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	Folk Remedies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Researchers found folk remedies like cool baths and isopropyl alcohol to treat children's fevers or catnip for colic are common in the fl community, and use of home and folk remedies is not linked to education level of the caregiver.
		The caregivers were asked about their knowledge of folk remedies and other home remedies that they had heard of to treat three common childhood conditions: fever, colic, and teething.
		Researchers say many of the folk remedies reported emerge from the belief in the fl community that illness is caused by "impurities" in the body and that these impurities must be purged.
	www.citizens.org /news/newsletter/2005/march/articles/folk_remedies.cfm (665 words)

	Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States
		People use folk remedies (or home remedies) for several reasons: treatment of minor illnesses (for which they would not consider consulting a doctor), the retention of a locus of self control and if accessibility to medical care is limited.
		Folk medicine (or lay medicine) is "the ordinary person's concept of health, illness, and healing; it is the treatment of disease practiced traditionally among the common people stressing the use of herbs and other natural substances" (Webster).
		Folk illness is "a syndrome in which members of a particular group claim to suffer and for which their culture provides a etiology, diagnosis, preventive measure and regimen of healing" (Rubel).
	www.williecolon.com /health/latinofolkremedies.htm (4387 words)

	Black Women's Health Imperative: StoryBuilder Folk Remedies Common in Black Community - Page_Wrapper_User.tpt
		Folk remedies, which include various herbs, food products, or household items recommended for healing purposes by lay individuals, rather than medical professionals, are known to be used by Southeast Asian and Hispanic communities.
		Lesser-cited remedies included cool drinks or popsicles and ibuprofen, as well as warming the child's feet, undressing the child or placing potatoes or onions in his or her socks.
		Other folk remedies for teething included hanging a penny around the child's neck -- supposedly to draw out the body's poisons -- using cloves and other spices, placing a raw egg in a sock or drawer and giving the infant ice cubes or popsicles.
	www.blackwomenshealth.org /site/News2?JServSessionIdr010=gemxcql6h1.app6a&page=NewsArticle&id=6614&news_iv_ctrl=1201 (845 words)

	AMA (CSA) Report 13 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (A-97) Full Text
		Given the extensive use of folk medicine and the relative paucity of information on the safety of folk remedies, it is quite possible that patients are putting themselves at risk by using such remedies.
		Despite the lack of consensus on the safety or efficacy of folk medicine, the use of folk remedies persists among individuals in ethnic subgroups in the United States and is increasingly being used in the general population.
		Urges that physicians be aware of folk remedies in use and the level of scientific information available about such remedies, and should include this information when discussing conventional treatments and therapies with their patients.
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/13644.html (4750 words)

	Whole Foods Market : HerbalGram
		As a consequence, scholars and folk practitioners may sometimes have difficulty knowing which of the many herbal remedies are biomedically efficacious, which are not, and which ones may pose serious health hazards to those who use them.
		Given the fact that Mexican Americans in South Texas rely extensively on herbal remedies in their health care practices, the possible toxicity of these plants should be investigated and that information passed on to both the practitioners in the region and the patients who use them.
		Because so few plant remedies have undergone the standard testing required for prescription drugs (the average cost to get a drug approved by the FDA is between $231 million to $359 million), it is necessary in serious investigations of herbal remedies to apply more rigorous scientific testing procedures as appropriate for these substances.
	www.herbalgram.org /wholefoodsmarket/herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=915 (2051 words)

	Open Directory - Health: Alternative: Folk Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Folk Medicine - Bordering the Future - Brief commentary on folk healing in the Texas border regions.
		Folk Medicine, Amish and Swiss-Pennsylvania German - Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia article describing 18th and 19th century remedies and the proliferation of folk healing among Amish and Mennonite cultures.
		Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States - Treatise prepared by a Baylor College of Medicine assistant professor outlining some Hispanic folkloric beliefs and the importance of considering such beliefs during standard medical treatment.
	dmoz.org /Health/Alternative/Folk_Medicine (1131 words)

