The woman was told by a folk healer that her condition may have been caused by a curse.
A folk healer may be a highly trained person who pursues his specialties, learning by study, observation and imitation.
It also envisions writing common codes of ethics and training for folk healers.
The term is synonymous with the Tagalog word albularyo, a type of folk healer.
Which is not really news to the folk healers, who have treated anxiety with apples since Adam and Eve.
On other occasions, folk healers or curers may be hired.
Visits to folk healers for a remedy are said to be frequent.
Using the sap of grapevines, European folk healers sought to cure skin and eye diseases.
The boy's mother, a Puerto Rican woman, asked shyly if a folk healer would help.
They rarely go to folk healers, and they participate fully in Spain's state-supported medical system.
