Ethnomedicine
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Ethnomedicine is a study or comparison of the traditional medicine based on bioactive compounds in plants and animals and practiced by various ethnic groups, especially those with little access to wes
The opium poppy Papaver somniferum, used in traditional medicine for millennia, is the source of the alkaloids Opium, morphine, codeine and heroin.
Thomé Salix alba clean
Ayurveda
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Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. It is heavily practised throughout India and Nepal, where as much as 80% of the population report using Ayu
Ethnomedicine
…socio-medical aspects implied in the uses of these compounds (medical anthropology). Ayurveda Ethnobotany…
Dhanvantari, an avatar of Vishnu, is the Hindu god associated with Ayurveda.
Physician taking pulse, Delhi, c. 1825
Ayurvedic preparations displayed in Delhi in 2016
Tulsi-flower (holy basil), an Ayurvedic herb