curandera
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Sesma, 65, is a Mexican and Yaqui curandera, or traditional healer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Gallo also said his grandmother, who was Yaqui indian, was a curandera — a neighborhood healer — who treated family members with native plants growing in her backyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2019
“I’m working on the movie La Llorona and am looking for a curandero to do limpias before my movie screenings,” publicist Nahir Wold wrote San Diego-based curandera Grace Sesma in an email.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
When Bri Luna started her website, the Hoodwitch, she intended to carry on the legacy of her grandmother, who was a curandera: a traditional spiritual healer from Mexico.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2015
There was something about la curandera that made me nervous.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
April Mayes: “We need more professional, trained, educated people now we're going to call doctors instead of the curanderas and the curanderos.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
The Times is exploring how curanderas help Southern Californians with their mental health, and we’d like to hear from you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
One reason curanderas are popular is that they charge less than doctors.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You come from a long line of curanderas, healers of the people. Your Abuelita Remedies has been using her gift all her life. When the time comes, you’ll know exactly what to do with this.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
We had tried for nearly three years, visiting doctors and curanderas.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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