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Vinony

Woman who glows in the dark

by Elena Avila · 1999

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A modern healer draws on Aztec folk medicine to offer a new perspective on women's health. Avila presents a global vision of how the gifts of indigenous health care, married with contemporary technology, can create a medicine of the future. Foreword by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.

MagicTraditional medicineSuperstitionHolistic medicineTraditional medicine, mexicoMexican American women healersWomen healersHealersHealingEthnologySuperstitionsNorth American Indians