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Here's a guide to natural healing with a difference: a global tour of the best treatments for more than one hundred maladies that have been plaguing people for centuries. World-renowned medical anthropologist John Heinerman reveals wondrous discoveries from his remedy-hunting adventures throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Along with proven prescriptions, he offers fascinating glimpses into native cultures and diverse landscapes.
Here's a guide to natural healing with a difference: a global tour of the best treatments for more than one hundred maladies that have been plaguing people for centuries. World-renowned medical anthropologist John Heinerman reveals wondrous discoveries from his remedy-hunting adventures throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Along with proven prescriptions, he offers fascinating glimpses into native cultures and diverse landscapes.
Greenland has ancient Viking tactics for easing insect bites and stings. Ethiopia has the antidote for vertigo. Istanbul has a little known remedy for tonsillitis. Nova Scotia has seafood secrets for cleaning out clogged arteries. And there are lots of down-home remedies from the good old USA--including Choctaw Indian potions for bladder infections from Alabama, pioneer practices against cramps from the Snake River Valley of Idaho, and safe therapies for earaches from the Ohio Amish.
Arranged alphabetically by ailment within continent for easy access, Folk Remedies From Around The World delivers effective medicine grounded in revered traditions.
About the Author
John Heinerman is a medical anthropologist whose research has taken him around the globe working with folk healers as well as top doctors and scientists. The author of more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles on health, nutrition, and healing, he is also a popular speaker with an international following. His home base between travels and lectures is Salt Lake City, Utah.
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