empacho

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empacho (em·päˑ·chō),

n an ethnomedical condition common to Latin America in which the bowel or stomach is thought to be blocked by saliva, soft food such as chewing gum, or hard-to-digest foods like popcorn hulls. Cures consist of massage, popping the back, purgative herbal teas, and occasionally dangerous treatments with heavy metals such as lead or mercury. Also called
tripida.

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azarcón greta Latin American medical practices			Physical categories include bilis (rage), with ailments aggravated by our frenetic fight-or-flight lifestyles; empacho (blockage), associated with digestive disorders, as well as emotional blocks; and mal aire (bad air), causing ailments in children such as earaches or chills. Curanderismo by Johnston, Laurance / Townsend Letter The oral use of mercury to treat indigestion, or empacho, in some Hispanic populations is also a source of exposure. Inorganic: the other mercury by Risher, John F.; De Rosa, Christopher T. / Journal of Environmental Health Empacho is a condition that can be explained as a ball of food getting stuck in the stomach or a feeling of indigestion. Community-based strategies to improve the health of Mexican American ... by Sobralske, Mary C. / International Journal of Men's Health			emotional amalgam emotional amenorrhea emotional body emotional care of the dying patient Emotional conditioning emotional deprivation emotional diarrhea emotional disorder emotional distress emotional field emotional glycosuria emotional hyperhidrosis emotional illness Emotional Intelligence emotional lability emotional level emotional need emotional outlet emotional response emotional stability Emotional Storm emotional strength emotional support 1 emotional support 2 Emotival empacho empathic empathize empathy Empedocles emperipolesis Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome emphysema emphysematous emphysematous abscess emphysematous chest emphysematous gastritis emphysematous pyelitis empiric empiric risk empiric soul empiric treatment empirical empirical formula Empirical treatment empiricism Empirynol employee Employee Retirement & Income Security Act Employee Retirement Income Security Act Employee Rustout			Emotivism Emotivism emotivist emotivist emotivists emotivists emotivity emotivity Emoto EMOV Emove Emoviolence EMOW EMOWG EMOYO EMP EMP Emp music EMP Pulse EMP Pulse EMP1 EMP2 EMP3 EMP4EMS EMPA EMPA EMPA EMPA EMPAA EMPAC empacho EMPACT Empada EMPAG EMPAGUA Empair Empaistic EMPAL empale empale empaled Empalement Empalement empales empaling EMPAN EMPAN EMPAN EMPAN empanada Empanadas empanel empanel empaneled empaneled empaneling empaneling empanelled empanelled empanelling empanelling

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