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.
Synonyms: Traditional Medicine, African, Witch Doctors, African, Medicine, Traditional African, Doctor, African Witch, African Medicine, Traditional, African Witch Doctor, Traditional African Medicine, Medicine, African Traditional, African Witch Doctors, Medicine, African, African Traditional Medicine, Doctors, African Witch, African Medicine, Witch Doctor, African
Instance information
92 ,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
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