FOLK (medicine)

Spanish translation: curandería / medicina de los sanadores / medicina tradicional (?)

03:08 Jun 22, 2019
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Medical - Medical (general) / Cancer
English term or phrase: FOLK (medicine)
..........For some Hispanics, treatment may involve a combination of Western Medicine and FOLK medicine, such as curanderos (lay folk healers), prayer, abd herbal remedies.

Does FOLK medicine in this case refer to MEDICINA POPULAR? The intended final reader is mostly of Mexican descent. Not clear how if they are using curanderos and (lay folk healer) you are supposed to translate the latter. Isn't lay folk healer a curandero?
GrndmSMS
United States
Spanish translation:curandería / medicina de los sanadores / medicina tradicional (?)
Explanation:
https://dle.rae.es/?id=BiPyheO

https://dle.rae.es/?id=BiTlR4h

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_healer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curandero

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanador

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_tradicional

Maybe "medicina tradicional" could work in your context.

Not very sure, to tell you the truth.
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JohnMcDove
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2 +2curandería / medicina de los sanadores / medicina tradicional (?)
JohnMcDove
3 +1medicinas populares [medicina alternativa]
Chema Nieto Castañón


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folk (medicine)
curandería / medicina de los sanadores / medicina tradicional (?)


Explanation:
https://dle.rae.es/?id=BiPyheO

https://dle.rae.es/?id=BiTlR4h

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_healer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curandero

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanador

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_tradicional

Maybe "medicina tradicional" could work in your context.

Not very sure, to tell you the truth.

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 00:21
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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agree  Mónica Algazi: Medicina tradicional.
10 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Mónica. :-)

agree  Robert Carter: Con Mónica, "medicina tradicional" es el término que suele emplearse en México.
21 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Robert. :-)
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folk (medicine)
medicinas populares [medicina alternativa]


Explanation:
Por ejemplo,
el tratamiento puede incluir una combinación de medicina occidental y medicina popular, como curanderos, sanadores y remedios naturales.

Ambas ideas aluden básicamente a la misma idea. Medicina(s) popular(es) se utiliza con el mismo sentido de folk medicine, en contraposición a la medicina occidental. La(s) medicina(s) alternativa(s) hacen referencia a la misma idea, aunque resuena más "moderno".

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 09:21
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 860

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agree  Víctor Zamorano: Yo creo que sí.
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Victor ;)
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