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.

Year introduced: 1981

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Tree Number(s): E02.190.488, I01.076.201.450.654

MeSH Unique ID: D008519

Entry Terms:

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

See Also:

• Health Services, Indigenous
• Materia Medica
• Pharmacognosy
• Plants, Medicinal
• Shamanism
• Ethnobotany
• Ethnopharmacology
• Traditional Pulse Diagnosis
• Traditional Medicine Practitioners

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Complementary Therapies
Medicine, Traditional
Medicine, African Traditional
Medicine, Arabic
Medicine, Unani
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Medicine, East Asian Traditional
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Medicine, Kampo
Medicine, Korean Traditional
Medicine, Mongolian Traditional
Medicine, Tibetan Traditional
Medicine, Persian
Medicine, Thai Traditional
Shamanism

All MeSH Categories
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Category
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Anthropology, Cultural
Culture
Medicine, Traditional
Ethnopharmacology
Medicine, African Traditional
Medicine, Arabic
Medicine, Unani
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Medicine, East Asian Traditional
Medicine, Chinese Traditional +
Medicine, Kampo
Medicine, Korean Traditional
Medicine, Mongolian Traditional
Medicine, Tibetan Traditional
Medicine, Persian
Medicine, Thai Traditional
Shamanism