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MeSH Heading: Traditional Medicine Practitioners
Tree Number(s): M01.526.485.882; N02.360.858
Unique ID: D000095083
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000095083
Scope Note: Health personnel using systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation, including mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; HERBAL MEDICINE; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.
Entry Term(s): African Witch Doctor; Alternative Medicine Practitioners; CAM Practitioners; Complementary Health Practitioners; Complementary Medicine Practitioners; Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners; Ethnobotanists; Herbalists; Indigenous Medicine Practitioners; Medicine Men; Phytotherapists; Shaman; Shamans; Traditional Healers; Traditional Health Practitioners; Witch Doctor, African
Previous Indexing: Medicine, Traditional (1971-2022)
See Also: Medicine, African Traditional; Medicine, Traditional; Shamanism
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/13
Revision Date: 2022/07/12

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Traditional Medicine Practitioners MeSH Descriptor Data 2023