World medical systems

World medical systems

Around the world there are many medical systems. Non-western systems are often labelled "alternative" or "complementary" in the West, but in their home nations they are usually regarded as traditional. Non-western traditions such as Shamanism or those practiced by witch doctors are often intermingled with local religious beliefs.

African medical systems
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*Egyptian medicine
*Sangoma

Asian medical systems
*Ayurveda
*Bomoh
*Sri Lankan Ayurvedic tradition
*Tibetan medicine
*Traditional Chinese medicine

European medical systems
*Hippocratic medicine
*Medicine in ancient Greece
*Western medicine

Latin American medical systems
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*Curandero

Umbrella terms
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*Shamanism

External links

* [http://www.ingenious.org.uk/Read/Health/Livingmedicaltraditions/ Living Medical traditions]
* [http://www.ingenious.org.uk/Read/Health/Livingmedicaltraditions/Africanmedicaltraditions/ African Medical traditions]


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