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You’ll find that many Mexicans still believe in going to their neighborhood curanderas (traditional Indian healers) first for treatment. Only if that fails will they go to a doctor or hospital. Curanderas use a combination of herbal healing and prayer. Most are also midwives. My mother and all my aunts and uncles except one were delivered by the curandera. It’d be a good idea for you to pick up some works by anthropologists on curanderismo. You’ll also find some folk beliefs among some Mexicans, such as thinking that drinking a cold drink will give you a cold or that certain foods have ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ properties based on their color and should not be eaten together for that reason.

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Name : ACC25098, Gender : M, Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : San Antonio, State : TX, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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