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folk medicine

noun as in traditional medicine

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Example Sentences

Herb-gathering by moonlight, so important a feature in European folk medicine, seems to be no part of Cherokee ceremonial.

The curious directions for uncoiling the snake have parallels in European folk medicine.

Folk medicine in all regions is still relying upon the potency of mystical cords and girdles to facilitate labor.

The same idea in regard to spittle is found in European folk medicine.

"Dragon's milk," a favourite compound of mighty power in the magic formul of Finnish and Magyar folk-medicine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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