Healing Roots

Anthropology in Life and Medicine

von Julie Laplante

302 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Umhlonyane, also known as Artemisia afra, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like "medicine," thus easily making its way into people's lives and becoming the choice of everyday healing for Xhosa healer-diviners and Rastafarian herbalists. This "natural" remedy has recently sparked curiosity as scientists search for new molecules against a tuberculosis pandemic while hoping to recognize indigenous medicine. Laplante follows umhlonyane on its trails and trials of becoming a biopharmaceutical - from the "open air" to controlled environments - learning from the plant and from the people who use it with hopes in healing.

• Reihe: Epistemologies of Healing
• Themen: Medizin Komplementäre, integrierte und alternative Medizin und Therapien
• ISBN: 9781782385547
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2015
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books