Green Medicine: Traditional Mexican-American Herbal Remedies
Author: Torres, Eliseo
Date Published: 1983
Many modern medicines come from plants. In Mexican-American tradition, herbal cures - or green medicine, as it is sometimes called - have always been prominent. In large measure, these are used to treat minor ailments and are no more than inexpensive and readily accessible home remedies or, as they are called in Spanish, remedios caseros. But more importantly, herbal cures are part of an elaborate system of folk healing which Mexican-Americans call curanderismo.
Date Published: 1983
Many modern medicines come from plants. In Mexican-American tradition, herbal cures - or green medicine, as it is sometimes called - have always been prominent. In large measure, these are used to treat minor ailments and are no more than inexpensive and readily accessible home remedies or, as they are called in Spanish, remedios caseros. But more importantly, herbal cures are part of an elaborate system of folk healing which Mexican-Americans call curanderismo.
