traditional medicine

Discusses the superstitions, customs, and magic of primitive and civilized people throughout the world.

Moving up into the mountains of Tennessee introduces Rachel to a possible calling, as she learns about folk medicine from a local healer, until the Civil War divides the family loyalties and brings romance into her life.

Abby, born in an Oklahoma cotton field in the wake of a tornado, learns the secrets of folk medicine from the healer Mother Barker as she grows up.

Discusses how we have learned from traditional healers around the world about the medicinal value of substances from nature.

Surveys the Native American healing and health care practices from the time of first European contact up to the present. Includes a chapter profiling some Native American healers.

A look at how folk medicine varies in different cultures and how it affects modern medicine.