NALT

Preferred term

traditional medicine

Topic

Systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals (spiritual therapies); phytotherapy; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.

ethnomedicine
ethnopharmacology
folk medicine
folk remedies
home remedies
indigenous medicine
primitive medicine

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

38069

Spanish

medicina tradicional

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10109

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 6/11/20