Traditional healers are part of the services offered by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
The tribe's Alternative Health Care Clinic brings in healers to help patients with their ailments. Dolores A. Flores, 63, uses herbs and medicinal plants as part of her treatments. Arturo Valenzuela, 78, is a traditional massage specialist.
The clinic has been using traditional healers for several years.
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(The Arizona Republic 5/21)
Yaqui Tribe uses traditional healers at health center
Friday, May 21, 2004
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