Suruhånu or Suruhåna are people who function as herbal healers in some Pacific Island cultures. Such people exist on the island of Guam and are a result...

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There were also "makåhna" or "kakahna", shamans with magical powers and "'suruhånu" or "suruhåna", healers who used different kinds of plants and natural...

Marianas, particularly the Carolinian Refaluwasch. Traditional healers called suruhånu (or suruhåna for women) are still greatly respected for their knowledge...

to be gentler spirits who aid local witch doctors, called suruhanas or suruhanus. Taotao Mo'na have been known to pinch, bruise, imitate voices and kidnap...

used achaot as a go-between. There were also "makhanas" (shamans) and "suruhanus" (herb doctors), skilled in healing and medicine. Belief in spirits of...

manufacture, Måtan Guma' burial rituals, and preparation of herbal medicines by Suruhanu.[citation needed] Historically, the native people of Guam venerated the...

Hagåtña]." The sole medical providers on the island at this time were suruhånus and suruhånas, traditional CHamoru healers. Between August 1899 and July...