This article offers an epistemological, poetic, and ontological reading of the ways of knowing
regarding mental disorders that are characteristic of the traditional healers (curanderas and …

The hot-cold categorization of humoral medicine has been referred to as the 'basic cognitive
principle'of traditional medicine (TM) in Latin America, and it has been suggested that this …

Este artículo presenta un estado del arte de la producción académica sobre medicinas
tradicionales y populares en Hispanoamérica. Se analiza la relación entre los estudios de …

This article reports the results of a qualitative field study of the ethnotherapeutic treatment
practices of curanderos, the practitioners of traditional Mexican medicine, and their …

Abstract Curanderismo is a Mexican/Yaqui Indian healing tradition practiced by a
curandera/curandero. Diana Velazquez is a curandera who is employed by the Colorado …

According to most anthropologists, medicine, religion and magic are concepts that refer to
three different types of phenomena, although in most cases social actors perceive and …

Curanderas/os son aquéllos que curan a las personas a través de su conocimiento
especializado en hierbas, masajes, ajuste de huesos, consejería, espiritualidad, y partería …

This paper argues that discourse is culturally recognized as powerful and dangerous,
significantly informing both the illness experience known as daño (magical aggression) and …

Metaphors, analogies, and similes commonly appear in narratives of drinking the potent
psychedelic “ayahuasca”, presenting an intriguing transcultural pattern. Based upon survey …

The functions and successes of shamanistic healers are addressed in the context of
psychoneuroimmunology, which allows a description of how therapeutic success is …