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The prevalence of folk medicine in certain areas of the world varies according to cultural norms. [23] Some modern medicine is based on plant phytochemicals that had been used in folk medicine. [24] Researchers state that many of the alternative treatments are "statistically indistinguishable from placebo treatments". [25]
Ethnomedicine is a study or comparison of the traditional medicine based on bioactive compounds in plants and animals and practiced by various ethnic groups, especially those with little access to western medicines, e.g., indigenous peoples. The word ethnomedicine is sometimes used as a synonym for traditional medicine. [1]
In folk medicine and Ayurvedic medicine it has been used as a diuretic, anti-diabetic, antipyretic, analgesic, antihypertensive, gastroprotective, and to treat gonorrhea. [129] Rumex crispus: Curly dock or yellow dock In Western herbalism the root is often used for treating anemia, due to its high level of iron. [130]
Ayurveda practitioners believe certain plants can restore balance distorted by disease. [5] The vast majority (90%) of Ayurvedic remedies are plant based. [11]Although firmly rooted in folk medicine, Ayurvedic herbal remedies have been evaluated by laboratory and clinical studies to evaluate treatment efficacy.
1889 lithograph advertisement. Various types of pre-scientific medical preparations, some based on folk or traditional remedies, were sold as patent medicines. [18] Because patent medicines were unscientific and unregulated, the brand names of many products were not necessarily an accurate reflection of their ingredients or preparation methods.
Traditional attire of an Evenki shaman. Traditional Siberian medicine revolves around many different methods of treatment for different conditions and ailments. Early forms of Siberian medicine included herbal and topical treatments that would be ingested in the forms of tea or pastes applied directly to the skin. [1]
Li Shizhen's (1597) Bencao gangmu, the classic materia medica of traditional Chinese medicine , included 35 human drugs, including organs, bodily fluids, and excreta. Crude drugs derived from the human body were commonplace in the early history of medicine .
This article is about traditional Hausa medicine practised by the Hausa people of West Africa. Hausa medicine is heavily characterized by Islamic influence and traditional, African-style herbology , and religious practices which are still prevalent today. [ 1 ]