PMPR 7101 - Folk Medicine and Remedies of Southern Appalachia
(2 credits)Introduces Appalachian folk medicine, including examination of health, illness and treatment of disease from a pharmacist’s perspective. Includes various theories of illness, types of healers, nostrums, and the empirical basis for the remedies and alternative forms of therapy. Discusses some medicinal properties of treatments prescribed in the rural Appalachian region.