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What is folk medicine?

Folk medicine refers collectively to procedures traditionally used for treatment of illness and injury, aid to childbirth, and maintenance of wellness. It is a body of knowledge distinct from "scientific medicine" and may coexist in the same culture. It is usually unwritten and transmitted orally until someone "collects" it. Within a given culture, elements of folk medicine knowledge may be diffusely known by many adults, or may be gathered and applied by those in a specific role of healer, shaman, midwife, witch, or dealer in herbs. Elements in a specific culture are not necessarily integrated into a coherent system, and may be contradictory.

Folk medicine is sometimes associated with quackery when practiced as theatrics or otherwise practiced fraudulently, and sometimes with witchcraft and often with shamanism, yet it may also preserve important knowledge and cultural tradition from the past.

Books about folk-medicine


The Folk Remedy Encyclopedia: Olive Oil, Vinegar, Honey and 1,001 Other Home Remedies 
Frank K. Wood
Paperback (2003-12-25)
$12.99

The People's Pharmacy Guide to Home and Herbal Remedies 
Joe Graedon, Teresa, Ph.D. Graedon
Hardcover (1999-11)
$27.95

Folk Medicine: A New England Almanac of Natural Health Care from a Noted Vermont Country Doctor 
D.C. Md Jarvis
Paperback (1985-05-12)
$5.99

COYOTE MEDICINE: LESSONS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING 
Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Hardcover (1997-02-18)
$24.00

Woman Who Glows in the Dark: A Curandera Reveals Traditional Aztec Secrets of Physical and Spiritual Health 
Elena Avila, Joy Parker
Paperback (2000-05-22)
$14.95

Polish Herbs, Flowers & Folk Medicine (Polish Interest) 
Sophie Hodorowicz Knab
Hardcover (2000-01)
$22.50

Folk Medicine 
D.C. Md Jarvis
Paperback (1995-03-01)
$15.00

The Children of the Morning Light: Wampanoag Tales as Told By Manitonquat 
medicine st Manitonquat
Hardcover (1994-04-30)
$16.95

Esoteric Anatomy: The Body As Consciousness 
Bruce Burger
Paperback (1998-08)
$22.50

Oddball Ointments, Powerful Potions & Fabulous Folk Remedies That'll Cure Almost Anything That Ails Ya! 
Jean Karen Thomas
Hardcover (2004-04-01)
$29.95

Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants 
Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch, Wolf-Dieter Storl
Paperback (2003-10-01)
$24.95

Hildegard of Bingen's Medicine (Folk Wisdom Series) 
Dr. Wighard Strehlow, Gottfried Hertzka
Paperback (1987-10-01)
$15.00

The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases With Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs 
Giovanni Maciocia
Hardcover (1994-08)
$164.00

Essiac: A Native Herbal Cancer Remedy 
Cynthia Olsen
Paperback (1998-09-15)
$12.50

Folk Wisdom and Mother Wit: John Lee--An African American Herbal Healer (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) 
Arvilla Payne-Jackson, John Lee
Hardcover (1993-09-30)
$97.95

Folk Remedies That Work: By Joan and Lydia Wilen, Authors of Chicken Soup & Other Folk Remedies 
Joan Wilen
Paperback (1996-05-22)
$13.95

Wind in the Blood 
Hernan Garcia, Antonio Sierra, Gilberto Balam, Hilberto Balam
Paperback (1999-10-28)
$20.00
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