{"product_id":"tarahumara-medicine-frutuoso-irigoyen-rascon-9780806143620","title":"Tarahumara Medicine: Ethnobotany and Healing among the Rarmuri of Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tarahumara, one of North America's oldest surviving aboriginal groups, call themselves Rar疥uri, meaning \"nimble feet\"-and though they live in relative isolation in Chihuahua, Mexico, their agility in long-distance running is famous worldwide. \u003cem\u003eTarahumara Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e is the first in-depth look into the culture that sustains the \"great runners.\" Having spent a decade in Tarahumara communities, initially as a medical student and eventually as a physician and cultural observer, author Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rasc is uniquely qualified as a guide to the Rar疥uri's approach to medicine and healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn developing their healing practices, the Tarahumaras interlaced religious lore, magic, and careful observations of nature. Irigoyen-Rasc thoroughly situates readers in the Rar疥uri's environment, describing not only their health and nutrition but also the mountains and rivers surrounding them and key aspects of their culture, from long-distance kick-ball races to corn beer celebrations and religious dances. He describes the Tarahumaras' curing ceremonies, including their ritual use of peyote, and provides a comprehensive description of Tarahumara traditional herbal remedies, including their botanical characteristics, attributed effects, and uses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo show what these practices-and the underlying concepts of health and disease-might mean to the Rar疥uri and to the observer, Irigoyen-Rasc explores his subject from both an outsider and an insider (indigenous) perspective. Through his balanced approach, Irigoyen-Rasc brings to light relationships between the Rar疥uri healing system and conventional medicine, and adds significantly to our knowledge of indigenous American therapeutic practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the most complete account of Tarahumara culture ever written, \u003cem\u003eTarahumara Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e grants readers access to a world rarely seen-at once richly different from and inextricably connected with the ideas and practices of Western medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frutuoso Irigoyen-Rascon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806143622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806143620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016","brand":"Frutuoso Irigoyen-Rascon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043051434239,"sku":"9780806143620","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_609f9a00-ea87-4638-8c06-ae0d847ece9f.jpg?v=1684964987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tarahumara-medicine-frutuoso-irigoyen-rascon-9780806143620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}