Aztec, New Mexico Aztec, New Mexico Aztec () is a city and county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,763. The Aztec Ruins National Monument is located on the north side of the city. Aztec is located at (36.8222261, -107.9928455). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.8%) is water. Aztec is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the census of 2000, there are 6,378 people, 2,330 households, and
Aztec medicine Aztec medicine The Aztecs knew of and used an extensive inventory consisting of hundreds of different medicinal herbs and plants. A variety of indigenous Nahua and Novohispanic written works survive from the conquest and later colonial periods that describe aspects of the Aztec system and practice of medicine and its remedies, incantations, practical administration, and cultural underpinnings. Elements of traditional medicinal practices and beliefs are still found among modern-day Nahua communities, often intermixed with European or other later influences. As with many other Mesoamerican cultures, the Aztec system recognized three main causes of illness and injury; supernatural causes (eg; displeasure