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This article summarizes common principles, practices, and ethics of Native American healing, the traditional medicine of North America. Native American healing, spirituality, culture, and, in modern times, political, social, and economic concerns are closely intertwined. Intuition and spiritual awareness are a healer's most essential diagnostic tools. Therapeutic methods include prayer, music, ritual purification, herbalism, massage, ceremony, and personal innovations of individual healers. A community of friends, family, and helpers often participate in the healing intervention and help to alleviate the alienation caused by disease. A healthy patient has a healthy relationship with his or her community and, ultimately, with the greater community of nature known as "All Relations." The goal of Native American healing is to find wholeness, balance, harmony, beauty, and meaning. "Healing," making whole, is as important as curing disease; at times they are identical.
本文总结了美洲原住民疗法（北美传统医学）的常见原则、实践和伦理。美洲原住民的疗法、灵性、文化，以及在现代，其政治、社会和经济问题都紧密相连。直觉和精神意识是治疗师最重要的诊断工具。治疗方法包括祈祷、音乐、仪式净化、草药疗法、按摩、仪式，以及个别治疗师的个人创新。朋友、家人和助手组成的群体通常会参与治疗干预，并帮助减轻疾病所带来的疏离感。健康的患者与他或她所在的社区，最终与被称为“万物关联”的更广大自然社区有着健康的关系。美洲原住民疗法的目标是找到完整、平衡、和谐、美好和意义。“治愈”，即变得完整，与治愈疾病同样重要；有时它们是相同的。
