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

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Medicine, African Traditional  

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Entry terms

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

Note

  • IM; not medicine in Africa ( = MEDICINE + AFRICA); apply policy of Manual 32.13 to this term; apply TN J/29-36 on Chinese plants to indexing of African plants where applicable; specify geog; DF: MED AFRICAN TRADITIONAL

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016488

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