[PDF] Encyclopedia Of Folk Medicine eBook

Author : Gabrielle Hatfield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 35,68 MB
Release : 2003-12-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1576078256

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A wide-ranging compilation on the materia medica of the ordinary people of Britain and North America, comparing practices in both places. Informative and engaging, yet authoritative and well researched, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine reveals previously unexamined connections between folk medicine practices on either side of the Atlantic, as well as within different cultures (Celtic, Native American, etc.) in the United Kingdom and America. For students, school and public libraries, folklorists, anthropologists, or anyone interested in the history of medicine, it offers a unique way to explore the fascinating crossroads where social history, folk culture, and medical science meet. From the 17th century to the present, the encyclopedia covers remedies from animal, vegetable, and mineral sources, as well as practices combining natural materia medica with rituals. Its over 200 alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced entries allow readers to look up information both by ailment and by healing agent. Entries present both British and North American traditions side by side for easy comparison and identify the surprising number of overlaps between folk and scientific medicine.

Author : Gabrielle Hatfield
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,72 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Alternative medicine
ISBN : 9788182900172

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A wide-ranging compilation on the materia medica of the ordinary people of Britain and North America, comparing practices in both places.

Author : Anthony Cavender
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 35,68 MB
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1469617390

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In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the nineteenth century to the present. He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicines, and magico-religious beliefs and practices. He investigates folk healers and their methods, profiling three living practitioners: an herbalist, a faith healer, and a Native American healer. The book also includes an appendix of botanicals and a glossary of folk medical terms. Demonstrating the ongoing interplay between mainstream scientific medicine and folk medicine, Cavender challenges the conventional view of southern Appalachia as an exceptional region isolated from outside contact. His thorough and accessible study reveals how Appalachian folk medicine encompasses such diverse and important influences as European and Native American culture and America's changing medical and health-care environment. In doing so, he offers a compelling representation of the cultural history of the region as seen through its health practices.

Author : Wendell Campbell Trent
Publisher :
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2000-08-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781588201713

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This book is set up as a journal for women to organize their thoughts through daily practice. Keeping account of daily expenses and occurences that happen in life. This can be used as a great outlet to record good or bad situations that life throws at you. There are also some great sayings at the bottom of the pages to give you a smile each day.

Author : C. Norman Shealy
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Naturopathy
ISBN : 9780007851379

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This comprehensive volume covers ayurveda, aromatherapy, vitamins and minerals, flower essences, Chinese herbal medicine, folk remedies, herbalism and homeopathy. Explains which ailments the therapies treat most effectively.

Author : Andrew Chevallier
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Materia medica, Vegetable
ISBN : 9780751303148

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Comprehensive And Authoritative, This Is The First Fully Illustrated Reference Guide To More Than 550 Of The Most Important Medicinal Herbs From The World`S Key Herbal Traditions. Condition Good.

Author : Anne Van Arsdall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1136613889

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This book presents for the first time an up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth century well into the Renaissance. Listing 185 medicinal plants, the uses for each, and remedies that were compounded using them, the translation will fascinate medievalist, medical historians and the layman alike.

Author : Thomas Broken Bear Squier
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1466877375

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Our ancestors looked to plants and herbs for relief from common ailments such as colds, bruises, stomachaches, and sore muscles. Today we can look to those same herbs for relief from the skyrocketing cost of commercial medicines. - Medieval Europeans used St., John's wort to fight melancholia. Today we call it depression, but St. John's wort is still an effective remedy for many people. - Garlic has many uses, from fighting colds and infections to repelling ticks. The people of China have called it an official medicine since the sixth century. - Plains Indians have known for centuries that echinacea can fight colds by boosting immunity. This practical A to Z guide from Squier and Peden is the perfect introduction for anyone who wants to share in the immense wealth of herbal folk medicine. You'll learn the historical and modern uses of every major medicinal herb, as well as how to prepare them and even harvest them from the wild. The engaging entries and cross-referenced appendix of ailments make Herbal Folk Medicine an excellent resource you will treasure.