	Mostly Medieval - Exploring the Middle Ages: Folk Remedies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the Middle Ages the folk healers, usually wise women, who had learned the secrets of which herbs, flowers, trees and plants had the power to heal and ward off evil influences passed them down, usually just before death, to the next generation.
		Many of the folk remedies applied were effective because of the medicinal qualities and beneficial substances contained within the plants.
		The folk healers went the extra step of assuring the effectiveness of their cures by picking the herbs at the right time (facing south at sunrise when pulling herbs made them more potent) and with the addition of spoken charms.
	www.skell.org /explore/remedyF.htm (359 words)

	Folk Remedies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Folk Remedies - alphabetically arranged by ailment, by Health911
		Folk Medicine - archive of worldwide medical folklore, much of it for historical or sociological study, by UCLA
		Folk Remedies: Nothing to Sneeze At - a brief introduction to folk medicine by the Press Democrat, November 2000
	www.tenlinks.com /GENERAL/folkmedicine.htm (172 words)

	Le Magazine, February 2005 - Abstracts: Sesame, Arrhythmia, Alpha Lipoic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Use of folk remedies among patients in Karachi Pakistan.
		A questionnaire was used to collect information on the demographic profile, and the use of folk remedies for medicinal uses.
		The medical conditions in which folk remedies are used in respondents' view, include conditions such as common cold, cough and flu to more serious conditions such as asthma, jaundice and heat stroke.
	www.lef.org /magazine/mag2005/abstracts/feb2005_abs_01.htm (1310 words)

	Appalachian Folk Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The family preserved the knowledge of what is supposed to work for each ailment and as new things were tried and proved successful, new remedies would be passed on to the next generation.
		Appalachian folk medicine is defended from a platform of observation, tradition, superstition, pride, access, and/or ignorance.
		This source provided examples of several common folk medicines and their side effects and presented a study that showed the prevalence of their use in modern Appalachian clinics.
	home.wlu.edu /~lubint/Touchstone/AppalachianFolkMed-Stone.htm (2311 words)

	Prime Times - Hank Henry - Some folk remedies did work
		When my brother and I were growing up, mother occasionally relied on some folk medicine because we were too poor during the Depression to consult a doctor regularly.
		Several years ago, the medical department of a major university published a study showing that the steam from chicken soup was efficacious.
		The line between traditional and folk medicine is being erased, but many of the products in health food stores have yet to be acknowledged or studied by the medical profession.
	www.mailtribune.com /primet/archive/2000/012500p2.htm (646 words)

	The International Home Remedies Project
		These remedies were written by ESL students and are not sanctioned by the medical establishment.
		All of them use herbs and other natural ingredients.Use these remedies at your own risk.
		Also indicate your country of origin and how you learned of this remedy.
	www.otan.us /webfarm/emailproject/rem.htm (150 words)

	Folk remedies - Feb. 25, 2004
		Some folk beliefs about their effects are quite, like the one traced to the southern city of Iligan, which holds that it is bad for a sick person to be visited by a priest, and worse if the sick is administered Extreme Unction because then he would die.
		Asthma is a common disease for which many remedies have been prescribed, ranging from dog meat, monkey meat, broiled centipede and roasted house lizard.
		Most of these folk cures have disappeared in the wake of modern medicine, but knowing them helps us appreciate living in the 21st century and helps us understand or to be puzzled by the past.
	www.inq7.net /opi/2004/feb/25/opi_arocampo-1.htm (957 words)

	Lead Poisoning-Associated Death from Asian Indian Folk Remedies -- Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lead-containing folk remedies have been reported as the cause of lead poisoning in Mexican-Hispanic and Hmong children (2-4).
		This report of lead-containing folk remedies from India raises the concern that lead may be present in folk remedies from other parts of the world.
		Hmong folk remedies have also been found to contain arsenic and mercury (4), and they have been suspected of causing arsenic poisoning in several adults (5).
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000436.htm (1070 words)

