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| Herbalism is a traditional
medicinal or folk medicine practice based on the use of
plants and plant extracts. Herbalism is also known as
botanical medicine, medical herbalism, herbal medicine,
herbology, and
phytotherapy. |
| Sometimes the scope of
herbal medicine is extended to include fungi and bee
products, as well as minerals, shells
and certain animal parts.
Many plants synthesize
substances that are useful to the maintenance of health in
humans and other animals.
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| The term traditional
medicine Indigenous medicine or folk medicine describes
medical knowledge systems, which developed over centuries
within various societies before the era of modern medicine;
traditional medicines include practices such as herbal
medicine, Ayurvedic
medicine, Unani
medicine, acupuncture, spinal manipulation,
Siddha Medicine, traditional
Chinese medicine, South African
Muti,
Yoruba Ifá,
as well as other medical knowledge and practices all over
the globe. |
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| Indigenous
medicine is usually unwritten and transmitted orally until
someone collects it. Within a given culture, elements of
indigenous medicine knowledge may be diffusely known by many
adults, or may be gathered and applied by those in a specific
role of healer, shaman, midwife, witch, or dealer in herbs.
In indigenous medicine there are
three factors that legitimise the healer: the subjective reality
of the healer; the objective reality based on his/her successful
cures; and the belief systems of the community locally and
globally influenced which impacts on the first two
Laguerre claims that rejected knowledge like some types of
indigenous or folk knowledge as three types of adherents. Those
born and socialised in it who would be permanent believers,
temporary believers who turn to it in crisis times, and those
who only believe in specific aspects, not in all of it. |
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It is my belief, you could settle yourself with soursop
leaf, I say we have a right to take example, and try to live
like the old people, because, as a youngster, I realise, de
old people way of living is really wise.
It's only recently, look I find it strange, old people used
to live to a hundred and change, 'cause anything gone wrong
with their body, they could find a suitable remedy.[2]
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