La Herencia del Espíritu: Curanderismo Traditional Medicine of Mexico and New Mexico
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 132
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 134
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La Herencia del Espiritu: Curanderismo Traditional Medicine of Mexico and New Mexico promotes the valude that La Cultura Cura (Culture heals) and presents an academic study of Curanderismo traditional medicine as a research field under Chicano/Hispanic/Mexican ethnic studies. This research is of vital importance to the understanding of our communities, our origin and history, our cultural medicine and our sense of roots and belonging. For thsi reason, the commitment, respect and honor to the medicine resides in its research, teaching, practice, promotion and dissemination.
In this book, you will learn about several topics, including:
- Multiple definitions of Curanderismo;
- Concepts of ancient and contemporary Curanderismo;
- Concepts of vital energies in the body;
- The ancestral concept of duality and ceremonies to the directions;
- Concepts of balance between hota nd cold;
- The concept and treatment for fright Susto;
- Indigenous and Hispanic foods as medicine; and
- The historical syncretism between cultures and medicines.
Disclaimer
Acknowledgments
A Dedication to the People and the Land
Author’s Biography
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Traditional Healing Arts Curanderismo in Mexico and the United States
Chapter 2 Ancient and Contemporary Curanderismo
2.1 The De la Cruz-Badiano Codex
2.2 The Florentine Codex
Chapter 3 The Concept of Energy in Curanderismo
3.1 The Tonalli and the Vital Forces
Chapter 4 The Ometeotl and Honoring the Directions
4.1 The Ometeotl: Ancestral Concept of Duality
4.2 Ceremony to the Directions
Chapter 5 The Balance of Hot and Cold in Curanderismo
5.1 Early Concepts of the Balance of Hot and Cold
5.2 Influences in the Balance between Hot and Cold
Chapter 6 Healing of Fright Susto and the Retrieval of the Soul
6.1 The Loss and Retrieval of the Soul “Susto”
6.2 Limpias for Fright “Susto”
Chapter 7 El Mal Aire (Wind) and Frialdad (Cold) in the Body
Chapter 8 The Tradition of the Mexican Sweat Lodge Temazcalli
8.1 The Hygienic Temazcal
8.2 The Therapeutic Temazcal
8.3 The Ritual of the Temazcal
8.4 The Exploratory/Educational Temazcal
Chapter 9 Food as Medicine: Healing Uses of Hispanic & Indigenous Foods in Mexico & New Mexico
9.1 Traditional Uses of Corn
9.2 Other Important Hispanic & Indigenous Foods
Chapter 10 Animals and Minerals in Traditional Medicine Curanderismo
10.1 Animals in Curanderismo Traditional Medicine
10.2 Resins and Minerals in Curanderismo Traditional Medicine
Chapter 11 Conclusion: Syncretism of Cultures and Medicines
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