	The Use of Folk Remedies Among Children in an Urban Black Community: Remedies for Fever, Colic, and Teething -- ...
		The Use of Folk Remedies Among Children in an Urban Black Community: Remedies for Fever, Colic, and Teething -- Smitherman et al.
		Folk remedy use is universal, occurring in all cultures.
		Folk remedies have been and still are relied on in the fl
	pediatrics.aappublications.org /cgi/content/abstract/115/3/e297 (275 words)

	Folk Remedies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It's possible that grandma's remedies were less deadly than some, as many of her remedies were made with natural things from her kitchen and spice rack.
		Medicine and remedies were applied in a somewhat haphazardly way, but for the most part simple folk remedies made from simple ingredients may not have saved everyone's life, but they didn't kill anyone either.
		Most folk remedies are simple and inexpensive and the ingredients are easy to find and use.
	www.thezephyr.com /health/healthhh.htm (661 words)

	The world's top Folk Medicine websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Comparisons between folk treatment and professional midwifery in Greco-Roman society, primarily based upon the writings of Pliny and Soranus.
		Folk uses, medicinal qualities, home remedies, history, and beauty and household uses of vinegar.
		Suggests remedies for common problems such as stuffy noses, yeast infections, athlete's foot and hiccups.
	dirs.org /dir-wiki.cfm/Top/Health/Alternative/Folk_Medicine (3466 words)

	Age Old And New Age Folk Remedies For Common
		The garden variety vitamin B in 50 mg tablets taken before you start drinking is said to help replenish it's loss from the body due to consumption of large amount of alcohol.
		One off-beat remedy that may work at times simply requires that you flail your arms vigorously for several minutes.
		One of the oldest remedies for diarrhea is flberries.
	www.howtoadvice.com /Remedies (1880 words)

	Lead Poisoning Lawyers - Candy and Folk Remedies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The child had been given greta and azarcon (a folk remedy that usually contains substantial amounts of lead) and had eaten various imported tamarind fruit candies purchased routinely by his family in Mexico.
		When conducting investigations of lead exposures, clinicians and health educators are encouraged to consider inquiring about these products, together with folk remedies and the use of imported pottery, as potential sources of lead poisoning.
		In addition, increasing education efforts are needed to inform persons in Hispanic communities that certain Mexican candies, pottery, and folk remedies can be potential sources of lead poisoning for children (6).
	www.weitzlux.com /lead/leadpoisoning/candyfolkremedies_933.html (1336 words)

	Traditional Folk Remedies
		In the past, when someone had a slight ache or pain, a minor cold, or a stiff joint, mothers would use an old remedy to ease the discomfort; a remedy that had been handed down from generation to generation.
		With today's technology and an ever-increasing dependence on modern medicine, many seem to have lost the art of simple home remedies.
		Many home remedies can work as fast as conventional drugs and are as close as your kitchen.
	www.angelfire.com /mo/countrysoulcafe/folkremedies.html (1480 words)

	The Use of Folk Remedies Among Children in an Urban Black Community: Remedies for Fever, Colic, and Teething -- ...
		Ethnomedical (folk) remedies for childhood asthma in a mainland Puerto Rican community.
		Folk remedies and child abuse: emphasis on caida de mollera and its relationship to shaken baby syndrome.
		Methemoglobinemia in an infant treated with the folk remedy glycerited asafetida.
	pediatrics.aappublications.org /cgi/content/full/115/3/e297 (4634 words)

	Folk Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the early frontier days of West Virginia, the vast majority of settlers in our region were cut off from any kind of "formal" medical care and moreover, competent physicians long remained beyond the reach, both physically and financially, of a vast segment of the population.
		Many such remedies survived well into the twentieth century and even yet constitute a part of the home treatments practiced in remote areas of the mountains.
		Most folk lore (including folk medicine) having been passed down from generation to generation were held accepted as fact.
	www.wvculture.org /history/wvhs1041.html (1656 words)

