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Book display on Plant Folklore
A close-up photograph of the sign for the Folklore Botánico book display.
Book display on Plant Folklore
Photograph of the Plant Folklore book display

Folklore Botánico: Remedios y Rituales de la Medicina Tradicional Hispana y Caribeña

For October 2023, we created a not-so-spooky Halloween display which includes a few books we selected from our collection that highlight plant-based medicinal rituals and remedies. Come by and explore our resources!

Books in LACC

Below is a list of a few print books we selected from our stacks. Stop by LACC and check out a book that is currently on display!  

  • Arvigo, Rosita., Nadine. Epstein, and Marilyn. Yaquinto. Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya ealer. 1st ed. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994. Print. LAC (F1435.3.E74 A79 1994) 
  • Plotkin, Mark J. Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest. New York: Viking, 1993. Print. LAC (F2230.1.B7 P56 1993) 
  • Mañón Rossi, Wilfredo. La medicina folklórica en la República Dominicana. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: Universidad CETEC, 1983. Print. LAC (GR121.D6 M36 1983) 
  • Carvalho, Angela Maria B., and Antonio B. Navarro Jr. A magia das ervas e seu axé. São Paulo, SP: Madras, 2003. Print. LAC (GR133.B6 C37 2003) 
  • Pla Buxó, Raimon. Elixir de los dioses: un recorrido por la medicina tradicional peruana. Primera edición. Un recorrido por la medicina tradicional peruana: Editorial Kairós, 2017. Print. LAC (GR133.P4 P53 2017) 
  •  Paz Soldán, Edmundo. Iris. Madrid: Alfaguara, 2014. Print. LAC (PQ7820.P39 I75 2014) 
  • Torres, Eliseo. et al. Healing with Herbs and Rituals: A Mexican Tradition. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. Print. LAC (RM666.H33 T672 2006) 
  • Güerere A., Tabaré. Las plantas curativas de los santeros. Caracas, Venezuela: Editorial Panapo, 1996. Print. LAC (RS164.G755 1996) 
  • Seaforth, C. E. Natural Products in Caribbean Folk Medicine. Revised. St. Augustine, Trinidad: University of the West Indies, 1991. Print. LAC (RS164.S4751 1991) 
  •  Hanna-Smith, Martha. Bush Medicine in Bahamian Folk Tradition. 1st ed. Miami: Martha Hanna-Smith, 2005. Print. LAC (RS173.B24 H54 2005) 

Browse the library catalog to find additional books!