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Woman Who Glows in the Dark: A Curandera Reveals Traditional Aztec Secrets of Physical and Spiritual Health

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.

Subject
health
Themes
spiritualityhealingwomen
Setting
american westmexico
Audience
adult

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