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Lipoid pneumonia due to Mexican folk remedies: cultural barriers to diagnosis.

OBJECTIVE To describe 2 cases of lipoid pneumonia in Mexican American infants after administration of vegetable- or animal-derived oils and the cultural barriers to diagnosis. Various folk remedies have been documented in the international medical literature that involve the oral or nasal administration of vegetable- or animal-derived oils to children for the treatment of common ailments, inclu...

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From Disease to Holiness: Religious-based health remedies of Italian folk medicine (XIX-XX century)

BACKGROUND The relationship between spirituality, religion and medicine has been recognized since antiquity. Despite large differences in their history, society, economy and cultures human communities shared a common belief that spirituality and religion played an important role in the healing of diseases. METHODS The study of religious remedies used by Italian folk medicine in order to treat...

The use of folk remedies among children in an urban black community: remedies for fever, colic, and teething.

BACKGROUND Folk remedy use is universal, occurring in all cultures. Folk remedies have been and still are relied on in the black community. In this study, folk remedies refer to herbs, over-the-counter medications, and items traditionally used for cooking that are used to treat a variety of ailments. OBJECTIVE To identify folk remedies used to treat fever, colic, and teething among black chil...