Ethnobotany and Healing among the Rarámuri of Mexico
by Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón
Contributions by Alfonso Paredes
The Tarahumara, one of North America’s oldest surviving aboriginal groups, call themselves Rarámuri, meaning “nimble feet”—and though they live in relative isolation in Chihuahua, Mexico, their agility in long-distance running is famous worldwide. Tarahumara Medicine is the first in-depth look into the culture that sustains the “great runners.”
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