Sentences with phrase «of traditional healers»

This had been a primary pretext for the medieval purges of alleged witches and familiars, which actually had the net effect of purging whole regions of traditional healers, and of extirpating one of the first lines of community defense against disease - carrying rodents.

Arvigo ® Therapy is rooted in techniques passed down through many generations of traditional healers in Central America.

(Credo Mutwa, a leader of traditional healers, appeared in the Cape Argus recently speaking of ancient practices involving voluntary quarantine, which he claimed defeated earlier waves of venereal disease introduced by colonial forces.)

It's not unusual for the most noted of traditional healers in the Pacific Northwest to support themselves as seasonal fishermen and loggers.

In May, women from Sierra Leone attended the funeral of a traditional healer who had treated Ebola patients across the border in Guinea.

Nat explains importance of plants for medicine to American undergraduate students in the presence of a traditional healer.

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A traditional healer, Edem and his family pose in front of their home.

As others were getting sick, the traditional village healers, sometimes called the «secret societies» by outsiders, would attempt to dispel the evil spirits that seemed to cause these hellish symptoms, keeping both the illness and the ultimate deaths shrouded from the rest of the world.

«A cure - all in traditional households and the magic ingredient in classic gourmet cuisine, chicken stock or broth made from bones of chicken, fish and beef builds strong bones, assuages sore throats, nurtures the sick, puts vigor in the step and sparkle in love life — so say grandmothers, midwives and healers.»

Traditional healers or curanderos usually treat this condition with a blend of spiritual rituals and herbs.

Listen to audio clips collected for Nicole's thesis, A Long Line of Healers: Tracking the Evolution of Birthing Practices Among Women of African Descent and its Connection to the History of Traditional Midwifery in the American South.

The fictional «experts» in the book are respected members of their communities, such as grandmothers and traditional healers.

In 1991, she founded the International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC), the first international non-profit to address the needs of black midwives, and increase the number of midwives, doulas and healers of color, to empower families to reduce infant and maternal mortality.

Basic Needs - Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization working in the area of mental health has targeted 800 traditional healers and prayer camp managers across the country for training on the best practices in managing mental illness.

The training seek to equip the traditional healers and prayer camp managers with knowledge mental illness, rights of mental health patients and management of mental illness.

In a survey, published in 1998, he found depression in a quarter of people who visited primary care clinics in Harare, and in a third of people who relied on traditional healers.

The tall Fulani woman carried herself into the traditional healer's hut with the bearing of a princess.

That means finding every single case, tracing that patient's contacts, and isolating all of those who show symptoms — a huge challenge in a country where many villages are hours away from a road, Ebola symptoms like diarrhea and fever are common, and the fear of the deadly virus drives some contacts to skip town and seek out a traditional healer.

Ruben Sher, head of the National AIDS Training Outreach says: «Traditional healers have a vital role to play, as they are regularly consulted by more than 80 per cent of black people.»

A spokesman for the Traditional Healers Association of South Africa said that the sangomas feared contracting AIDS through their frequent treatment of patients by cutting skin (to release evil) and rubbing powders into the wounds.

Traditional healers in parts of Asia use dried turtle shell to treat fever and malaria.

A deadly virus in a part of the world that had no experience with it, health systems neglected during years of civil war, and a population that was highly mobile across borders, distrustful of governments, and more inclined to seek out traditional healers.

The treatment, known as vaginal steaming, is as old as the hills and is well - respected by traditional healers across the globe, remedying almost any aspect of uterine pathology.

Turns out, black cumin seeds and oil are used in traditional medicine by many Middle Eastern and Asian healers for a broad array of diseases, including some immune and inflammatory disorders, says Hwyda A. Arafat, MD, PhD, associate professor, departments of surgery and pathology, anatomy and cell biology at Jefferson Medical College.

To help relieve the symptoms of diabetes, traditional Chinese healers prescribe fructus lycii in combination with dwarf lily - turf tuber, rehmannia root and snakegourd root.

Her constant thirst for knowledge in the pursuit of finding answers to her patient's problems has taken her around the world, learning from traditional healers and native cultures from such diverse places as Australia, India, Mexico, Peru, Africa, and Sri Lanka; as well as from the best of the innovative thinkers and scientists our country has to offer.

Known primarily for their use in cooking, tart cherries have also long been used by traditional healers as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments and diseases.

Traditional peoples, Native Americans and early ancestral healers knew that eating the organs from a healthy animal would strengthen and support the health of the corresponding organ of the individual.

-- Traditional peoples, Native Americans and early ancestral healers believed that eating the organs from a healthy animal would strengthen and support the health of the corresponding organ of the individual * --

I followed my heart and it led me to studying martial arts, herbology, and traditional Mayan medicine from indigenous healers of Belize and then getting my Masters in Traditional Oriental Medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine intraditional Mayan medicine from indigenous healers of Belize and then getting my Masters in Traditional Oriental Medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine inTraditional Oriental Medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego.

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Rich's traditional Chinese doctor prescribes herbs, and she's also seen other alternative medicine experts, including a naturopath, a medic intuitive, and an energy healer — all at a whopping cost of $ 5,600.

Capsaicin - rich peppers have a long history of use in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and modern - day healers often advise capsaicin for digestive and circulatory problems.

It's a relic of ancient Mayan midwifery that has been passed down through generations of childbearing women, and traditional healers, modern midwives and holistic doctors who understand that the herbal remedy is an important part of postpartum care.

P.S. I JUST talked to an amazing shamanic energy healer who also confirmed to me by her traditional methods that I have an overwhelming and out of control amount of candida in my system, and that grain - free is the absolute best way for me to be right now.

During the mid 1990's, she entered a Ph.D. program in indigenous studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and apprenticed with traditional healers around the globe, particularly in Africa.

Divine greetings to all of my people I'm Prof Doctor Mama Jafali a powerful traditional doctor, witch and spiritual natural healer, am ready and here to help you in different problems.

If you are wanting to visit a traditional Balinese Healer, check out our roundup of Bali's best healers, and say goodbye to depression, stress, and physical pains.

Gomes's works are inspired by her family — her father's family worked in a textile factory, and she was influenced by the traditional dress and rituals of her maternal grandmother, an indigenous spiritual healer and midwife.

From a review of the «Haudenosaunee Code of Behaviour for Traditional Medicine Healers» and other evidence, Judge Edward found that «traditional medicine continues to be practised on Six Nations as it was prior to European contact and, in this court's view, there is no question it forms an integral part of who the Six Nations Traditional Medicine Healers» and other evidence, Judge Edward found that «traditional medicine continues to be practised on Six Nations as it was prior to European contact and, in this court's view, there is no question it forms an integral part of who the Six Nations traditional medicine continues to be practised on Six Nations as it was prior to European contact and, in this court's view, there is no question it forms an integral part of who the Six Nations are.»

She points to such innovative social enterprises as the Council's Tjanpi Desert Weavers which represents more than 400 women artists from 26 remote communities and the Ngangkari program that melds traditional healers with the best of western medicine to maximise health outcomes and wellbeing.

One of the keynote addresses will be delivered by Ngangkari traditional healers: Toby Baker, Clem Dalby, Tinpulya Mervyn, Josephine Mick and Maringka Burton.

Some of the high achievers in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health were recognised at a stunning ceremony at the Deadlys in Sydney last night, including psychologist Professor Pat Dudgeon, the Rewrite Your Story campaign, Aboriginal Health Worker Leonie Morcome from the Biripi Aboriginal Medical Service, and this publication from Magabala Books, Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari.