Curacao herbal cures draw tourists
Written by Michael Vass
If you ever venture to the island of Curacao pay close attention to the gardens and plants there. What you might think is an odd tree or plant may well be a herbal remedy that can help ease chronic back pain, menopause, headaches or more. Of course getting someone to tell you which herb does what is another matter.
The problem is that due to the Roman Catholic Church’s stance back in the days of Dutch slavery on the island nation, Arawak Indian and African remedies were forbidden. As such any herbal remedies were handed down generations of families and almost never spoken about publicly. Even today with the growth of alternative medicines and herbal remedies to supplement modern Western medicine the subject is still seen negatively.
But the trend is changing slightly as more tourists are venturing out of newly built hotels and into a few selected preserved gardens – created just to ensure that future generations would never forget the rich and knowledgeable past.
Here are a few of the natural cures that can be learned there:
There are many other natural cures that the indigenous Indians and Africans used centuries ago, but the best way to learn about them is to take a trip and learn from the source.
October 14th, 2008 at 2:04 am
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