“…The five most prominent folk illnesses noted in the literature included the following: mal de ojo (evil eye), a magical belief that when someone else admires a child, that child may get sick with symptoms such as crying, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and irritability (Flores, 2000;Robledo, Wilson, & Gray, 1999); empacho, "bad" or undigested food remaining in the stomach, causing poor appetite, stomachache, and vomiting (Flores, 2000;Robledo et al, 1999); caida de la mollera, or fallen fontanel, a belief that the breast or bottle was removed too quickly from the mouth or that an infant was tossed around too much, leading to crying, irritability, fever, and diarrhea in the state is steadily increasing (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). It is important to study the health care practices of Mexican Americans in the North, as the greater distance from Mexico may influence types of treatment because of the variance in access to herbs, folk healers, family, and communities.…”