How Moctezuma died - what WAS or what SHOULD HAVE BEEN?
Browse through photos snapped in recent schools...
We compare Maya and Aztec creation myths
Scientists try to reconstruct an ancient codex
Nahuatl surnames that still exist from Aztec times
Coatlicue - the epitome of Aztec art
Follow in Cortés footsteps to reach Tenochtitlan
A Mexican codex in Oxford was thought to be Egyptian!
What looks like an Aztec fruit farmer is in fact...
On foot or by canoe the Aztecs were great travellers...
How Maya and Aztecs earthquake-proofed their buildings
Home talk among the Aztecs revolved around anything but blood...
We tell you which museums hold Aztec objects...
A recipe for Aztec chocolate
Did Sir Hans Sloane introduce chocolate to Britain?
Gum was used to chew and to seal and stick things
Evidence for cacao drinks go back to 1600 BCE!
Who spoke first - host or guest?
Forerunners of recorded music from ancient Mexico?
A throne has layers of meaning...
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Introduction
Aztec advances (15): fast food
Aztec advances (14): therapeutic massage
Aztec advances (13): tamales
Aztec advances (12): crop storage
Aztec advances (11): distillation
Aztec advances (10): medicinal use of tobacco
Aztec advances (9): nixtamalization of corn
Aztec advances (8): tartar removal
Aztec advances (7): sweat lodge
Aztec advances (6): anaesthetics
Aztec advances (5): treating bone fractures
Aztec advances (4): treating arthritic pain
‘Obsidian medicine’
Aztec advances (3): diet: blue-green algae
Aztec advances (2): dentistry
Aztec advances (1): anatomical knowledge
Health Profiles: Aztec Warrior v Spanish Conquistador
Mexican herbal medicines
Herbal Medicine, Aztec Style
Aztec Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Part 1
Where Aztecs Meet Scientists
Plants used for reproductive health among the modern-day Nahua
Las enfermedades mentales son enfermedades del corazón
UK/further resources on Aztec medicine
Aztec/Mexica traditional steam bath or ‘temazcal’

UK/further resources on Aztec medicine

Here are one or two little known sources of further information on Aztec/Mexica health and medicine, both UK-based and international; in English and Spanish...

Network for Indigenous Mexican Studies at Sheffield University
Network of practitioners of traditional Mexica healers in the UK
Read ‘An Aztec Herbal: The Classic Codex of 1552’ by William Gates, online
‘Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico’
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