Folk Medicine (Encyclopedia of Health)

120 Pages·1991·12.361 MB·English

by  Marc Kusinitz

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FOLK MEDICINE
GENERAL EDITORS
Dale C. Garell, M.D.
Medical Director. California Children Services. Depanment of Health Services,
County of Los Angeles
Associate Dean for Curriculum; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatric-s &
Family Medicine. University of Southern California School of Medicine
Former President. Society for Adolescent Medicine
Solomon H. Snyde.r, M.D.
Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience. Pharmacology. and Psychiatry,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fonner President. Society for Neuroscience
Albert Lasker Award in Medical Research. 1978
CONSULTING EDITORS
Robert W. Blum, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director. Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health,
University of Minnesota
Charles E. Irwin, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics; Di-rector. Division of Adolescent Medicine. University of
California. San Francisco
Lloyd J. Kolbe, Ph.D.
Director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Heahh Promotion, Centers for Disease Control
Jordan J. Popkin
Director, Division of Federal Employee Occupational Health, U.S. Public Health
Service Region I
Joseph L. Rauh, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital
Medical Center, Cincinnati
Former President, Society for Adolescent Medicine
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
H E A L T H
MEDICAL ISSUES
Dole C. Gorell, M.D. • General Editor
FOLK MEDICINE
Marc Kusinitz
Introduction by C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.
form1w Surgeon Generul, U.S. Public Heollh Service
Archbishop Mitty High School
Library
5000 ~,iitty \Vay
San Jose, CA 95129
CHELSEA HOUSE PUBLISHERS
New York • Philadelphia
The goal of the is to provide general i11formatio11 i11
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTH
rhe ever-rhanging areas ofp hysiology. psychology, a11d relared medical issues.
The fir/es i11 this series ore 1101 ime11ded to toke rhe place of rhe professional
advice of a physician or other health core professional.
ON THE COVER: The anatomy of the ginseng plant
CHELSEA HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Remmel Nunn
MANAGING EDITOR Karyn Gullen Browne
COPY CHIEF Mark Rifkin
PICTURE EDITOR Adrian G. Allen
ART DIRECTOR Maria Epes
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Noreen Romano
J\IIANUFACTURING DCRECTOR Gerald Levine
SYSTEMS MANAGER Lindsey Ottman
PRODUCTION MANAGER Joseph Romano
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Marie Claire Cebrian
The Encyclopedia of Health
SENIOR EDITOR Brian Feinberg
S1a1Tfor FOLK MEDICINE
ASSOCIATE EDITOR LaVonne Carlson-Finncny
SENIOR COPY EDITOR Laurie Kahn
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Tamar Lcvovi11.
PICTURE RESEARO·IER Sandy Jones
DESIGNER Roben Yaffe
Copyright© 1992 hy Chelsea House Publishers. a division of Main Line Book Co.
All rights reserved. Printed and bound in the United States of America..
First Printing
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kusinit:7.., Marc.
Folk medicine/by Marc Kusinitz; introduction by C. Ev-,rcn Koop.
p. c.m.- (The Encyclopedia of health. Medical issues)
Includes bibliogr.iphical references and index.
Summary: A look at how folk medicine varies in different cultures and how it affects
modem medicine.
ISBN 0-7910-0083-4
0-7910-0520-8 (pbk.)
I. Folk medicine-Juvenile literature. (I.Folk medicine.] I. Title. II. Series.
GR880.K94 1991 91-19(i27
398'. 353--dc20 CIP
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CONTENTS
"Prevention and Education:
The Keys to Good Heallh"-
C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D. 7
Foreword- Dale C. Garell, M.D. 11
The Power of Belief 13
2 Chinese Folk Medicine 21
3 Folk Medicine of India 33
4 African Folk Medicine 43
5 Northern Asia 57
6 Latin American Folk Medicine 61
7 Cuban and Native American Folk Healing 73
8 American Folk Medicine 83
Appendix: For More lnforn1ation 97
Further Reading 99
Glossary I 03
lndex 107
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
HEALTH
THE HEALTHY BODY PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
AND THEIR TREATMENT
The Circulatory System
Dental Health Anxiety & Phobias •
The Digestive System Child Abuse
The Endocrine System Compulsive Behavior
Exercise Delinquency & Criminal Behavior
Genetics & Heredity Depression
The Human Body: An Overview Diagnosing & Treating Mental nlness
Hygiene Eating Habits & Disorders
The Immune System Leaming Disabilities
Memory & Learning Mental Retardation
The Musculoskclctal System Personality Disorders
The Nervous System Schizophrenia
Nutrition Stress Management
The Reproductive System Suicide
The Respiratory System
The Senses MEDICAL DISORDERS
Sleep
AND THEIR TREATMENT
Speech & Hearing
Spons Medicine AIDS
Vision Allergies
Vitamins & Minerals Alzheimer's Disease
Arthritis
THE LIFE CYCLE Birth Defects
Cancer
Adolescence
The Common Cold
Adulthood
Diabct.es
Aging
Emergency Medicine
Childhood
Gynecological Disorders
Death & Dying
Headaches
The Family
The Hospital
Friendship & Love
Kidney Disorders
Pregnancy & Birth
Medical Diagnosis
The Mind-Body Connection
MEDICAL ISSUES
Mononucleosis and Other Infectious Diseases
Careers in Health Care Nuclear Medi.cine
Environmental Health Organ Transplants
Folk Medicine Pain
Health Care Delivery Physical Handicaps
Rolistic Medicine Poisons & Toxins
Medical Ethics Prescription & OTC Drugs
Medical Fakes & Frauds Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Medical Technology Skin Di.~orders
Medicine & the Law Stroke & Hean Disease
Occupational Health Substance Abuse
Public Health Tropical Medicine
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