Maya Medicine: Traditional Healing in Yucatán

Synopsis

This Book Traces The Entire Process Of Curing. The Author Collected Plants With Traditional Healers And Observed Their Techniques Including Prayer And Massage As Well As Plant Medicine, Western Medicine, And Ritual Practices. Plant Medicine, She Found, Was The Common Denominator, And Her Book Includes Information Of The Plants She Worked With And Studied--book Jacket. 1. Introduction And Setting -- 2. The Yucatecan Sources -- 3. Portraits Of The Curers -- 4. Acquiring Curing Skills -- 5. Exploring The Spectrum Of Curing Specialties : Common Practices -- 6. Common Treatments And Traditional Concepts Of Disease And Its Cause -- 7. Relation To Colonial Sources -- 8. Conclusion -- Illustrations -- Appendix A. Plant Catalog -- Appendix B. Plants With Uses Similar To Roys (1931) -- Glossary. Marianna Appel Kunow. Original Publication And Copyright Date: 2003. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [143]-145) And Indexes.