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Healing roots : anthropology in life and medicine / Julie Laplante.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laplante, Julie, author.
- Series:
- Epistemologies of healing ; Volume 15.
- Epistemologies of Healing ; Volume 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artemisia afra--Therapeutic use--South Africa.
- Artemisia afra.
- Medicinal plants--South Africa.
- Medicinal plants.
- Traditional medicine--South Africa.
- Traditional medicine.
- Medical anthropology--South Africa.
- Medical anthropology.
- Ethnopharmacology--South Africa.
- Ethnopharmacology.
- Molecular biology--Social aspects.
- Molecular biology.
- Drugs--Testing.
- Drugs.
- Tuberculosis--Chemotherapy.
- Tuberculosis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York ; Oxford, England : berghahn, 2015.
- Summary:
- 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 beco
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction - Tracing the Preclinical Trial of an Indigenous Plant; Chapter 1 - Knowing Umhlonyane/Artemisia afra; Chapter 2 - Engaging in Medicine; Chapter 3 - Tracing Medicine Wayfaring; Chapter 4 - Imagining Indigeneity; Chapter 5 - Healing the Nation; Chapter 6 - Dreams, Ancestors and Sound Healing; Chapter 7 - Weaving Molecules with Life; Conclusion - Imagining the Clinical Trial; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781782385554
- 178238555X
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