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Folk Healing of American Indians
Introduction
The Native American Indians have persistently been using the folk healing to be able to
maintain their own health while also curing those not fortunate enough to access medical help for
that matter. The folk healing has always been based upon mental, spiritual or even physical
curing. Medicine men from the Native American culture, in particular, have always been
applying the use of therapy while basing most of the practices on their own traditions.
Healing Systems for the Native American Indians
It is prudent to note as Koithan (p.477) alludes to the fact that the healing system for the
Native American has been indeed complementary while providing the alternative medicine
within the medical system, especially for the American Indians matter of fact. The folk healing is
important to them because it often encompasses various treatment measures that can be deemed
as being holistic in a way that can be embraced with ease by the indigenous people as chronic
and even acute conditions continue to be healed. The folk healing has also been important to the
Native American Indians since they have been able to mix healing practices together with other
interventional strategies to bring about healing. The interventional strategies are such as running
every day where their bodies get conditioned as they are nourished spiritually to gain their
wellbeing. The healing system has also been able to apply the use of herbs and prayer in
preventing or even treating certain illnesses in their wake (Koithan, p.477).
The Clear Health Picture brought by Folk Healing
The importance of the folk healing to the Native Americans has been notable in a clear
picture where those who have been able to follow their strict guidelines and procedures given
