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  Medicine man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The primary function of these "medicine men" (who are not always male) is to secure the help of the spirit world, including the Great Spirit (Wakan Tanka in the language of the Lakota Sioux), for the benefit of the community.
So the term "medicine man" is not entirely inappropriate, but it greatly oversimplifies and also skews the depiction of the people whose role in society complements that of the chief.
The term medicine man was also frequently used by Europeans to refer to African shamans, also known as "witch doctors" or "fetish men".
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Medicine_man   (419 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - medicine man (North American Indigenous Peoples, Culture) - Encyclopedia
Like the shaman the medicine man was a specialist in spiritual healing.
The medicine man was often accorded many powers, including the ability to inflict pain, promote fertility, and secure good hunting and fishing.
The medicine man strove through his ritual to remove or cast out the illness from the patient, or to induce the soul to return to a patient's body.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/medicine-m.html   (305 words)

  
 Health Care to Native Americans: United States 19th-Century Doctors'...
Medicine man preparing a pot of medicine, engraving by Samuel Eastman, 1850's [photographic reproduction/Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)].
Their knowledge of remedies and of diseases is so vague and limited that it is a marvel why any sane quack should think to add to his popularity by styling himself an Indian Doctor, or should hope to increase the sale of his nostrums, by giving them the christian name of some unpronounceable Indian tribe.
These medicine men were now supplied with medicine possessing virtues to heal all the ills that flesh is heir to.
www.nlm.nih.gov /exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.html   (1058 words)

  
 ‘Medicine Man’ (PG-13)
When we first see Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco) in John McTiernan's spectacularly thrilling new movie "Medicine Man," she's strapping on a pair of boots as if she were a warrior preparing for battle.
"Medicine Man," which was written by Tom Schulman ("Dead Poets Society") and Sally Robinson, is a unique confluence of elements: a screwball comedy, a love story, and a medical detective yarn, all in one.
And if that weren't enough, there are scenes in "Medicine Man" -- such as the one in which she gets a buzz off an Indian concoction -- that show an equal talent for comedy.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/medicinemanpg13hinson_a0a73c.htm   (900 words)

  
 Cosmetic Surgery Times - Plastic surgery is good medicine for Man born artist
Largely self-taught in painting and sculpture, Dr. Man knew he had entered a new realm of talent when one of his patients paid more for a painting than she had for liposculpture and facial resurfacing.
Man experienced a resurgence of his own desire to create art when his sons, now ages 20 to 30, were learning about clay sculptures at a local museum.
Man used the machine's base together with washing machine parts and the mounted the contraption on the statue to make it move.
www.cosmeticsurgerytimes.com /cosmeticsurgerytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=93000   (1259 words)

  
 Medicine Man -- Lowrider Arte Magazine
Medicine Man recalls that on some nights he picked up some former classmates from Fremont High who were injured or who had O. D.'d on drugs.
Medicine Man shared a very personal family tragedy with me. His one-year-old toddler, Julian, was born with a vision defect.
Medicine Man's psyche holds a sad, limbo region of suffering, sorrow and pain swirling around in his head and erupting on the canvas.
www.lowriderarte.com /featuredartists/0311lra_medicineman   (1244 words)

  
 The latest version of Medicine Man and the trick new rig
Although the 2001 incarnation included water ballast for most racing, Medicine Man was not able to use this for Transpac 2001 because the rating limit for movable ballast boats was substantially slower than other boats.
Now, Medicine Man is at the displacement we had originally planned and with Transpac's increased rating limit, is rated for and can use the water ballast.
From there Medicine Man returned the favor and was able to stay ahead of them for the next mile or so until outside the breakwater.
www.sailinganarchy.com /general/2003/medicineman_redux.htm   (1625 words)

  
 My Encounter with a Medicine Man by Dan Wagner, Point of Light Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The shaman was preparing a batch of ayahuasca to treat a local tribal woman who had been afflicted with recurrent "bad dreams." That evening, after the mixture had cooked for 12 hours, he would drink the potion with the woman, stay with her all through the night, and hopefully cure her by morning.
What frequently ensues is that one or two generations adopt the new medicines, and years later when the new-found religion has lost its luster and the people wish to revert to the traditional ways, many of the old healers have passed on and the old medicine has been forgotten.
For example, if a particular plant in the forest is medicinally used for parasites, and is prepared by making a tea, the healer would attest that the plant would not work as a medicine unless the proper prayer was spoken as the plant was being pulled from the ground.
www.nutrifarmacy.com /pol2.htm   (1923 words)

