Medicine, Traditional

Introduction: Medicine, Traditional

Description of Medicine, Traditional

Medicine, Traditional: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Medicine, Traditional: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Medicine, Traditional:

• Medicine

Terms associated with Medicine, Traditional:

Terms Similar to Medicine, Traditional:

• Ethnomedicine
• Folk Medicine
• Folk Remedies
• Home Remedies
• Medicine, Folk
• Medicine, Indigenous
• Medicine, Primitive

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Ethnobotany
• Ethnopharmacology
• Health Services, Indigenous
• Materia Medica
• Pharmacognosy
• Plants, Medicinal
• Shamanism

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Medicine, Traditional:

• Medicine, Arabic
• Medicine, Ayurvedic
• Medicine, Oriental Traditional
• Medicine, African Traditional
• Shamanism
• Medicine, Kampo
• Medicine, Unani
• Ethnopharmacology

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Medicine, Traditional

• Complementary Therapies
• Culture

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Medicine, Traditional

The following list attempts to classify Medicine, Traditional into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Therapeutics
  • Complementary Therapies
    • Medicine, Traditional

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Social Sciences
  • Anthropology
    • Anthropology, Cultural
      • Culture
        • Medicine, Traditional

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