Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Instructor: Dr. Eliseo Cheo Torres, from the University of New Mexico
Description: This course will provide information on the history, traditions, rituals, herbs, and
remedies of Curanderismo, a folk healing tradition of the Southwestern United States, Latin
America and Mexico.
Optional texts:
1.
Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing, Eliseo Torres & Tim Sawyer
2.
Healing with Herbs & Rituals: A Mexican Tradition, Eliseo Torres, edited by
Tim Sawyer
3.
2.
3/30 4/5
Presenter
Dr. Eliseo Cheo Torres
Topic
Introduction to Curanderismo PowerPoint Presentation
4/6 4/12
Tonita Gonzales
4/13 4/19
4/20 4/26
Felipa Sanzhez
Spinal Alignment
Body Adjustment
Sophia Salazar
4/27 5/3
questions due 4/19
by 11:59 p.m.
5/4 5/10
Tonita Gonzales
Firecupping Ventosas