folk medicine
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“It’s the whole community-based element of folk medicine that is so important,” said Bairbre Ní Fhloinn, an associate professor of Irish folklore at University College Dublin.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
Soviet interest in animal-based folk medicine and the USSR's own practice of farming deer for medicinal ingredients soon "provided modern and scientific sanction for the Chinese fascination with faunal drugs," Chee writes.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2021
Meanwhile, Leonie’s mother, Mam, lies bedridden, slowly succumbing to cancer; her commitment to voodoo practices and folk medicine are the only thing keeping her tethered to life.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2017
They’re capitalizing on the demand for rhino horn, smuggled mostly to China and Vietnam, where it’s carved into tchotchkes and art and sold for use in folk medicine.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 20, 2017
Herb-gathering by moonlight, so important a feature in European folk medicine, seems to be no part of Cherokee ceremonial.
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