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The hot-cold wet-dry syndrome among the Quiche of Joyabajessay 1977 • Neuenswander, Helen L. & Souder, Shirley D.
Quiché Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is a study of Quiché ethnomedicine. The Quiche see the world, including human physiology, in terms of hot and cold. Good health requires balancing the two, and illness is diagnosed in ter...