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Folk Medicine

Folk Medicine. By Diana, Lisa, Mariana, Marlene. Folk Medicine. Folk Medicine is an herb that was used in the past. Folk medicine was here before any other medicine. Midwives used folk medicine when they needed to deliver babies. Herbs. Saw Palmetto is good for stomachaches and diarrhea

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Folk Medicine

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  1. Folk Medicine By Diana, Lisa, Mariana, Marlene

  2. Folk Medicine • Folk Medicine is an herb that was used in the past. • Folk medicine was here before any other medicine. • Midwives used folk medicine when they needed to deliver babies.

  3. Herbs • Saw Palmetto is good for stomachaches and diarrhea • Salvia Sage cures headaches, and colds • Cayenne pepper cures headaches and cures colds. • Yarrow is used to stop bleeding

  4. Midwives • Midwives were the first doctors to be alive • Back then, midwives were the only healers that they had • Midwives are women who cure people in the past with herbs • Currenderas are Spanish healers that were used in the past

  5. Shamans and Currerderas • Shamans are Native American people that help heal other people. • Currerderas are Mexicans that help heal with herbs .

  6. Superstition • In folk medicine people believed in cures that weren’t real. • They thought putting salt would protect the babies from fairies • They thought if you put a dirty sock on your bedpost it would help you heal. • Snail jelly was used to cure coughs .

  7. ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Some people still use midwifes and shamans and curranderas. Some people still use folk medicine because it is cheap.

  8. The End • Thank you for listening and hearing our cool sound effects.

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