Juana Gomez, A Mixteca Traditional Healer, Treats Body and Mind Sasha Khokha - The California Report
go to original November 22, 2013

Juana Gomez (R) is a traditional Mixteca healer from Mexico. She lives with her daughter, Johanna Gomez (L), in Madera, Calif. and provides health care to many farm workers. (Sasha Khokha/KQED)

LISTEN: Traditional Healer Treats Body and Mind: Reporter: Sasha Khokha

Some recent immigrants avoid visits to western doctors. Instead, they call on traditional healers who speak their language, use familiar medicinal plants, and share their cultures.

As part of our ongoing series of first-person health profiles called “What’s Your Story?” we hear from Juana Gomez, a Mixteca traditional healer from Oaxaca, Mexico. Gomez now lives in Madera, in California’s Central Valley, where many of her patients are undocumented farm workers.

Her daughter, Johanna Gomez, translates her story.

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