Healing Traditions
HAS 3190
Etiology
• Definition
• Evil Eye
Evil Eye
Protection for good health
• Items worn
• Diet
• Spiritual practices
Items Worn
• Amulets
• Bracelets
• Objects on cribs or doorways
Diet
• Aspirin
• Vitamins
• Tea with honey & lemon
• Compresses for headaches
• Medicines with ETOH, opium, cocaine
Spiritual Practices
Health Care Choices
• Magic
Cupping
Leeching
For a sprained ankle
Blood Letting
Natural Folk Medicine
• Herbs and Berries
• Cholera – pg 88
Philosophies
• Allopathic
• Homeopathic
– Alternative or complimentary
– Schools
Some examples
• Eclectic Medicine
• Hydrotherapy
• Mesmerism
• Hypnotism
• Mind Cure
• Christian Science
Christian Science
• Mary Baker Eddy
• Founded 1879
• Healing ministry
• Christian Science Monitor
Healing Traditions
• Religion & Spirituality
• Spiritual Journeys
• Shrines
• Prayer
• Meditation
• Sacred Books
• Birth Rituals
• Death Rituals
Dreamcatcher
Types of Healing
• Spiritual
• Mental
• Physical
• Deliverance, or exorcism