Empacho — digestive blockage
food, digestion and abdominal discomfort
Empacho is described as a culturally recognised digestive complaint in curanderismo literature. The abdominal point is a target-organ projection of a folk illness category, not a substitute for medical assessment or a literal blockage map.
Point 4 of 6 in Mexican Curanderismo
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Trotter, Robert T. II and Juan Antonio Chavira, Curanderismo: Mexican American Folk Healing (scholarly_modern)
Documents Mexican American folk-healing concepts, illness categories and plant/ritual practice; consult chapters on susto, empacho and curandero treatment contexts.
Elisabeth E. T. Ortiz, “Mexican Folk Medicine,” (scholarly_modern)
Carlos E. G. Zolla et al., La medicina tradicional de los pueblos indígenas de México (secondary)