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Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Spiritual Therapies > Medicine, African Traditional
Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Medicine, Traditional > Medicine, African Traditional
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Culture > Medicine, Traditional > Medicine, African Traditional
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Anthropology > Anthropology, Cultural > Culture > Medicine, Traditional > Medicine, African Traditional

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Medicine, African Traditional  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the African peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers.

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Entry terms

  • African Medicine, Traditional
  • African Traditional Medicine
  • Medicine, Traditional African
  • Traditional African Medicine
  • Traditional Medicine, African

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