Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing

by Mervyn Alleyne (Author), Arvilla Payne - Jackson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $67.85

  This pioneering work examines the rich folk medicine of Jamaican. The authors analyse the historical and linguistic aspects of folk medicine, based on their research, extensive fieldwork and interviews. They explore the sociological and ethnological dimensions of common healing practices and Jamaica's biodiversity, in both flora and in fauna.