International Home Remedies
– An archive composed by students from around the world.
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Folk medicine refers to healing practices and ideas of body physiology and health preservation known to a limited segment of the population in a culture, transmitted informally as general knowledge, and practiced or applied by anyone in the culture having prior experience.[1]
All cultures and societies have knowledge best described as folk medicine. Folk medicine often coexists with formalized, education-based, and institutionalized systems of healing such as Western medicine or systems of traditional medicine like Ayurvedic, Unani medicine, and Chinese medicine, but is distinguishable from formalized or institutionalized healing systems.
Use of folk medicine knowledge is not restricted within the society to those who have served an apprenticeship, undergone some sort of training or testing, or have achieved a specific social status. Theories and practices of folk medicine may influence, or be influenced by, the formalized medicine systems of the same culture. From a folkloristic point of view, folk medicine is characterized by a reliance on narrative patterns and folk statistics ("counting the hits and ignoring the failures") rather than rigorous empiricism.
Extracted from www.wikipedia.org.
International Home Remedies
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Lithuanian Folk Medicine
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Lithuanian Folk Medicine
– Includes sections describing the concept of health and illness, determination of illness, doctors and cures.
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Medicine Women
– 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
– 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
– A forum where readers can submit their own home remedies as well as rate and comment on others’ submissions.
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Ozarkian and Haitian Folk Medicine
– Monograph with references describing the similarities between folkloric beliefs in Haiti and mid-western America.
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Pediatric Oncall – Home-Made Remedies
– Indian traditional treatments for common childhood ailments.
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Philippine Alternative Medicine
– A study of various alternative medicines in the Philippines.
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Placenta Disposal Suggestions
– Describes rituals and recipes associated with birth products.
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Placenta Recipes
– Mothering Magazine offers an illustrated guide to preparing the placenta for consumption.
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RussianFoods.com – Folk Medicine
– Includes suggestions for colds, constipation, toothache, insomnia, headache and breakdown as well as links to the full Russian cooking archive.
Direct link: RussianFoods.com – Folk MedicineSafe Natural Cures – More Than Home Remedies
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Safe Natural Cures – More Than Home Remedies
– Suggests remedies for common problems such as stuffy noses, yeast infections, athlete’s foot and hiccups.
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Simple Remedies
– Traditional folk remedies and ideas to treat common and not-so common ailments. Generated by readers of Simplitudes.com.
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Skin Cancer Treatment Alternative Using Topical Pancreatin Enzymes
– Describes home remedy using a popular contact lens cleaning solution mixed with aloe vera gel.
Direct link: Skin Cancer Treatment AlternativeMedicinal and Poisonous Plants Used in Ethiopian Folk Medicine
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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.
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The Vinegar Website
– Folk uses, medicinal qualities, home remedies, history, and beauty and household uses of vinegar.
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Toenail Fungus Remedies
– Lists several easy and inexpensive ways to get rid of toenail fungus.
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Traditional Medicine
– World Health Organization fact sheet outlining the place of traditional healing practices in modern society.
Warts
– Archived article from the east Texas weekly newspaper column All Things Historical. Describes remedies the author experienced in childhood and lists cures for warts.
(August 21, 2000)
A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices
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A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices
– Describes the author’s experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.
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Alternative Cancer Treatment
– A treatment center in Thailand specializing in the use of natural healing methods and herbs to treat cancer.
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