  
 Medicine Man's mundane storyline could use some healing of its own
Medicine Man, one of the most politically correct adventure films to be released recently, has several good things working for it.
However, shortly after witnessing the medicine man's tremendous skills, Cambell stole much of the natives' respect away from him with his modern drugs, and the medicine man, filled with jealousy, left in disgust.
Medicine Man would have fared better if the sense of fascination and wonder that exists in these few scenes had been allowed to fill more of the movie.
www-tech.mit.edu /V112/N4/medicine.04a.html   (764 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Medicine man
The shaman is an intellectual and spiritual figure who is regarded as possessing power and influence on other peoples in the tribe and performs several functions, primarily that of a healer (medicine man).
Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament.
Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earths surface.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Medicine-man   (739 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Medicine man Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Their community may encourage them to take special spiritual instruction from the current "medicine man" so that he will have a helper and eventually a replacement.
Drummming and other such sensory inputs also may be used to help induce trance, or, from the standpoint of the "medicine man", to enter the spirit world.
In many communities, the position of "medicine man" is passed down from father to son.
www.ipedia.com /medicine_man_1.html   (638 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
Medicine Man: (Jerry Goldsmith) A much too forgotten gem in Goldsmith's career, Medicine Man was a score that has managed to survive the horrific box office failure of the film.
In 1992, Goldsmith was still at the height of his mastery of electronic and orchestral melding, and Medicine Man takes both of these elements and combines them with a diverse percussion section to recreate the exotic, foreign, and romantic atmosphere of the rain forests.
So happy-go-lucky are parts of this score that edits of Medicine Man have been used on the decks of cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea when their live players are off.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/medicine_man.html   (786 words)

  
 Medicine Man
He is usually the best educated man in the tribe and his wisdom is consulted on all occasions, not only in things pertaining to his profession, but in affairs of war and diplomacy.
After practicing medicine in Stark County, Illinois, for a number of years he entered the Chicago Medical College, which is now the medical department of the Northwestern University, and graduated in 1881.
This remarkable man was born in Sweden, in the Province of Osterysthland, city of Lindkoping.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/lincoln/history/new_page_6.htm   (974 words)

  
 Office of the Vice-Rector, Research — Research Perspectives
From generation to generation the medicine man has used magical, powders from his pouch to care for the sick.
The modern medicine man is interested in understanding how all of theses ingredients interact with the human system and explores the best combinations for maximum medicinal effect.
Research in the use of herbs for medicinal purposes is still in its pioneering stage and much research is still required to appreciate the diversity and complexity of their action.
www.uottawa.ca /vr-recherche-research/perspectives/v3n1/224.html   (841 words)

  
 Lakota - Health & Healing
So the most important thing for the medicine to work is to build up that relationship so the medicine can talk to the body and the body can talk to the medicine.
Some of the plants and foods that are the medicines are the ones that are relatives to other plants and foods, so if you eat them together then they know each other and can build up your body.
The physician or medicine man has the same responsibility to think deeply about his medicine and about the patient and to use his gift fully.
www.elexion.com /lakota/health/salud2.html   (1082 words)

  
 Geronimo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He grew up to be a respected medicine man and, later, an accomplished warrior who fought frequently with Mexican troops.
Mexican soldiers massacred his first wife and three children during a supposedly peaceful trading session in 1858, and as a result he hated all Mexicans for the rest of his life.
They were mostly relatives of the sick man. But it would have been all right for anyone to come in and watch.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geronimo   (1053 words)

  
 HARRY ROBERTS: Yurok Medicine Man
He was a remarkable and interesting man. This was his second or third marriage, but the only one Harry carried on about was his first love as a young man when he was being reared by the Yuroks.
The 5000 year old "Ice Man," called Otzi by scientists, found frozen high in the mountains a few years ago and considered to be a Shaman, was found to be carrying similar mushrooms in his Medicine Bag.
Note that Alice Spott, who had made "medicine for the strong" has her hair done in the top knot of a warrior, as is appropriate for a woman who was a fisherman, only "medicine trained" female being able to fish.
www.angelfire.com /realm/bodhisattva/roberts.html   (3616 words)

  
 North American Aboriginal Indians Art - Dream Catchers, Medicine Wheels and Spirit Chimes, Native Indian Art- Indian ...
The Medicine Wheel is an important symbol in Native culture.
The four spokes in the middle represent the four direction, the four colours of man and the four faces of man (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual).
There are many different stories about medicine wheels almost as many stories as tribes but all seem to feel the Medicine Wheel is one with the mother earth.
www.firstalberta.com /medicinewheels1.htm   (185 words)

  
 Medicine Bundles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Medicine bundles are usually inauspicious deerskin bags filled with a seeming hodgepodge of ingredients.
However, they are so vital to Dine' culture that a medicine man declared, "That dzil leezh is the most sacred thing a Navajo family can have; it's our life, everything that you care about for yourself, your relatives, your flock" (Frisbie 69).
Without the four sacred mountains there would be no medicine bundle; without the medicine bundle, there would be no Blessingway, a vital component of the ritual system.
xroads.virginia.edu /~ma97/dinetah/bundle.html   (465 words)

