Traditional Medicine Practitioners

Preferred Label : Traditional Medicine Practitioners;

MeSH definition : Health personnel using systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation, including mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; HERBAL MEDICINE; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.;

MeSH synonym : Medicine Practitioner, Traditional; Medicine Practitioners, Traditional; Practitioner, Traditional Medicine; Practitioners, Traditional Medicine; Traditional Medicine Practitioner; Traditional Health Practitioners; Health Practitioner, Traditional; Health Practitioners, Traditional; Practitioner, Traditional Health; Practitioners, Traditional Health; Traditional Health Practitioner; Traditional Healers; Healer, Traditional; Healers, Traditional; Traditional Healer;

MeSH hyponym : Ethnobotanist; Complementary Health Practitioner; Health Practitioner, Complementary; Health Practitioners, Complementary; Practitioner, Complementary Health; Practitioners, Complementary Health; Shaman; Phytotherapist; Indigenous Medicine Practitioner; Medicine Practitioner, Indigenous; Medicine Practitioners, Indigenous; Practitioner, Indigenous Medicine; Practitioners, Indigenous Medicine; Alternative Medicine Practitioner; Medicine Practitioner, Alternative; Medicine Practitioners, Alternative; Practitioner, Alternative Medicine; Practitioners, Alternative Medicine; Complementary Medicine Practitioner; Medicine Practitioner, Complementary; Medicine Practitioners, Complementary; Practitioner, Complementary Medicine; Practitioners, Complementary Medicine; Medicine Mens; Men, Medicine; Mens, Medicine;

Related MeSH term : African Witch Doctors; Doctor, African Witch; Doctors, African Witch; Witch Doctors, African; Witch Doctor, African; CAM Practitioners; CAM Practitioner; Practitioner, CAM; Practitioners, CAM; Herbalist;

Details

Origin ID

D000095083;

UMLS CUI

C4741934;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- Alternative Medicine Practitioners [MeSH concept]
- Complementary Health Practitioners [MeSH concept]
- Complementary Medicine Practitioners [MeSH concept]
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners [MeSH concept]
- Ethnobotanists [MeSH concept]
- Herbalists [MeSH concept]
- Indigenous Medicine Practitioners [MeSH concept]
- Medicine Men [MeSH concept]
- Phytotherapists [MeSH concept]
- Shamans [MeSH concept]
- Traditional Medicine Practitioners [MeSH concept]
- african witch doctor [MeSH concept]
See also
- herbal medicine [MeSH Descriptor]
- medicine, african traditional [MeSH Descriptor]
- medicine, traditional [MeSH Descriptor]
- phytotherapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- shamanism [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Professional or Occupational Group [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Shamanism [UNESCO concept]
- Shamanism (religion/philosophy) [SNOMED CT concept]

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