Preferred Term:
traditional medicine
Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
Narrower Concepts:
Entry Terms:
- folk medicine
- folk remedies
- ethnomedicine
- home remedies
- ethnopharmacology
- primitive medicine
- indigenous medicine
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10109
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