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MEXICAN FOLK
MEDICINE AND FOLK
BELIEFS
Curanderismo y yerbas Medicinales
Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, University Administrator,
Professor, Author
www.unm.edu/~cheo/Cheo’s folk healing page.htm
Traditional Mexican Healing Certificate
Program
Offered through the Center for Continuing
Education, University of New Mexico
First certificate program of its kind in the U.S.
9-10 modules totaling 400 hours
Instructors are healers and faculty from Mexico City area and
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Hands-on curriculum will provide participants with knowledge
and skills used by traditional folk healers, including
diagnosing illness, preparing natural medicines, identifying
and using medicinal plants, massage therapy, iridology, etc.
Certificate continues to be offered through University of New
Mexico’s Continuing Education program
For further information, please visit:
www.unm.edu/~cheo/Cheo’s folk healing page.htm
Book:
Curandero: A Life in Mexican
Folk Healing
This book about my life and
research in
curanderismo
is now
available through the University
of New Mexico Press. You can
order it through my website, or by
going to the UNM press website,
or by getting an order form from
me after class.
My website:
www.unm.edu/~cheo/Cheo’s folk
healing page.htm
UNM Press ordering page:
http://www.unmpress.com/Book
.php?id=10546036839987
Book:
Healing with Herbs and
Rituals: A Mexican Tradition
This book about herbs and rituals
used in Mexican Folk Healing is
now available through the
University of New Mexico Press.
You can order it through my
website, or by going to the UNM
press website, or by getting an
order form from me after class.
My website:
www.unm.edu/~cheo/Cheo’s folk
healing page.htm
UNM Press ordering page:
http://www.unmpress.com/Book
.php?id=11085670627549
I. INTRODUCTION
Influences of
Curanderismo
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5.)
Judeo-Christian – gift from God and belief
in God
Greek Humoral – equilibrium of hot and
cold
Arabic – directing psychic energy
European Witchcraft – supernatural forces
African –
Santeria
blend of Catholic saints
and African
orichas
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