folk medicine

Definitions

1. Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
   uncountable
2. A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, traditional medicine”

“He learned medicine and surgery "from executioners, bathkeepers, gypsies, midwives, and fortune tellers and incidentally acquired an unusual knowledge of folk-medicine and a permanent taste⟳ for low company."”

“Aromatherapy is a big business, and its roots run⟳ deep in folk medicine.”

“A folk medicine traditionally used to treat⟳ depression is as effective as standard anti-depressant drugs and has fewer side-effects, according to a new study⟳.”

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