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🇲🇽 Mexico · Traditional

Sobadaソバダ（メキシコ・中米の伝統手技）

The kneading and setting bodywork of sobadores, the folk healers of Mexico and Central America; covers muscle displacement, digestion, and pregnancy and post-natal care.

Traditional healing system

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Origin
🇲🇽 Mexico · 🇬🇹 Guatemala
Era
Traditional
Classification
Traditional healing system
Techniques
Pressure / Oil / Herbal
Practitioner body parts
Palm / Thumb
Medium
Oil
Clothing
Clothed
Setting
Table
Also known as
Sobadores Bodywork · Sobar · Curanderismo bodywork

Cultural meaning

Within curanderismo, the folk-healing system, the sobador or sobadora works with prayer and herbs; tied to folk illness concepts such as empacho (blocked digestion) and susto (fright).

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