Author: George Way HarleyPublisher: [London] : F. Cass
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Native African Medicine
Author: George Way HarleyPublisher: [London] : F. Cass
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Handbook of African Medicinal Plants
Author: Maurice M. IwuPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466571985
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases, Africa remains a minor player in the global natural
Native African Medicine
Author: George Way HarleyNative African Medicine
Author: George Way HarleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mano (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Healing Traditions
Author: Karen Elizabeth FlintPublisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821418491
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Healing Traditions offers a historical perspective to the interactions between South Africa's traditional healers and biomedical practitioners. It provides an understanding that is vital for the development of medical strategies to effectively deal with South Africa's healthcare challenges.
Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants
Author: Victor KuetePublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128004754
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants provides a detailed overview of toxicological studies relating to traditionally used medicinal plants in Africa, with special emphasis on the methodologies and tools used for data collection and interpretation. The book considers the physical parameters of these plants and their effect upon various areas of the body and human health, including chapters dedicated to genotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and specific organs and systems.Following this discussion of the effects of medicinal plants is a critical review of the guidelines and methods in use for toxicological research as well as the state of toxicology studies in Africa. With up-to-date research provided by a team of experts, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for researchers and students involved in pharmacology, toxicology, phytochemistry, medicine, pharmacognosy, and pharmaceutical biology. - Offers a critical review of the methods used in toxicological survey of medicinal plants - Provides up-to-date toxicological data on African medicinal plants and families - Serves as a resource tool for students and scientists in the various areas of toxicology
Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa
Author: Ngambouk Vitalis PemuntaPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004436421
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta and Tabi Chama-James Tabenyang unpack the contentious South African government’s post-apartheid policy framework of the ‘‘return to tradition policy’’. The conjuncture between deep sociopolitical crises, witchcraft, the ravaging HIV/AIDS pandemic and the government’s initial reluctance to adopt antiretroviral therapy turned away desperate HIV/AIDS patients to traditional healers. Drawing on historical sources, policy documents and ethnographic interviews, Pemunta and Tabenyang convincingly demonstrate that despite biomedical hegemony, patients and members of their therapy-seeking group often shuttle between modern and traditional medicine, thereby making both systems of healthcare complementary rather than alternatives. They draw the attention of policy-makers to the need to be aware of ‘‘subaltern health narratives’’ in designing health policy.
The Professionalisation of African Medicine
Author: Murray LastPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429816111
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Originally published in 1986, this book draws upon a range of authors to reflect wide interest in systematising traditional medicine, and to include material on significant instances of regulation or organisation. It was the first book to study the efforts of traditional healers and their newly formed professional associations and as such constitutes a pioneering collection of sources. Because of the changing position of traditional medicine it may well also be a unique record: before long what is described here will largely have disappeared.
Traditional Medicine in Africa
Author: Isaac SindigaPublisher: East African Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The inaccessibility of biomedicine to most of Africa's population because of escalating costs has necessitated a search for alternative ways of managing illnesses. Traditional medicine, which has always been practised in the indigenous cultures, is fast filling this therapeutic gap. This book is a collection of essays based on a multidisciplinary approach to traditional medicine in Africa. It has contributions from social scientists, natural resource experts, traditional medical practitioners, educationists, and medical scholars. It attempts to define the problems of traditional medicine in Africa, while also discussing the conceptual foundations of African ethnomedicine and medical pluralism.
African Traditional Medicine
Author: Hans Dieter NeuwingerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa--Dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
This book documents the traditional knowledge and use of African medicinal plants. In total more than 5,400 plants from south of the Sahara to the Cape are listed and over 16,300 medicinal applications with plant part, details on method of preparation and dosage.