North American traditional medicine, medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness".[1]
References
edit- ^ "Traditional Medicine: Definitions". World Health Organization. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
Pages in category "North American traditional medicine"
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