Mesh term Medicine, Traditional
Browse to parent terms:Complementary Therapies
Culture
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Ethnopharmacology
Medicine, African Traditional
Medicine, Arabic
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Medicine, East Asian Traditional
Shamanism
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