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My Home Remedies

http://www.myhomeremedies.com

A forum where readers can submit their own home remedies as well as rate and comment on others' submissions.

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