folk medicine
health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
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Herb-gathering by moonlight, so important a feature in European folk medicine, seems to be no part of Cherokee ceremonial.
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees | James MooneyThe curious directions for uncoiling the snake have parallels in European folk medicine.
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees | James Mooneyfolk medicine in all regions is still relying upon the potency of mystical cords and girdles to facilitate labor.
The same idea in regard to spittle is found in European folk medicine.
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees | James Mooney"Dragon's milk," a favourite compound of mighty power in the magic formul of Finnish and Magyar folk-medicine.
The Folk-Tales of the Magyars | Various
British Dictionary definitions for folk medicine
the traditional art of medicine as practised among rustic communities and primitive peoples, consisting typically of the use of herbal remedies, fruits and vegetables thought to have healing power, etc
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