traditional healing practices
Ancestral curative methods
Traditional healing practices are medical and therapeutic methods passed down through generations within a culture, often predating modern medicine.
These include herbal remedies, spiritual rituals, acupuncture, cupping, bone-setting, and faith healing.
The phrase typically appears in discussions of indigenous medicine or alternative therapies: The clinic integrates traditional healing practices with Western treatment.
Sometimes called traditional medicine or folk medicine.
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
- herbal teaSteeped plant infusion
- folk remedyTraditional unofficial medical treatment
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
ceremony · medicine man · witch doctor · spirit guide · curandero · acupuncture · native medicine · smudging · sacred smoke · sage · ancestors · spiritual · laying on hands · sweat lodge · vision quest · ayahuasca · poultice · tincture
traditional healing practicesevidence-based medicine
Clinical care guided by research
clinical medicine · biomedicine · drug therapy · surgical intervention · chemotherapy
traditional healing practicesexperimental medicine
Untested treatment under study
gene therapy · precision medicine · immunotherapy · stem cell therapy
traditional healing practicessurgical intervention
Invasive medical procedure
synthetic drugs · chemotherapy · radiation therapy · robotic surgery · artificial organs
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