Traditional medicine
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Descripción
In the West, sets of health beliefs and practices that developed within the culture of a particular ethnic or geographic group of people, distinct from modern Western medicine; commonly includes herbal and homeopathic remedies, religious or spiritual ritual, and an holistic approach to patients.
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Otros términos
- traditionele geneeskunde [nl]
- medicina tradicional [es]
- ethnic medicine [en]
- ethnomedicine [en]
- folk medicine [en]
- folk-medicine [en]
- healing, traditional [en]
- indigenous medicine [en]
- medicine, ethnic [en]
- medicine, folk [en]
- medicine, indigenous [en]
- medicine, traditional [en]
- traditional healing [en]