A healer on healing, medicine & religion...Filmed in the modern city of Caracas, capitol of Venezuela, Uncle Poison is an intimate portrait of a traditional faith healer, set against the backdrop of his community's Easter celebrations. Every day Benito Reyes receives people at his house looking for all sorts of cures.

The Sheep Eaters relied heavily on the plants they could gather for medicinal and edible uses, often cooking food in a unique soapstone vessel.

This is a documentary, which not only shows the ancient traditional art form of healing but also tries to capture the essence of being a traditional healer in an ever-changing environment. Traditional healers are shown collecting, preparing and administering herbal remedies that they have passed down from one generation to the next.

A story from the burgeoning video industry of Nigeria combines melodrama and issues of ethnicity, gender, culture and identity in post-colonial Africa. Thunderbolt will come as a bolt out of the blue to most Americans, even aficionados of African cinema. It is one of the best examples of the little-known but burgeoning video industry of Nigeria. Most films in this Library of African Cinema catalog ironically are seen more in the West than in Africa...

La cebolla hace bastantes mas que arrancarnos lagriams cuando la cortamos o agregar sabor a nuestros alimentos. En realidad es un producto natural sumamente terapeutico. Fue incluido considerada como sagrada por los egipcios, que la utilizaban para una gran cantidad de sus preparaciones medicinales. Y es que la cebolla, en si misma, es una verdadera farmacia. Es diuretica, estimulatne, afrodisiaca. Goza de una bien ganada reputacion de ser un complemento...

Will drinking orange juice help prevent kidney stones? Is it true you can get rid of bad breath by chewing parsley? Does caffeine improve or worsen a headache? Today, greater responsibility is being placed on individuals to take steps at home to stay healthy and manage and prevent everyday injuries and common illnesses. This has been triggered, in no small part, by the rising cost of medical care and limited access to healthcare professionals. This...

Book of alternative medicine: An overview of complementary and alternative medicine discusses various treatments, including herbs and energy therapies, and examines how alternative and conventional therapies can be combined to treat twenty common conditions. Book of home remedies: A resource that first helps readers discern whether or not a problem can be treated at home offers information on treating common ailments through natural alternatives...