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Title
Ghanaian Indigenous Health Practices: The Use of Herbs |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18072 |
Date
2009 |
Date related
NO_RESTRICTION |
Author(s)
Darko, Isaac N. |
Contributor(s)
Wane, Njoki |
Abstract
Herbal medicines remain integral part of indigenous health care system in Ghana. Most conventional health medicines are directly or indirectly derived from plants or herbs. Despite its significant role in modern medicine indigenous herbal practices has been on the low light for some time due to perceived antagonistic relationship that exists between practitioners of herbal medicine and their counterpart in the conventional system. Using an indigenous knowledge discursive framework, the thesis examined the relevance of herbal medicine to the contemporary Ghanaian society. The thesis also examined the tension between the indigenous herbal practitioners and their orthodox counterparts. The thesis noted that for health care system in Ghana to be effective, there is a need for collaborate relations between these two practitioners. Also, it was noted that for health care system to be effective in Ghana, spirituality has to be central in the works of the herbal practitioners. |
Subject(s)
Ghana; Herbal Medicine; Herbal Healing; Indigenous medicine; Traditional medicine; Indigenous health practices; Alternative medicine; African medicine; orthodox and traditional medicine; spirituality; Ghanaian Indigenous spirituality; Traditional healing; Mampong center for scientific research into plant medicine; Plant healing; 0680; 0331; 0339 |
Language
en_ca |
Type of publication
Thesis |
Repository
Toronto - University of Toronto
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