Table 1.

Synthesis of the interview with the six (two in "Once de Mayo village) medicine men in five (excluding El Limar village) Chol traditional villages in Chiapas and Campeche States of Mexico

Answers	Reponses
Take pulse	Yes: 83% (n = 5); Unknown:17% (n = 1)
Use additional plants	Garlic + Tobacco + Caraway: 67% (n = 4) Garlic + Tobacco + pepper: 16.5% (n = 1) Garlic + Tobacco: 16.5% (n = 1)
Mixed with alcohol	Yes: 83% (n = 5) (one used hot alcohol) No: 17% (n = 1) (replaced by Holy water)
Ritual singing	Yes: 67% (n = 4); No: 16.5% (n = 1); Unknown: 16.5% (n = 1)
Ritual prayer	Yes: 100% (n = 6)
Patient drinks beverage	Yes: 83% (n = 5); No: 17% (n = 1)
Medicine man drinks beverage	Yes: 50% (n = 3); No: 50% (n = 3)
Spit in the face	Yes: 33% (n = 2); No: 67% (n = 4)
Burn the spider	Yes: 83% (n = 5); No: 17% (n = 1)
Use the ashes	Yes: 83% (n = 5); No: 17% (n = 1)
How many consultations	Two or three times: 67% (n = 4); 8 times: 17% (n = 1) Until the patient is cured: 17% (n = 1)
Payment	Chickens: 83% (n = 5); Other food: 17% (n = 1)