Medicine, African Traditional [tradiční africká medicína]

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Terms

africká medicína
lékařství africké tradiční

 

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

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Definition

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.

Annotation
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
DUI
D016488 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0025170
Previous indexing
Medicine, Traditional (1966-1991)
History note
92
Public note
92

Allowable subheadings

AE
adverse effects 1
EC
economics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends

E Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
E02 Therapeutics 2 577
E02.190 Complementary Therapies 3 255
E02.190.488 Medicine, Traditional 682
E02.190.488.505 Medicine, African Traditional 12
E02.190.488.510 Medicine, Arabic 36
E02.190.488.515 Medicine, Ayurvedic 207
E02.190.488.585 Medicine, East Asian Traditional 83
E02.190.488.708 Medicine, Iranian Traditional
E02.190.488.769 Medicine, Thai Traditional
E02.190.488.830 Shamanism 152
E02.190.901 Spiritual Therapies 209
E02.190.901.155 Faith Healing 21
E02.190.901.411 Magic 193
E02.190.901.433 Medicine, African Traditional 12
E02.190.901.455 Meditation 327
E02.190.901.500 Mental Healing 35
E02.190.901.740 Radiesthesia 13
E02.190.901.788 Shamanism 152
E02.190.901.830 Therapeutic Touch 62
E02.190.901.968 Witchcraft 32
E02.190.901.984 Yoga 660

I Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
I01 Social Sciences 232
I01.076 Anthropology 565
I01.076.201 Anthropology, Cultural 284
I01.076.201.450 Culture 545
I01.076.201.450.654 Medicine, Traditional 682
I01.076.201.450.654.252 Ethnopharmacology 60
I01.076.201.450.654.505 Medicine, African Traditional 12
I01.076.201.450.654.510 Medicine, Arabic 36
I01.076.201.450.654.515 Medicine, Ayurvedic 207
I01.076.201.450.654.558 Medicine, East Asian Traditional 83
I01.076.201.450.654.694 Medicine, Iranian Traditional
I01.076.201.450.654.762 Medicine, Thai Traditional
I01.076.201.450.654.830 Shamanism 152

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