After giving birth, Guatemalan
Indian women use a drink of chile powder and water as purge, and in African
folk medicine, a poultice is made from the ground chile pods, kaolin, and bark of Newbouldia laevis as a postpartum medication.
(TRM) in most of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (see sidebar on the World Health Organization?s definition of CAM and TRM), these systems include
folk medicine (i.e., traditional Chinese
medicine,
Indian Ayurvedic
medicine, and Unani
medicine from the Middle East), herbal
medicine, chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopathy, homeopathy, iridology, and massage therapy, to name a few.