Traditional West Coast Native Medicine
An important part of the complex culture of the Native people of Canada's Pacific coast is the traditional system of medicine each culture has developed. Population loss from epidemics and the influence of dominant European cultures has resulted in loss of many aspects of traditional medicine....
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2218156 2023-05-15T16:32:35+02:00 Traditional West Coast Native Medicine Deagle, George 1988-07 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2218156 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21253031 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2218156 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21253031 Features Text 1988 ftpubmed 2013-09-01T14:02:18Z An important part of the complex culture of the Native people of Canada's Pacific coast is the traditional system of medicine each culture has developed. Population loss from epidemics and the influence of dominant European cultures has resulted in loss of many aspects of traditional medicine. Although some Native practices are potentially hazardous, continuation of traditional approaches to illness remains an important part of health care for many Native people. The use of “devil's club” plant by the Haida people illustrates that Native medicine has both spiritual and physical properties. Modern family practice shares many important foundations with traditional healing systems. Text haida PubMed Central (PMC) Pacific |
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An important part of the complex culture of the Native people of Canada's Pacific coast is the traditional system of medicine each culture has developed. Population loss from epidemics and the influence of dominant European cultures has resulted in loss of many aspects of traditional medicine. Although some Native practices are potentially hazardous, continuation of traditional approaches to illness remains an important part of health care for many Native people. The use of “devil's club” plant by the Haida people illustrates that Native medicine has both spiritual and physical properties. Modern family practice shares many important foundations with traditional healing systems. |
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