Overview

Curanderismo is a Latin American system of medicine. It uses a wide variety of methods for diagnosing and treating many different medical conditions.

Treatments commonly used in curanderismo include herbs, massage, prayer, spiritual cleansing, and amulets. These treatments are meant to balance the spiritual and physical, and to treat both natural and supernatural illness.

Curanderismo uses a wide variety of methods to diagnose and treat many different medical conditions. The evidence supporting its use varies for each treatment and condition.

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Curanderismo is an ancient system of medicine that uses a variety of treatments including herbs, homeopathy, massage, prayer, spiritual cleansing, and amulets. Some of these are safe while others may not be. See specific therapies for safety information.

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Curanderismo is founded on the concept that illness has natural and supernatural causes. Its practitioners (curanderos) believe that illness occurs when the spiritual and physical become unbalanced. They also believe that many mental and physical states are either "hot" or "cold." An imbalance in these temperatures is also believed to cause illness.

Curanderismo uses many different treatments, including herbs, massage, prayer, spiritual cleansing, and amulets. These treatments are meant to balance the spiritual and physical, and to treat both natural and supernatural illness.
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