Medicine, African Traditional
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in the lowlands of Konta Special Woreda, southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state, Ethiopia.

22 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Research was carried out in Konta Special Woreda (District); it is a remote area with lack of infrastructure like road to make any research activities in the area. Therefore, this research was conducted to investigate medicinal plants of ... Read more...

The ethnomedicine of the Haya people of Bugabo ward, Kagera Region, north western Tanzania.

29 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The Kagera region, in north western Tanzania, is endowed with a strong culture of traditional medicine that is well supported by a rich diversity of medicinal plants. However, most of the plants in this region have not been documented ... Read more...

The ethics of improving African traditional medical practice: scientific or African traditional research methods?

11 Aug 2009 The disease burden in Africa, which is relatively very large compared with developed countries, has been attributed to various factors that include poverty, food shortages, inadequate access to health care and unaffordability of Western medicines to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medicine, African Traditional'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in the lowlands of Konta Special Woreda, southern nations, nationalities and peoples regional state, Ethiopia. 22 Sep 2009
• Nonphysician management of epilepsy in resource-limited contexts: roles and responsibilities. 30 Aug 2009
• The ethnomedicine of the Haya people of Bugabo ward, Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. 29 Aug 2009
• Traditional health practitioners in South Africa. 22 Aug 2009
• The ethics of improving African traditional medical practice: scientific or African traditional research methods? 11 Aug 2009
• 'You're in it for the challenge': volunteering in South Sudan. 29 Jun 2009
• Report: In vitro antimicrobial activities of extracts of Carpolobia lutea root. 29 Jun 2009
• Ethnobotanical survey of trees in Fundong, Northwest Region, Cameroon. 23 Jun 2009
• In vitro antiplasmodial and antibacterial activities of Canthium multiflorum Schum and Thonn (Rubiacea) extracts. 13 Jun 2009
• Young people's understanding of HIV: a qualitative study among school students in Mankweng, South Africa. 30 May 2009
• Traditional healers in the treatment of common mental disorders in South Africa. 30 May 2009
• Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical study. 16 May 2009
• Hypoglycaemic activity of four plant extracts traditionally used in South Africa for diabetes. 3 May 2009
• A changed climate for mental health care delivery in South Africa. 29 Apr 2009
• Brain Fag Syndrome - a myth or a reality. 29 Apr 2009
• An unusual case of neonatal ileus. 29 Apr 2009
• Health services utilization during terminal illness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 14 Apr 2009
• Ethnobotanical study of knowledge and medicinal plants use by the people in Dek Island in Ethiopia. 9 Apr 2009
• African traditional medicine. 30 Mar 2009
• Complications of paediatric elbow trauma treatment by traditional bonesetters. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Medicine, African Traditional'

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.

Descriptor UI: D016488

Alternative terms: Medicine, African Traditional; Medicine, Traditional African; African Medicine, Traditional; Traditional Medicine, African; African Traditional Medicine; Traditional African Medicine; Medicine, African; African Medicine; African Witch Doctor; African Witch Doctors; Doctor, African Witch; Doctors, African Witch; Witch Doctors, African; Witch Doctor, African;

Allowable Qualifiers: history;

Tree Number: E02.190.488.505; E02.190.901.433; I01.076.201.450.654.505;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: 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