Healing Roots
Subtitle: Anthropology in Life and Medicine
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Feb 01, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781782385547
Description: "Umhlonyane, also known as Artemisia afra, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like "medicine," thus easily making its way into people's lives and becoming the choice of everyday healing for Xhosa healer-diviners and Rastafarian herbalists. This 'natural' remedy has recently sparked curiosity as scientists search for new molecules against a tuberculosis pandemic while hoping to recognize indigenous medicine. Laplante follows umhlonyane on its trails and trials of becoming a biopharmaceutical -- from the "open air" to controlled environments -- learning from the plant and from the people who use it with hopes in healing."--
Notes: Source title: Healing Roots: Anthropology in Life and Medicine (Epistemologies of Healing (15))