  
 Medicine Man
The Medicine Man came walking through the golden, hip high grass from across the street and stood before me. He was dressed in what was at one time a rather nice fl suit.
The last I remember seeing of the Medicine Man he was walking back through the golden hip high grass from where he had come.
There, across the street, was the very field of golden hip high grass that the Medicine Man had walked through.
www.aupublishing.com /shortstories/medicineman.htm   (1480 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Medicine man
Dr Hamish Meldrum, the chair of the BMA's GP committee, warned that "regulation of complementary medicine is, at least, imperfect".
Of course, complementary medicine should be used routinely where it demonstrably generates more good than harm for patients.
The worst thing that could happen to the NHS is that we introduce double standards - opinion-based medicine in the realm of complementary therapy and evidence-based medicine for all the rest.
www.guardian.co.uk /medicine/story/0,11381,1330561,00.html   (757 words)

  
 medicine man
Schooled in Western medicine (Dalhousie and Harvard) and internationally recognized for his work as a pediatric endocrinologist, diabetologist and researcher, Dr. Tze has encountered a medley of medical approaches while working as a child-health advocate.
Anyone can claim to be a traditional medicine practitioner without appropriate education or skill." The Institute, he stresses, was created not only to evaluate alternative therapies but to serve as a resource centre for both the medical community and the general public.
Western medicine, on the other hand, with all its expensive machinery and high-tech procedures, attempts to cure or fix the disease or condition.
www.langara.bc.ca /prm/1997/page21.htm   (1403 words)

  
 Edward Humes - The Medicine Man
The man is white, and he is convinced Ford had a hand in his ailment.
He put the box on the man’s desk, pulled on latex gloves, removed a syringe from his pocket, and squirted two drops of a viscous amber liquid onto the rabbit’s shoulder.
Each man was recruited independent of the other to feed information to the FBI but eventually learned of their mutual mission.
www.edwardhumes.com /articles/medicine.shtml   (6075 words)

  
 How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
At one time an Arapaho Medicine Man named Black-Robe wanted very much to be able to make magic because his people were very hungry.
The Medicine Man scolded him for not believing that what he had seen were buffaloes.
Medicine Man arrived about midday at the place of the dead buffalo.
www.indians.org /welker/medibuff.htm   (392 words)

  
 Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Traditional Native American Medicine - Treatment of Chronic Illness
Recent years have shown a surge of interest in the therapies of traditional cultures, in patients' use of alternative medicine, and in the desire for mind-body therapies and for spiritual treatment, as well as for behavioral medicine treatments for chronic medical illness.
To this date she receives yearly cards of gratitude from this man for saving his life, yet all she did was to put him to bed.
The wife concluded that the man was an angel.
www.healing-arts.org /mehl-madrona/mmtraditionalpaper.htm   (5831 words)

  
 ABC News: 'Medicine Man' Arrested on Peyote Charges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
'Medicine Man' Arrested on Charges of Pretending to Be American Indian to Use Peyote
Mooney, who claims the leadership of an American Indian church, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug charges related to the posession and distribution of peyote, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday June 23, 2005.
SALT LAKE CITY Jun 23, 2005 — A self-proclaimed medicine man was arrested Thursday on federal charges he lied about being an American Indian to consume and distribute peyote during religious ceremonies.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=876832   (332 words)

  
 SAIL Ser.1, 4.1
Although Momaday states he wishes "to be remembered as the man who wrote the novel," students often tend to equate the novel and the film in such a way as to assign authorship of both to the same person.
A man leaves because "there are things he must go through before he can bring back what he seeks, before he can return to himself." Like Blake, Ortiz knows untested innocence can degenerate into static ignorance; to submit himself to experience may be to reaffirm old values, make them more meaningful.
He outwits the wolves, who "have never since attempted to kill man" (p.13), and the dreadful Tail-Man whose spirit is said to inhabit a mountain that smokes, shakes and rumbles because of his bad luck at the hands of Yobaghu-Talyonunh.
oncampus.richmond.edu /faculty/ASAIL/SAILns/41.html   (7010 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Medicine man
Many complementary medicine practitioners have ways of arriving at a "diagnosis" which are entirely different from conventional methods.
In doing this, they apply totally different concepts than conventional doctors and may come up with a "diagnosis" such as "your kidney energy is blocked".
· Edzard Ernst is professor of complementary medicine at the Peninsula medicine school at the universities of Exeter and Plymouth.
www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1362336,00.html   (566 words)

  
 Lycaeum > Leda > Medicine, Man
The arguments over cannabis are also about the efficacy of modern medicine, the futility of the government's war on drugs and even the ecology of the planet itself.
Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine, for example written by Dr Lester Grinspoon, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard medical school, includes moving personal accounts of how cannabis has alleviated epilepsy, the weight loss of Aids, the nausea of chemotherapy, menstrual pains and multiple sclerosis.
In 1990, a man known as Steve L becam the first Aids patient to obtain the drug legally, 10 days before he died.
leda.lycaeum.org /?ID=12908   (3376 words)

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