traditional healing
Ancestral curative practices
Traditional healing encompasses medical and therapeutic practices passed down through cultural or indigenous traditions rather than modern biomedicine.
It includes herbal remedies, spiritual rituals, energy work, and bodywork techniques specific to particular cultures—Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, Native American healing ceremonies, African herbalism.
She sought traditional healing after Western doctors couldn't help.
The term often implies holistic treatment of body, mind, and spirit together.
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
- folk medicineTraditional healing practices
- tincturesMedicinal solutions in alcohol
- shamanismMediation between worlds
spirit guides · ayurveda · medicine man · prayer · energy cleansing · ethnobotany · herbal remedy · bitter herbs · indigenous wisdom · ancestral teachings · bush medicine · bone setting · poultices · oral traditions · ancestor veneration · decoctions · laying on of hands · sacred ceremonies
- African traditionsinitiation ceremonies, naming ceremony, ancestral worship, rites of passage, tribal chiefs
- alternative medicineacupuncture, acupressure, Ayurveda, ayurveda, homeopathy
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
- naturopathynaturopath, herbalism, herbalist, herbal remedies, holistic care
- tribal servicestribal courts, tribal police, tribal colleges, gaming revenue, heritage preservation
- West African culturekente cloth, fufu, voodoo, griots, talking drums
traditional healingsurgical intervention
Invasive medical procedure
synthetic drugs · chemical treatments · radiation therapy · chemical treatment