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Medicine, African Traditional (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- African Medicine, Traditional
- African Witch Doctor
- Traditional Medicine, African
- Witch Doctor, African
- n: African Medicine
- n: African Traditional Medicine
- n: African Witch Doctors
- n: Doctor, African Witch
- n: Doctors, African Witch
- n: Medicine, African
- n: Medicine, Traditional African
- n: Traditional African Medicine
- n: Witch Doctors, African
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
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.
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