Yes, I have 3 elderly aunts and a couple uncles still around. I will shoot them an email -- they would love to talk about it.
Diane On Jul 4, 8:59 pm, Lewis MehlMadrona <mehlmadr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know. Dandelion wine has to count for something. Are any of your > relatives still living to ask about botanicals? > > Lewis > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Diane Perrin <mdlorra...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > > > > > Lewis, > > Yes, I vaguely remember mustard plasters, and I'm sure there were > > other botanical remedies, but I can't remember them at the moment. > > The dandelion wine probably doesn't count! > > > On Jul 4, 11:47 am, Lewis Mehl-Madrona <mehlmadr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Diane, > > > > You can perhaps see that you grew up with a certain story about > > > "doctors" and their "god-like" role. That story persists even today, > > > since our childhood stories are so strongly embedded within us. > > > Nevertheless, you've begun to incorporate other stories, including > > > those that are critical of medicine. I wondered if you grandparents > > > used botanical medicines at all? I remember mustard plasters and > > > drinking strong bitter teas as a child. Did you have any of that? > > > > Lewis > > > > On Jun 28, 4:03 pm, Diane Perrin <mdlorra...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > F. How have the various subcultures to which you belong influenced > > > > your definitions, interpretations, and management of illness? > > > > > My upbringing was in a traditional Catholic, French Canadian family > > > > setting on a rural farm. As discussed by Linda Sussman in the Role of > > > > Culture chapter of the ‘Handbook of Culture, Therapy and Healing,’ I > > > > can see where our health care was first managed by lay people, > > > > specifically in my family, by my mother and father and with occasional > > > > suggestions from grandparents. When one of us became ill, my mother > > > > would diagnose, if she could, and give us her remedy if she thought it > > > > was a fairly minor, manageable illness, such as a cold, or fever. I > > > > remember Vicks rubbed on our chests, and holding our towel-covered > > > > heads over steam. There were also ‘folk’ remedies such as gargling > > > > with salt water for a sore throat (which my doctor now recommends) and > > > > I think baking soda for upset stomach. > > > > > Family and friends taught us to almost revere ‘the doctor.’ I don’t > > > > know if anyone ever questioned his treatments. When I was little, the > > > > doctor was called to treat us at home, and I remember hiding because > > > > he came to see me quite often for illnesses like mumps, measles, and > > > > chicken pox. For emergencies, like cutting my leg on broken glass > > > > that needed stitching up, or my brother falling head first from the > > > > hayloft to the cement floor of the barn, we were rushed to his office > > > > for treatment. (His skull was fractured and he ended up in the > > > > hospital, but was sent to stay with our grandmother because they > > > > couldn’t keep him in bed.) > > > > > As we grew older, other subcultures that influenced us would have been > > > > friends, classmates, work associates. Our religious affiliations most > > > > probably affected some medical issues concerning pregnancies, and end- > > > > of-life decisions. > > > > > I myself have had to make a conscious effort to research and question > > > > treatments that have been recommended by the medical profession. It > > > > has been difficult to overcome that ‘godlike’ attitude that I saw as a > > > > child. > > -- > IMPORTANT WARNING: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it contain > CONFIDENTIAL information, including PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH > INFORMATION which is intended for the use of the person to whom it is > addressed. If the reader of this e-mail/attachment is not the intended > recipient, employee, or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > reproduction, reading, or copying of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED > AND A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. If you received this e-mail in error, please > delete the related e-mail and all attachments and notify the sender > immediately (reply e-mail) at mehlmadr...@gmail.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CulturalandTraditionalHealthandHealing" group. To post to this group, send email to culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ca/group/culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
