Medicine, Traditional

"Medicine, Traditional" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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.

Descriptor ID	D008519
MeSH Number(s)	E02.190.488 I01.076.201.450.654
Concept/Terms	Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Traditional Traditional Medicine Home Remedies Home Remedies Home Remedy Remedies, Home Remedy, Home Medicine, Primitive Medicine, Primitive Primitive Medicine Medicine, Folk Medicine, Folk Folk Medicine Medicine, Indigenous Medicine, Indigenous Indigenous Medicine Folk Remedies Folk Remedies Folk Remedy Remedies, Folk Remedy, Folk Ethnomedicine Ethnomedicine

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medicine, Traditional".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Complementary Therapies [E02.190]
Medicine, Traditional [E02.190.488]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Anthropology [I01.076]
Anthropology, Cultural [I01.076.201]
Culture [I01.076.201.450]
Medicine, Traditional [I01.076.201.450.654]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medicine, Traditional".

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