ABSTRACT
Responders who encounter practitioners of Curanderismo will find a diverse collection of folk treatments that have survived throughout history in the Latin community.
Curanderismo is a blanket term used to describe the traditional folk healing practices of Mexican and Spanish American communities. The name Curanderismo comes from a Spanish word Currar, which means “to heal.” Curanderismo mixes cultural aspects of Aztec, African, Native American and European witchcraft religious cultures.