	Bordering the Future
		Patients may use herbal remedies from curanderos, or folk healers, along with physician-prescribed medicines, or they may use herbal remedies before seeking modern medical care.
		Providers must have an understanding of folk remedies to avoid unwanted drug interactions, to gain the patient's trust, and to recognize harmful folk remedies.
		Physicians in the Border region are not likely to tell patients to give up folk remedies.
	www.window.state.tx.us /border/ch08/folk.html (321 words)

	Folk Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Folk Medicine is similar to what we might call "home remedies." It's those cures you never read in a book, but which your parents or grandparents always swore by.
		Of course, before there were doctors, all remedies were folk remedies.
		Click here to go to an example of a folk remedy.
	virtual.park.uga.edu /~clandrum/category_html/medicine.html (71 words)

	Folk Remedies from Around the World:Heinerman, John, Ph.D.:0133977617:eCampus.com
		World-renowned medical anthropologist, Dr. John Heinerman offers folk remedies for common ailments such as asthma, bladder infections, tonsillitis, varicose veins, and countless other maladies.
		The cures offered are gleaned from numerous sources from around the world, and are folk remedies that have been successfully used in the regions from which they are derived.
		Some of the cures listed in the book are centuries old and have been faithfully used to cure ailments.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0133977617&referrer=yah04 (129 words)

	SOOP Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Herpes Relief - Describes home remedies for relief from the symptoms of herpes naturally, from a fellow sufferer.
		Home Remedies and Holistic Cures - A guide to home remedies and holistic cures for common illnesses and ailments.
		Russian Folk Medicine - Traditional treatments for ailments ranging from cancer to upset stomach.
	www.soopportal.org /odpcat.asp?ID=Health/Alternative/Folk_Medicine (1108 words)

	The Herb Corner - Folk Remedies
		Since the nasal passage is the bodies first line of defense against colds a Neti Pot is a good defense against colds and nasal blockages.
		In folk medicine gargling or sniffing salt water was the first line of defense against a cold.
		A nasal with a Neti Pot takes this to the next level washing the nasal passages with a salt water solution washes away all of the mucous and impurities from the nasal cavities.
	www.herbcorner.net /recipes/r_folk.html (754 words)

	Powell's Books - Folk Remedies That Work: By Joan and Lydia Wilen, Authors of Chicken Soup & Other Folk Remedies by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Folk Remedies That Work: By Joan and Lydia Wilen, Authors of Chicken Soup and Other Folk Remedies
		From the popular authors of Chicken Soup & Other Folk Remedies, this updated and revised edition of Live and Be Well features a range of remedies to cure whatever ails you, including a new section on the popular kombucha tea mushroom.
		Folk Remedies That Work offer a wide variety of helpful solutions for everything from arthritis to headaches to wrinkles — with an emphasis on natural medicine that is practical, time-test, and doctor approved.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=0060951648 (204 words)

	Chemistry of Folk Remedies: Teacher Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Many scientists are now studying these folk treatments, and traditional knowledge is having an impact on western medicine.
		The common folk remedy of applying butter to a burn is an example of a widely-used folk treatment that may actually increase damage to the body.
		Their research provides them with opportunities to explore the assumptions and biases in information provided and in advertising, and may be useful in helping them become critical consumers of information.
	www.ael.org /nsf/voices/curric/tchrnote.htm (531 words)

	Healthcare: Herb’s roots are in African-American folk medicine
		Long before such remedies received a stamp of approval from conventional medicine, African-Americans were using the wild horehound plant to treat colds and garlic to treat infections.
		Although many remedies had medicinal value, scholars suspect the placebo effect was behind many a supposedly miraculous cure.
		Today, African-American folk medicine still is practiced in some areas of the South and in northern cities with large fl populations.
	www.texnews.com /1998/1999/ads/health2/roots.html (823 words)

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