The rare remains of an Aztec waistcoat
The importance of masks in Aztec culture...
The chimalli - classic defensive weapon in all Mesoamerica
For the Maya tattoos were signs of personal bravery
The Aztecs cleaned their teeth with charcoal...
The Codex Cospi was once thought to be Chinese!
Visit the only royal chocolate kitchen in Britain
A recipe for Aztec chocolate
Aztec noble versus commoner
Gum was used to chew and to seal and stick things
What do the elements in the 20 Aztec day signs represent?
Did the ancient Maya invent the first comics?
Large stone sculptures - perhaps the greatest Aztec artistic feat?
What did the ancient Maya wear?
Village dogs were companions to the Aztecs
We review a manual of ancient Mexican wisdom...
God of the month Quetzalcoatl
Witchcraft and sorcery was powerful business in ancient Mexico
Aztec parents were loving but super strict...
What if the Aztecs had defeated the Spanish?
General Aztecs Maya Tocuaro Kids Contact 20 Aug 2019/6 Reed
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Aztec advances (5): treating bone fractures NEW
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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