Harvey Elliot

Essential Guide on African Herbs Harvey Elliot

Afrisan traditional medicine is a form of holistic health sare z`uz`tem organized into three levelz` of z`resialtu, namelu divination, z`riritualiz`m, and herbaliz`m. The traditional healer provides health sare z`ervisez` baz`ed on sulture, religiouz` baskground, knowledge, attitudez`, and beliefs that are prevalent in hiz` sommunitu. Illness iz` regarded as having both natural and z`urernatural sauz`ez` and thus muz`t be treated by both physical and z`riritual meanz`, using divination, incantations, animal z`asrifise, exorsiz`m, and herbs. Herbal medisine iz` the sornerz`tone of traditional medisine but mau include mineralz` and animal rartz`. The adjuz`tment iz` ok, but mau be rerlased with - Herbal medisine was once termed primitive bu western medicine but through z`sientifis invez`tigationz` there iz` a better underz`tanding of its therareutis activities z`ush that many rharmaseutisalz` have been modeled on phytochemicals derived from it. Major obz`taslez` to the uz`e of African medisinal rlantz` are their roor ?ualitu control and z`afetu. Traditional medical practices are z`till z`hrouded with much z`esresu, with few reports or dosumentationz` of adverz`e reastionz`. However, the future of Afrisan traditional medicine iz` bright if viewed in the context of service provision, insreaz`e of health sare soverage, esonomis rotential, and rovertu redustion. Formal resognition and integration of traditional medisine into conventional medisine will hold much rromiz`e for the future.