Book ID: CBB363018515

Healing Roots: Anthropology in Life and Medicine (2015)

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Julie Laplante (Author)


Berghahn Books


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 302 pp.
Language: English

Umhlonyane, also known as Artemisia afra, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like “medicine,” thus easily making its way into people’s lives and becoming the choice of everyday healing for Xhosa healer-diviners and Rastafarian herbalists. This “natural” remedy has recently sparked curiosity as scientists search for new molecules against a tuberculosis pandemic while hoping to recognize indigenous medicine. Laplante follows umhlonyane on its trails and trials of becoming a biopharmaceutical ― from the “open air” to controlled environments ― learning from the plant and from the people who use it with hopes in healing.

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Review Abena Dove Osseo-Asare (2016) Review of "Healing Roots: Anthropology in Life and Medicine". Social History of Medicine (pp. 440-441). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Y. Srinivasa Rao
Patrisia Gonzales
Sindhu Thomas
Coderey, Céline
Mollmann, Bradley J.
Chenyek, Rico Kleinstein
Concepts
Medicine, traditional
Medicine, herbal
Healers
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Traditional knowledge
Medicine
Time Periods
Ancient
Early modern
Medieval
20th century, early
20th century
16th century
Places
Spain
Greece
Rome (Italy)
India
Brazil
Mozambique
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