Tarahumara medicine: ethnobotany and healing among the Rarámuri of Mexico

Description

A historical review of the Tarahumara people -- Rarámuri, the people and their culture -- Affiliative social activities of the Tarahumara people -- Great life occasions and ceremonies: birth and death among the Tarahumara -- Major festivities of the Tarahumaras -- Loss-of-health conceptual schemes of the Tarahumaras -- Rarámuri healers -- The Jíkuri ceremonial complex -- Compendium of Tarahumara herbal remedies and healing practices -- The Tarahumaras: a conventional medical perspective A historical review of the Tarahumara people -- Rarámuri, the people and their culture -- Affiliative social activities of the Tarahumara people -- Great life occasions and ceremonies: birth and death among the Tarahumara -- Major festivities of the Tarahumaras -- Loss-of-health conceptual schemes of the Tarahumaras -- Rarámuri healers -- The Jíkuri ceremonial complex -- Compendium of Tarahumara herbal remedies and healing practices -- The Tarahumaras: a conventional medical perspective