Yoruba Medicine

<p>According to the Yoruba of Western Nigeria, most illness is caused by the activity of germs or tiny worms in the body which can be either controlled or expelled by the judicious use of herbal medicine. This book is an unusual account and analysis of a series of conversations with Yoruba herbalists about the nature of their craft. Buckley shows that Yoruba medicinal knowledge is systematically similar to ideas found in Yoruba social life and traditional religion, and offers a paradigm for understanding Yoruba culture that plays a similar role to paradigms in western scientific thought.</p>

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Buckley, Anthony D.

Alternative Medicine

Oxford University Press

<p>Traditional Medicine, which is only one of a number of systems of medicinal techniques nowadays practiced in Yorubaland, forms part of the rich cultural tradition of the Yorubas. Although it should in many respects be regarded as distinct from the mainstream of Yoruba traditional religion, medicine, like many other aspects of Yoruba life is inextricably intertwined with it. Through this book the reader is afforded an extensive encounter as well as cognitive approach to Yoruba Medicine.</p>

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Yoruba Medicine

Yoruba Medicine