Border MedicineMexican American folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico U. S. border region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenous and Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats the sick person with a variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies, intercessory prayer, body massage, and energy manipulation. Curanderos,