On Mexican Folk Medicine

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Indigenous Studies in Latin America History of Medicine Studies Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

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In this paper traditional medical beliefs and practices in a Mexican village are described and interpreted. The analysis focuses on the notion that health is a balance of hot and cold within the body. Several lines of evidence are used to reveal the metaphorical meanings of hot and cold, and these meanings are then seen to be related to structural features of peasant society.

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1970The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual 2021Structural Anthropology 1965Peasant Society and the Image of Limited Good*1930Early Greek Philosophy 1953The Primitive World and Its Transformations 1953The primitive world and its transformations 1968Tzintzuntzan. Mexican Peasants in a Changing World 1963Structure and Sentiment. A Test Case in Social Anthropology

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