Herbal and Magical Medicine : Traditional Healing Today /

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Herbal and Magical Medicine draws on perspectives from folklore, anthropology, psychology, medicine, and botany to describe the traditional medical beliefs and practices among Native, Anglo- and African Americans in eastern North Carolina and Virginia. In documenting the vitality of such seemingly u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Baldwin, Karen (Editor ), Sullivan, Charles (Editor ), Mathews, Holly F. (Editor ), Kirkland, James, 1942- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1992.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ethnomedecine > États-Unis > Caroline du Nord.
Ethnomedecine > États-Unis > Virginie.
Medecine populaire > États-Unis > Caroline du Nord.
Medecine populaire > États-Unis > Virginie.
Alternatieve geneeskunde.
Magie.
Therapieën.
Kruiden.
Aufsatzsammlung
Volksmedizin
Traditional medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > General.
Medicine, Traditional
Traditional medicine > North Carolina.
Traditional medicine > Virginia.
Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia.
North Carolina.
Caroline du Nord.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Herbal and Magical Medicine draws on perspectives from folklore, anthropology, psychology, medicine, and botany to describe the traditional medical beliefs and practices among Native, Anglo- and African Americans in eastern North Carolina and Virginia. In documenting the vitality of such seemingly unusual healing traditions as talking the fire out of burns, wart-curing, blood-stopping, herbal healing, and rootwork, the contributors to this volume demonstrate how the region's folk medical systems operate in tandem with scientific biomedicine. The authors provide illuminating commentary on the ma.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (253 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822382584

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