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Abstract
Ethnomedicine is the socially and culturally influenced practice of medicine or healing. Its name describes exactly what it is, ethnicity based medical practices. Ethnomedicine is used the world over to treat many illnesses and conditions. This study researched asthma treatment information. On the Internet for two purposes, 1) to determine if Mesoamerican websites gave different treatment advice than American websites, and 2) to determine if ethnomedical advice for the treatment of asthma has infiltrated the Web.