ethnomedicine

British

/ ˈɛθnəʊˌmɛdɪsɪn /

noun

the study of different cultural approaches to health, disease, and illness, and of the nature of local healing systems

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"An effective cure will need to reach people around the world, and by leveraging traditional African ethnomedicine, we're making progress toward a cure with accessibility in mind."

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

Building on work from similar species of plants used in African ethnomedicine, the research team investigated whether the medicinally active compounds in C. oligandrus could be latency-reversing agents, or LRAs, substances that reactivate latent HIV.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

He has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in nutritional ethnomedicine, a field that examines how various cultures and ethnicities use natural products for health purposes.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2020

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