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Descriptor
English
:
Medicine, Traditional
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Medicina Tradicional
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Medicina Tradicional
Synonyms
English
:
Ethnomedicine
Medicine, Folk
Folk Medicine
Medicine, Indigenous
Medicine, Primitive
Folk Remedies
Home Remedies
Tree Number:
E02.190.488
I01.076.201.450.654
Definition
English
:
Systems of
medicine
based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical
rituals
(
SPIRITUAL THERAPIES
);
PHYTOTHERAPY
; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern
medicine.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
includes
medicine
among aborigines & other primitive cultures & folk
medicine
among non-primitive cultures; specify geographical term; DF: MED TRADITIONAL
See Related
English
:
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Health Services, Indigenous
Materia Medica
Pharmacognosy
Plants, Medicinal
Shamanism
History Note
English
:
81; was MEDICINE, PRIMITIVE 1963-80; FOLK MEDICINE was see under FOLKLORE 1968-77
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
EC
economics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
PX
psychology
ST
standards
TD
trends
UT
utilization
Record Number:
8686
Unique Identifier:
D008519
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