Folk Medicine Gifts

'Oh, poor thing. You've got a really high temperature!'

Feed a fever.

'And just where did you study medicine?'

"Here, let me put some ointment on your bug bite. I made it myself from cayenne powder, licorice root and mugwort leaves blended with that vanilla pudding I made last week. Hmm...it's not here."

"This could only be the work of...mal de ojo!"

"I swear, since I started sleeping with that bar of soap under my pillow I haven't had nearly as many brain cramps."

Colds can be relieved by inhaling Eucalyptus.

'This prescription will stimulate your funny bone which will cause you to laugh. We both know that laughter is the best medicine.'

"I tried an apple a day, I tried chicken soup, I tried vitamin C..."

"I'm sensing a nostalgia for when your mother rubbed butter on them."

"She's fine. She just needs some tofu."

"What did you say about the health of my gut biome?"

Self help acupuncture

Institute of Health next to Alternative medicine dept

Super-Tia makes Mal de Ojo undo its curse!

Jesus's First and Less-Heralded Miracle Walk,

'You've got, like, a Feng Shui problem with your pancreas, dude.'

New Age Store.

"You won’t find a more effective antidepressant."

Traditional vs alternative medicine.

Doctor receiving advice from patient's mother

'Doctor, how much acupuncture experience DO you have?'

"Looks like your Yang is on the move again."

"Honey, why don’t you tell Tony and Karen about your microdosing-healing-group thingy or whatever the heck it is?"

"All I take anymore is mushrooms for my anxiety, ketamine for my depression, and ibuprofen for the goblins constantly eating my feet."

Admit it Doc. You're jealous because my home remedy worked better than your fancy prescription!

If all else falls...Mom's Chicken Soup

'Interesting presentation Bradley, except you were supposed to be discussing the nature of the DOW.'

"I thought I'd give Western medicine one more chance."

"I've never seen Tia Carmen so excited about a grand opening."

"When it comes to good, old-fashioned roots music, this guy is the BEST!"

Shaman reads magazine entitled 'Witch Doctor'.

'Thyme heals all wounds.'

"How many more times, you've got hayfever, so no, you can't have any cannabis oil."

The New Age Dentist.