Table 1 Synthesis of the interview with the six (two in "Once de Mayo village) medicine men in five (excluding El Limar village) Chol traditional villages in Chiapas and Campeche States of Mexico
Answers | Reponses |
|---|---|
Take pulse | Yes: 83% (n = 5); Unknown:17% (n = 1) |
Use additional plants | Garlic + Tobacco + Caraway: 67% (n = 4) Garlic + Tobacco + pepper: 16.5% (n = 1) Garlic + Tobacco: 16.5% (n = 1) |
Mixed with alcohol | Yes: 83% (n = 5) (one used hot alcohol) No: 17% (n = 1) (replaced by Holy water) |
Ritual singing | Yes: 67% (n = 4); No: 16.5% (n = 1); Unknown: 16.5% (n = 1) |
Ritual prayer | Yes: 100% (n = 6) |
Patient drinks beverage | Yes: 83% (n = 5); No: 17% (n = 1) |
Medicine man drinks beverage | Yes: 50% (n = 3); No: 50% (n = 3) |
Spit in the face | Yes: 33% (n = 2); No: 67% (n = 4) |
Burn the spider | Yes: 83% (n = 5); No: 17% (n = 1) |
Use the ashes | Yes: 83% (n = 5); No: 17% (n = 1) |
How many consultations | Two or three times: 67% (n = 4); 8 times: 17% (n = 1) Until the patient is cured: 17% (n = 1) |
Payment | Chickens: 83% (n = 5); Other food: 17% (n = 1) |