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Healing Roots - Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Hardcover): Julie Laplante

Healing Roots - Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Hardcover)

Julie Laplante

Series: Epistemologies of Healing

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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.

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Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Epistemologies of Healing
Release date:	February 2015
Authors:	Julie Laplante
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-1-78238-554-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
LSN:	1-78238-554-1
Barcode:	9781782385547