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Medicine, Traditional

"Medicine, Traditional" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); PHYTOTHERAPY; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicine, Traditional" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medicine, Traditional" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 4 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2004
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