Term
|
Definition
| the use of flour (as in the use of fortune cookies) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| chance meeting with an animal (black cat crossing path) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the study of how the stars and planets as well as the sun and moon influence peoples destinies |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- derives from the field of medical anthropology
- employs cross-cultural comparative strategies
- humans are holistic beings with interrelated biological and sociocultural contexts
- stresses interdependence of physiological, psychological, and social factors |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- the primary ethnomedical beliefs in American society
- cartesian dualism (separation of mind and body) is a fundamental assumption
- physical reductionism -- social and psychological issues are neglected or ignored
- body as machine -- very mechanistic view of health and illness
- doctrine of specific etiology -- diseases are seen as “deviations from the norm of
measurable biological (somatic) variables
- therapeutic treatments tend to isolate patients |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| uses forked stick to find water under ground |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Producing or capable of producing a desired effect |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| eating of ones own people |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Traditional medicine as practiced by a particular ethnic group; folk medicine;
also, the study of folk medical traditions and customs |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Folk systems pertaining to the composition, uses, and effects of drugs |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Study of the cause or origin of a disease or disorder |
|
|
Term
| folk medical (or culture-specific) syndrome |
|
Definition
| illnesses that reflect a combination of emotional, cultural, and physical causes, usually associated with a particular culture or community |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| when something bad happens to a family and the suspect the physical structure of the house is to blame |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
categorized by Lewin as belonging to the class of Phantastica
peyote: Lophophora williamsii, cactus button, mescaline.
Banisteriopsis caapi – South American vine, ayahuasca, caapi yagé, yajé, natéma
(hallucinogenic tea)
Amamita muscaria – soma plant, fly agaric, mushroom, hallucinogenic plant described in
early Vedic texts as a divinity; may have been used to initiate worshipers participating in the ancient Greek mysteries at Eleusis.
Datura stramonium: thornapple; Jimson weed; locoweed, Angel's Trumpet; local variant
is Brugmansia candida, synonym Datura arborea; all parts of the plant are poisonous (and psychoactive).
ebene snuff: A powerful hallucinogen used by natives of the Amazon forests of South
America. It is extracted from trees of the genus Virola, which belong to the nutmeg family (Family Myristicaceae).
Psilocybe mexicana – teonanactl, “god’s flesh,” active principle is psilocybin.
Cannabis sativa L – marijuana, bhang, ganja, pot, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).
Ipomea violacea: morning glory, contains alkaloids closely resembling lysergic acid
diethylamide (LSD). |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| examination of the entrails of a sacrificed animal |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
“swallowing frogs”
rezadiera / rezadero
susto
evil eye
synesthesia |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
“roadman”
tsentsak
Jivaro Indians
natema
fetish |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The classification of illnesses |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| fortuitous happenings or conditions that provide information |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| reading the path and form of a flight of birds |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease and/or the study of the nature
of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state
and with medicinal herbs or other plants |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the study of the shape and structure of the head |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The biological study of the functions of living organisms and their parts |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Substance or condition generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered
states of awareness, and occasionally states resembling psychosis |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| affecting the mind or mental processes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
techniques: Actions intended to promote or control relationships between
physical stimuli and sensory response (i.e. drumming, dancing, singing, etc.) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Of, or relating to, a disorder having physical symptoms but originating from
mental or emotional causes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Having an altering effect on perception, emotion, or behavior |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| writing a question on a scapula/bone, burning the bone, and the reading the patterns of the cracks |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- shamans believe in effectiveness of their own techniques
- victims or patients belief in the power of the shaman
- the beliefs, expectations, and faith of the community are essential
- the community creates the context where the shaman and sick interact
- the community plays an important role in therapeutic measures |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the medical science of symptoms |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the treatment of illness or disability |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
mystico-religious
LSD
empathy
diagnostician
primogeniture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| human soul being reborn into an animal |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| endocannibalistic anthropophages |
|
|
