Healing with herbs and rituals : a Mexican tradition / Eliseo "Cheo" Torres ; edited by Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.

vii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

This volume is a combination with revisions of two of the author's earlier works entitled Folk healer and Green medicine.

Includes index.

Folk healers and folk healing -- A brief history of curanderismo -- The curandero -- Ailments -- The rituals -- Folk beliefs -- Don Pedrito Jaramillo -- Niño Fidencio -- Teresita -- Modern curanderos -- Fusing traditional and modern medicine -- Further reading pertaining to curanderismo -- Green medicine: traditional Mexican-American herbs and remedies -- Green medicine -- A brief history of green medicine -- Where to get the herbs -- Preparing herbs for use -- A few cautions -- Important terms -- Keeping green medicine alive -- Further reading pertaining to green medicine -- Spanish language listing of plant names -- Glossary of herbs.