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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Herbalism"”.
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Re-presenting herbal medicine as phytotherapy: a strategy of professionalisation through the formation of a 'scientific' medicine
… significance. This research considers medical herbalism in Britain and investigates the re-presentation of its knowledge within a scientific framework as a strategy in a process of professionalisation. Data were gathered from herbalists' own statements that provided the answers to how? and why? …
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Traditional healing in contemporary South Africa : perspective from traditional health practitioners in Vhembe District (Limpopo).
… efforts should be focused more on the area of herbalism than in the area of divination. This is because of similarity in the usage of medicine and understanding causation of disease between biomedical practice and herbalism. Capitalising on the similarities can create a rich environment of …
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Before Me, After Me, Through Me: Stories Of Food And Community In Eastern Kentucky
… saving, gardening, farming, food preservation, herbalism, local food systems, food access, youth, theater arts, lgbtq+ advocacy, and appalachian identity. This document complements an online collection of oral history excerpts created as an audio documentary portion of the overall project.
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The role of traditional healers in oral health care in the Bui Division, North West Province, Cameroon
… and the remainder practiced both divination and herbalism. More than two thirds of Cameroonians, who patronize THs for their oral health needs, fall within the 20-40 year age group. THs in this region are experienced and enjoy good relationships with hospitals and other THs. However, …
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Looking for Dandelions: On Finding Care in the Wastelands of Settler Colonialism
… geographies, tracing histories and ideologies of herbalism and pharmaceutical industries, of lawns and weed science, of property and aesthetics of space, in order to demonstrate how settler colonial hierarchies of animacy, capital, race, gender, and ability show up in something as seemingly …
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The curative bloom : an investigation of medicinal botanical imagery incorporating precious metals and enamel as body adornment
This written report supports the creative thesis entitled The Curative Bloom. The historical exploration of the medicinal uses of plant life, along with a technical investigation of casting, forming and enameling processes, cumulates in a creative body of jewelry work focusing on healing herbs and …