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Medicine, Traditional

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.

Year introduced: 1981

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Tree Number(s): E02.190.488, I01.076.201.450.654

MeSH Unique ID: D008519

Entry Terms:

  • Traditional Medicine
  • Medicine, Folk
  • Folk Medicine
  • Medicine, Indigenous
  • Indigenous Medicine
  • Ethnomedicine
  • Folk Remedies
  • Folk Remedy
  • Remedies, Folk
  • Remedy, Folk
  • Home Remedies
  • Home Remedy
  • Remedies, Home
  • Remedy, Home
  • Medicine, Primitive
  • Primitive Medicine

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