Aztec songs about Tenochtitlan are full of symbolic metaphors
Is the chacmool anything to do with the ballgame?
Studying the surface of codices is a bit like s the surface of the moon
Hear the old- fashioned sound of tortilla making
We tell you which museums hold Aztec objects...
A cremated example of a death whistle is rediscovered
The encounter of Spanish and Nahuatl languages
Who spoke first - host or guest?
Large stone sculptures - perhaps the greatest Aztec artistic feat?
We review a manual of ancient Mexican wisdom...
Did Aztec rulers possess divine powers?
Did the ancient Maya invent the first comics?
In Aztec poetry warriors die - to return again and again
The ancient art of spear throwing in Mexico
Evidence for cacao drinks go back to 1600 BCE!
Tenochtitlan depended on an ecological miracle
Just how were Aztec weapons used in practice?
Personified knives dressed as Mexica gods
Maya connections at Bristol City Museum
The famous obsidian Aztec jar in the form of a spider monkey
General Aztecs Maya Tocuaro Kids Contact 20 Sep 2020/13 Dog
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Introduction
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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