Directory of Alternative Medicine

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Rank		Title - Description	In	Out	Stats
1		Medicinal Herbs - Site offers informations about a healthy way of life. You can find articles structured in five categories: medicinal plants (herbs), nutrition, diets, lifestyle and beauty. Category: Folk Medicine	4	10
2		Great Home Remedies - Collection of free home remedies, healthy diet plans and beauty tips. Find ebooks about different health topics here. Sign up for the free newsletter with the exclusive remedy of the week. Category: Folk Medicine	3	7
3		Folk Medicine: A UCLA Folklore Archive Resource - includes information extracted from the writings of medical practitioners dating to the late 18th century. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
4		Folk Medicine Watch - Promotion of culturally competent health care. Explores the previously unexplored self-medication practices of newly arrived immigrant populations in the United States. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
5		Safe Natural Cures - More Than Home Remedies - Suggests remedies for common problems such as stuffy noses, yeast infections, athlete's foot and hiccups. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
6		Culturally Diverse Childrearing Practices: Abusive or Just Different? - Discusses non-traditional discipline and healing practices of various cultures as related to perceived abuse or neglect. Includes references. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
7		Healing Hands - National Park Service article describing the traditional folk medicine in use near the Big Bend Region along the Texas-Mexico border. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
8		State Department of Health Warns About Dangerous Mexican Folk Remedies - Public service announcement warning about the toxicity of azarc Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
9		A Few Words About Folk Medicine - Argues against uncritical use of traditional healing practices, especially by non-members of the cultures which generate the traditions. By Dr. Adam Brooke Davis of Truman State University. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
10		International Home Remedies - An archive composed by students from around the world. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7

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11		Wind Spirit Teachings - Outlines Native American belief that wellness is the complete integration of mind, body and spirit. Includes information about desert walks, personal wellness plans and workshops. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
12		Folk Medicine - Referenced article by a home healthcare nurse from West Virginia about the history of folk medicine and practices still in use. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
13		Music As Folk Medicine - Describes the therapeutic use of music in holistic healing. Category: Folk Medicine	0	4
14		American Indian Traditional Medicine in Treating Chronic Illness - Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona at Beth Israel's Center for Health and Healing presents research on how Native American traditional practices can integrate with traditional medicine to treat chronic illness. Includes comparison and demographic charts. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
15		Ozarkian and Haitian Folk Medicine - examines the similarities between the two cultures leaf-doctoring practices. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
16		Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States - Treatise prepared by a Baylor College of Medicine assistant professor outlining some Hispanic folkloric beliefs and the importance of considering such beliefs during standard medical treatment. Category: Folk Medicine	0	8
17		Pediatric Oncall - Home-Made Remedies - Indian traditional treatments for common childhood ailments. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
18		A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices - Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
19		Folk-Medicaments - By the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey. Outlines the role of traditional medicine and its interaction with modern practices. Includes list of common remedies. Available in English, Turkish, German and Russian. Category: Folk Medicine	0	4
20		Skin Cancer Treatment Alternative Using Topical Pancreatin Enzymes - Describes home remedy using a popular contact lens cleaning solution mixed with aloe vera gel. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6

Rank		Title - Description	In	Out	Stats
21		Curanderismo: Folk Healing in the Southwest - Radio documentary describing traditional healing with herbs, aromas, massage and rituals. Requires Real Player. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
22		Health 911 - Folk Remedies - Alphabetical listing of ailments, their causes and cures. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
23		Traditional Health, Medicine and Healing - Describes the practices of the Alaska Native people and their applicability today. Includes reports, articles and resources. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
24		Folk Healing, Alternative, and Parallel Medicines - Treatise by Dr. Ian Carr, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba about the development of folk healing and its parallels in Chinese and Indic cultures. Category: Folk Medicine	0	4
25		Medicine Women - Writer Carolina Carlessi discusses growing up in Peru's culture of folk medicine and faith healing and how it affected her perception of modern medicine. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
26		Natural Home Remedies - Home remedies and information on causes, symptoms and diet conditions for common ailments and diseases. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
27		Warts - Archived article from the east Texas weekly newspaper column All Things Historical. Describes remedies the author experienced in childhood and lists cures for warts. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
28		Folk Medicine - Bordering the Future - Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
29		The Old Craft - Includes sections on remedies, herbal folklore, tales and legends. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
30		Ancient Aztec Herbal Remedies - Index offers plant description, properties and method of use. Category: Folk Medicine	0	8

Rank		Title - Description	In	Out	Stats
31		Lithuanian Folk Medicine - explores traditional ideas about health and the causes of illness. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
32		The Folk Medicine Forum - Discusses alternative and complementary medicine. Includes chat room, message board and newsletter. Category: Folk Medicine	0	4
33		RussianFoods.com - Folk Medicine - Includes suggestions for colds, constipation, toothache, insomnia, headache and breakdown as well as links to the full Russian cooking archive. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
34		Cultural Diversity, Alternative Medicine, & Folk Medicine - Treatise prepared by a Penn State College of Medicine professor on the importance of recognizing cultural diversity of health beliefs and practices. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
35		Handbook of Texas Online: Folk Medicine - Referenced article describing beliefs and practices among the Anglo, Mexican and Black cultures in Texas. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6
36		Some Common Medicinal and Poisonous Plants Used in Ethiopian Folk Medicine - Treatise by Amare Getahun, professor at Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia. Includes introduction to Ethiopian medical lore, glossary and description of plants and their uses. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
37		Efficacious, Economic and Psychologically Soothing - Behavioral analysis of equine folk medicine, including glossary and list of ailments and cures, with references. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
38		India Parenting: Home Remedies - Cures for common childhood ailments and link to information about traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine. Category: Folk Medicine	0	7
39		Traditional remedies for everyday ailments - Herb drying, storage and preparation descriptions and alphabetical list of tips for easing common complaints. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
40		Folk Medicine - Plant drawings, common ailments and remedies by a Newfoundland fifth-grade class. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5

Rank		Title - Description	In	Out	Stats
41		Midwives and Maternity Care in the Roman World - Comparisons between folk treatment and professional midwifery in Greco-Roman society, primarily based upon the writings of Pliny and Soranus. Includes references. Category: Folk Medicine	0	10
42		Home Remedies - Printable list of remedies to over 150 everyday injuries, diseases and ailments ranging from abcesses to yeast infections. Category: Folk Medicine	0	9
43		Some Folk Remedies Did Work - Archived article from the Medford Mail Tribune column Over The Back Fence, by Hank Henry. Describes remedies remembered from childhood and the blending of folk and conventional medicine. Category: Folk Medicine	0	5
44		Folk Medicine, Amish and Swiss-Pennsylvania German - Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia article describing 18th and 19th century remedies and the proliferation of folk healing among Amish and Mennonite cultures. Category: Folk Medicine	0	4
45		Russian Folk Medicine - Traditional treatments for ailments ranging from cancer to upset stomach. Category: Folk Medicine	0	9
46		Ascending Enterprises - Old Fashioned Remedies - By Lois Lenz, Medicine Woman. Offers solutions for a variety of everyday health problems. Category: Folk Medicine	0	6