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Healing roots : anthropology in life and medicine

Laplante, Julie, author

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\"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.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Berghahn
• Subject: Artemisia afra Therapeutic use South Africa. / Medicinal plants South Africa. / Traditional medicine South Africa. / Medical anthropology South Africa. / Ethnopharmacology South Africa. / Molecular biology Social aspects. / Drugs Testing. / Tuberculosis Chemotherapy.
• ISBN: 9781782385547, 1782385541

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RM666.A775 L36 2015	1	BOOK	GENERAL