Highland Maya Folk Medicine
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Highland Maya Folk Medicine
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Author : William Robert Holland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Highland Maya Folk Medicine written by William Robert Holland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Indians of Mexico categories.
Medical Ethnobiology Of The Highland Maya Of Chiapas Mexico
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Author : Elois Ann Berlin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-08
Medical Ethnobiology Of The Highland Maya Of Chiapas Mexico written by Elois Ann Berlin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-08 with Social Science categories.
Whereas most previous work on Maya healing has focused on ritual and symbolism, this book presents evidence that confirms the scientific foundations of traditional Maya medicine. Data drawn from analysis of the medical practices of two Mayan-speaking peoples, the Tzeltal and Tzotzil, reveal that they have developed a large number of herbal remedies based on a highly sophisticated understanding of the physiology and symptomatology of common diseases and on an in-depth knowledge of medicinal plants. Here Elois Ann Berlin and Brent Berlin, along with their many collaborators, provide detailed information on Maya disease classification, symptomatology, and treatment of the most significant health conditions affecting the Highland Maya, the gastrointestinal diseases. The authors base their work on broad-ranging comparative ethno-medical and ethnobotanical data collected over seven years of original field research. In describing the Mayas' understanding and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, Berlin and Berlin show that the plants used as remedies are condition specific.> Moreover, laboratory studies demonstrate that the most commonly agreed upon herbal remedies are potentially effective against the pathogenic agents underlying specific diseases and that they strongly affect the physiological processes associated with intestinal peristalsis. These findings suggest that the traditional Maya medical system is the result of long-term explicit empirical experimentation with the effects of herbal remedies on bodily function. Originally published in 1996. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Highland Maya Folk Medicine
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Author : W. R. Holland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Highland Maya Folk Medicine written by W. R. Holland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Indians of Mexico categories.
Ethnoecology And Medicinal Plants Of The Highland Maya
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Author : John Richard Stepp
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-10-23
Ethnoecology And Medicinal Plants Of The Highland Maya written by John Richard Stepp and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-23 with Nature categories.
Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional ecological knowledge and the environment. The biodiversity of the region remains among the highest in the world, comprising more than 9000 plant species. Over 1600 employed for medicinal uses and knowledge for approximately 600 species is widespread. Medicinal plants play an overwhelmingly primary role in the daily health care of the Highland Maya. Three principal objectives are addressed: 1) identifying which medicinal plants are used; 2) determining the role of environmental variation on use and selection of medicinal plants; and 3) identifying which habitats are preferred for medicinal plant procurement. Findings demonstrate the overwhelming importance of human modified environments for medicinal plants. Explanations are presented from human ecology and biochemical ecology. Implications for conservation, health and the environment are discussed.
Maya Medicine
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Author : Marianna Appel Kunow
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2012
Maya Medicine written by Marianna Appel Kunow and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Health & Fitness categories.
Original publication and copyright date: 2003.
Health In The Highlands
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Author : David Carey, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023
Health In The Highlands written by David Carey, Jr. and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Medical care categories.
"In the early to mid-twentieth century, the governments of Ecuador and Guatemala sought to expand Western medicine within their countries, with the goals of addressing endemic diseases and improving infant and maternal health. These efforts often clashed with indigenous medical practices, particularly in the rural highlands. Drawing on extensive, original archival research, historian David Carey Jr. shows that indigenous populations embraced a syncretic approach to health, combining traditional and new practices. At times, the governments of both nations encouraged--or at least allowed--such a synthesis, yet they also attacked indigenous lifeways, going so far as to criminalize native medical practitioners and to conduct medical experiments on indigenous people without consent. Health in the Highlands traces the experiences of curanderos, midwives, bonesetters, witches, doctors, and nurses--and the indigenous people they served. Carey interrogates the relationship between 'progressive' public health policy and indigenous well-being, offering lessons from the past that remain relevant in the present. Our best way forward, this history suggests, may be a compassionate syncretism that joins indigenous approaches to healing with science and a pursuit of environmental and social justice"--
Ix Hmen U Tzaco Ah Maya
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Author : Aurora Garcia Saqui
language : en
Publisher: Produccicones de La Hamaca
Release Date : 2016-01-15
Ix Hmen U Tzaco Ah Maya written by Aurora Garcia Saqui and has been published by Produccicones de La Hamaca this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-15 with Medical categories.
Ix Hmen U Tzaco Ah Maya: Maya Herbal Medicine is written by Aurora Garcia Saqui, a well-known natural healer in Belize. She was trained by her grand-uncle, the famous Don Eligio Panti in traditional Maya medicine. A Yucatec Maya who grew up in rural Belize, she is adamant about practicing and conserving her Maya culture, which is reflected in her descriptions of Maya remedies for illnesses and complaints. Included are photos and descriptions of all the plants used in this book of Maya traditional healing.
Health In The Highlands
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Author : David Carey Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-07-11
Health In The Highlands written by David Carey Jr. and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-11 with History categories.
Populated by curanderos, midwives, bonesetters, witches, doctors, nurses, and the indigenous people they served, this nuanced history demonstrates how cultural and political history, misogyny, racism, and racialization influence public health. In the first half of the twentieth century, the governments of Ecuador and Guatemala sought to spread scientific medicine to their populaces, working to prevent and treat malaria, typhus, and typhoid; to boost infant and maternal well-being; and to improve overall health. Drawing on extensive, original archival research, David Carey Jr. shows that highland indigenous populations in the two countries tended to embrace a syncretic approach to health, combining traditional and new practices. At times, both governments encouraged—or at least allowed—such a synthesis: even what they saw as "nonscientific" care was better than none. Yet both, especially Guatemala's, also wrote off indigenous lifeways and practices with both explicit and implicit racism, going so far as to criminalize native medical providers and to experiment on indigenous people without their consent. Both nations had authoritarian rule, but Guatemala's was outright dictatorial, tending to treat both women and indigenous people as subjects to be controlled and policed. Ecuador, on the other hand, advanced a more pluralistic vision of national unity, and had somewhat better outcomes as a result.
Sastun
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Author : Rosita Arvigo
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2014-03-04
Sastun written by Rosita Arvigo and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-04 with Health & Fitness categories.
The compelling drama of American herbologist Rosita Arvigo's quest to preserve the knowledge of Don Elijio Panti, one of the last surviving and most respected traditional healers in the rainforest of Belize.
Mesoamerican Healers
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Author : Brad R. Huber
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Mesoamerican Healers written by Brad R. Huber and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Healing practices in Mesoamerica span a wide range, from traditional folk medicine with roots reaching back into the prehispanic era to westernized biomedicine. These sometimes cooperating, sometimes competing practices have attracted attention from researchers and the public alike, as interest in alternative medicine and holistic healing continues to grow. Responding to this interest, the essays in this book offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practices in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of prehispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, including bonesetters, curers, midwives, nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritualists. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, the authors examine such topics as the intersection of gender and curing, the recruitment of healers and their training, healers' compensation and workload, types of illnesses treated and recommended treatments, conceptual models used in diagnosis and treatment, and the relationships among healers and between indigenous healers and medical and political authorities.
