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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"folk medicine"”.
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Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachian Fiction.
… for its colorful storytellers, is also rich in folk medical lore and practice. In their Appalachian novels, Lucy Furman, Emma Bell Miles, Mildred Haun, Catherine Marshall, Harriette Arnow, Lee Smith, and Charles Frazier, feature folk medicine prominently in their narratives. The novels studied, …
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Black Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia.
… majority white population. How regional black folk belief systems compare to those documented in other parts of the country is also examined. Thirty-five blacks selected opportunistically were interviewed with a structural questionnaire. Topics addressed during the interviews included: …
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"That mountain is like a drug store": Knowledge and Medicine in Southern Appalachia, 1900-1933
… treat the relationship between professional medicine and folk medicine in Southern Appalachia as a competition and place Appalachian folk medicine as a victim of professionalization, the two forms of medicine are best understood as systems of knowledge. Through interviews, medical journals …
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A Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Factors Related to Help-Seeking Attitudes for Psychological Disorder
… American students, and were more likely to seek folk medicine remedies for psychological disorder than were American students were. Both American and Asian students endorsed family care as the most preferable treatment approach, followed by psychological intervention, medical intervention, folk …
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Dermatophyte Respiration Antagonism in Vitro by Juglone
… use of bark and shell covering extract in Greek medicine about 200 years before Christ. During the Revolutionary War it was used to cure colonial troops suffering from dysentery and severe gastro-intestinal disorders. Whether any medicinal value was obtained from the naphthoquinone in many of the …
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Phytochemical and biological investigation of erigeron annus (L.) Pers for antimicrobial activity and potential DNA gyrase inhibitors
… valuable plants in the genus, used in Chinese folk medicine to treat indigestion, malaria, enteritis, hepatitis and hematuria increasingly since the 1970s. However it is not an indigenous species in China and has not been officially recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopeia. Very little research has …
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Atividade antiulcerogênica de Alcaloides Pirrolizidínicos obtidos a partir do Extrato Etanólico de Senecio brasiliensis: perspectivas de uma nova terapêutica preventiva e curativa das úlceras gástricas e duodenais
… Tasneirinha and is very utilized by folk medicine to the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Phytochemical analysis showed the presence of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (Pas) from Senecio brasiliensis. This study have a objective the obtained of PAs extract and evaluated the …
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The therapeutic effectiveness of some local Nigerian plants used in the treatment of malaria
… distributed in Nigeria and are used in Nigerian folk medicine to treat malaria and febrile illnesses. It is apparent that experimental evaluation of herbal drugs for the treatment of malaria is rather impressive, however, only few are in the market and very few have reached clinical trials. …
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Aspectos fitoquímicos, etnobotânicos e farmacológicos da Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi: uma revisão bibliográfica.
… environment increasingly has been reconnecting folk medicine to prove the phyto chemical aspects of the therapeutic arsenal used by it, evidence of the pharmacological actions of aroeira , shows up as a welcome example of the importance of this rapprochement .
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Pharmacognosy of the Saururaceae : microscopy of powdered drugs
<p>Plants of the family Sauruaceae are used in folk medicine in various parts of the world. Chemistry of some plants of this family and their chemotaxonomy has been investigated in our laboratory (12).</p> <p>It is very difficult to establish identity and authenticity of commercially available …
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A LOOK AT MORALITY IN CONNECTION TO MARGINALIZATION AND DISABILITY IN JANE AUSTEN’S MANSFIELD PARK
… exercise horse, and on occasion, she must take folk medicine. Since Austen does not give Fanny a diagnosis or refer to her as an invalid, reading Fanny’s body has been left open to critical interpretation. Using historical context and textual evidence, I establish Fanny as a disabled heroine …
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A study of the toxicological properties of propolis samples from Europe and Saudi Arabia and of their biological activity against protozoa
… species Crithidia. Propolis has been used as a folk medicine due to its therapeutic properties; thus, it is more likely that active components would be found in propolis rather than from random screening of plants. Ethanolic extracts of four samples from the UK (S224, S225, D6, D7), one from …
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Estudo comparativo do efeito de warifteína e metil-warifteína, alcaloides de Cissamplelos sympodialis ECHL (Menispermaceae), no processo inflamatório agudo.
… known as Milona and orelha de onça and used in folk medicine to treat various diseases . Previous studies showed that the hydroalcoholic extract of the leaves and warifte ine , bisbenzilisoquinolínico alkaloid , exhibit anti - inflammatory and antiallergic effects . This study evaluated the …
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Aspectos anatômicos de órgãos vegetativos (folha e caule) de Dioclea grandiflora, e sua importância química e farmacológica.
… velvet bean seed and de - ox - eye, is used in folk medicine against prostate and kidney disorders. It is highlighted by the presence of flavonoids and prenylated methoxylated and triterpenes, wit h analgesic, antiarrhythmic and anxiolytic. This study aimed to characterize morphology, anatomy …
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An investigation into the phenomena and practices of spiritual healing: a comparative study of two churches
… and the spiritual approach may or may not use medicine as prescribed by health professionals. In the UK, people usually have access to both, unlike people in Developing countries who have limited access to modern medicine and have no choice but to make the best use of folk medicine, and faith …
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Sufriendo y luchando por un milagro (Suffering and fighting for a miracle: The meaning of infertility for some Mexican and Mexican American women).
… of medical infertility treatments and folk medicine. Their persistent faith in God, in the Virgen de Guadalupe, and other religious saints had made it possible for these women to tolerate their enormous suffering.
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In vitro anti-platelet aggregation activity of the extracts of protorhus longifolia
… results support the use of P. longifolia in folk medicine in the management of blood-clotting related diseases.
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The chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of the essential oils of Tulbaghia violacea Harv and Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden.
… grandis contribute to the use of these plants in folk medicine.
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Metabolite Production in Callus Culture of Burdock (Arctium lappa L.)
… the wounds after the application of salve. This folk medicine is believed to be effective to speed healing, relieve pain, reduce scars, and prevent infection. More knowledge of the mechanism of burdock treating burns and practical methods for its application is needed before burdock can be …
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Investigação da atividade espasmolítica do extrato etanólico bruto das partes aéreas de Hyptis macrostachys Benth. (Lamiaceae) e do seu composto isolado HM308.
… and “hortelã-do-mato”, is used in folk medicine to relief asthma, cough and bronchitis symptoms. From the aerial parts ethanolic extract from H. macrostachys was obtained a pyrone (HM308). Thus, in this work was investigated a possible spasmolytic effect of ethanolic extract of …
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