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Healing Roots - Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Paperback) Loot Price: R896
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Healing Roots - Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Paperback): Julie Laplante

Healing Roots - Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Paperback)

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: July 2018
Authors: Julie Laplante
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 978-1-78920-059-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 1-78920-059-8
Barcode: 9781789200591

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