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.
    

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Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.

Otosporin drops : to soothe and clear the infected ear Otosporin drops.

Ceremonial rattle representing the 'thunder-bird'. Haida, Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia.

M0006590: Kwanyama woman giving an enema to a boy

M0006587: Kwanyama woman giving an enema to a boy / M0006587EA: Kwanyama woman giving an enema to a boy / M0006587EB: Kwanyama woman giving an enema to a boy / M0006588: Kwanyama woman giving an enema to a boy

Falcutius, Nicolaus ( -1412)

Visionary vine : psychedelic healing in the Peruvian Amazon / [Marlene Dobkin de Rios].

Billard, Michael

Recipes and everyday knowledge : medicine, science, and the household in early modern England / Elaine Leong.

Le Cat, Claude Nicolas (1700-1768)

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Falcutius, Nicolaus ( -1412)

Visionary vine : psychedelic healing in the Peruvian Amazon / [Marlene Dobkin de Rios].

Billard, Michael

Recipes and everyday knowledge : medicine, science, and the household in early modern England / Elaine Leong.

Le Cat, Claude Nicolas (1700-1768)