glass of water

Water

Water is a sacred, life-giving element that is used in a variety of ways within cultural practices and traditional medicine.

Health Benefits:
Health Condition:
Method of Use:
Ceremony Ingest
Alternative Names:
dihydrogen monoxide
Related Themes:
Ceremony

Cultural Narrative

One participant describes drinking water to help with headaches that are a result of dehydration. Another participant describes the numerous and vital roles that water has in healing, growing medicinal herbs, and functioning as a medicine in and of itself.