Significance of Folk medicine
Folk medicine, as described in the provided texts, encompasses traditional healthcare practices and remedies passed down through generations. These practices often involve using plants and natural substances for treating various ailments. It includes traditional knowledge, beliefs, and practices, particularly in local communities and rural areas, and may involve the use of plants for medicinal purposes.
Synonyms: Traditional medicine, Herbal medicine, Alternative medicine, Ethnomedicine, Home remedies, Natural remedies, Indigenous medicine, Popular medicine, Natural medicine, Naturopathy
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Hindu concept of 'Folk medicine'
In Hinduism, folk medicine is a traditional healthcare system. It utilizes plants and natural products, like honey, for medicinal purposes. These practices, often passed down through generations, address various ailments and offer potential pharmacological insights, especially in rural communities.
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) It involves the use of T. cordifolia in tribal communities for treating fever, jaundice, and chronic diarrhea, utilizing the whole plant or its parts.[1] (2) Folk medicine includes the use of Lahsun Bel or Jangali Lahsun in India, where the whole plant is used for medicinal purposes, showcasing its importance in traditional healthcare practices.[2] (3) Folk medicine utilizes Lepidagathis cristata for treating infectious diseases, demonstrating its traditional use and the need for scientific evaluation of its potential benefits.[3] (4) Home skincare remedies are a part of this and have gained popularity through social media.[4] (5) This is a traditional system of medicine practiced by local communities, using local plants for medicinal purposes, and it is a source of information for the study of extrapharmacopoeial drugs.[5]
From: Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine
(1) These are egyptian medicines which have inhibitory effects on human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase.[6] (2) This is a traditional approach to health, and the plant is mentioned as being used in this type of practice in various parts of the world.[7] (3) Plants and seeds have been used in folk medicine for a long time to improve health, cure many ailments, and enhance various bodily systems, including the immune system.[8] (4) This is a system of healthcare practices based on traditional knowledge and beliefs, especially those concerning the use of plants, which is prevalent in the rural areas of Mizoram and provides remedies for various ailments.[9] (5) This is a traditional form of medicine practiced within communities, often involving the use of plants for treating various health conditions.[10]
From: International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga
(1) It is used in the treatment of relieving pain, wounds, nausea, cancer lesions in folk medicines.[11] (2) Datura is one of the well-known of these medicines and is also known as Jimson weed.[12] (3) Psoralea species have been used in these for a long time, as mentioned in the provided text.[13] (4) This refers to the traditional medicinal practices where Elaeocarpus ganitrus is employed as a counter agent for stress, anxiety, and other conditions.[14]
The concept of Folk medicine in local and regional sources
Folk medicine, in this context, was practiced by a Swamiji in the 1980s. He utilized it alongside astrology and soothsaying. This practice served as a means to generate income, enabling him to finance his pilgrimages.
From: History of Science in South Asia
(1) Folk medicine was made a living by a Nasik-based Swamiji in the 1980s, along with soothsaying, and astrology to fund his pilgrimages as an uninitiated ascetic.[15]
The concept of Folk medicine in scientific sources
Folk medicine, as described in the text, encompasses traditional healing practices. It uses plants and natural remedies, often passed down through generations. These practices are rooted in cultural beliefs and local knowledge, utilizing local flora for various health conditions and treatments.
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) This refers to the traditional medicinal practices in Burkina Faso where Khaya senegalensis is commonly used for its anti-inflammatory properties.[16] (2) A system of medicine in which more than one plant in combined way are used for the correction of health disorders.[17] (3) The use of medicinal plants is traced to this traditionally used practice.[18] (4) Preparations from M. cochinchinensis are used in this field for therapeutic purposes, such as treating hypertension and headache.[19] (5) The traditional practice in which L. alba is used for the treatment of skin diseases.[20]
From: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
(1) Medicinal plants are widely used in this of many countries to treat different inflammatory conditions.[21] (2) Traditional medicinal practices used by women in the Kalat and Khuzdar regions of Balochistan, Pakistan.[22] (3) This is traditional healthcare practices and remedies passed down through generations within a community or culture.[23] (4) Lantana is widely used as folk medicine in many states and in and around India and Bangladesh.[24] (5) Northeast of this uses Celastrus paniculatus for lactogogue and malaria.[25]
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) F. asafoetida is utilized in this practice for conditions like epilepsy, stomachache, flatulence, intestinal parasites, asthma, and influenza.[26] (2) Folk medicine refers to the traditional use of natural substances like propolis, royal jelly, and honey for various health benefits, such as supporting healthy life or treating burns.[27] (3) This type of medicine involves a holistic approach, addressing spiritual and psychological needs in addition to physical treatments, and is practiced in Malaysia.[28] (4) This describes the traditional healing practices and remedies used by people in a particular community or culture.[29] (5) Traditional remedies and practices that involve the use of plants and natural substances to treat medical conditions.[30]
From: Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
(1) An anthropological study of “Rathikama Bali Yagaya (Bali ritual)” in traditional folk medicine is used to treat infertility, highlighting the cultural practices for addressing fertility.[31] (2) This is a term that refers to the use of plants for medicinal purposes within a traditional African healing system.[32] (3) This refers to the traditional practices of healing and treating diseases, and it uses the leaves of T. terrestris.[33] (4) This refers to the traditional use of Baobab fruit pulp in the treatment of UTIs, which is the basis for the investigation into its chemical composition and biological activities.[34] (5) These are traditional medical practices that use plants to treat various ailments, and Lannea species have been used in these practices.[35]
From: Journal of Metabolic Health
(1) These are traditional remedies used to treat various conditions, including diabetes, and the study was conducted to find plant-based treatments for the illness.[36]
From: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
(1) The decoctions from the galls of G. senegalensis are used in this practice to treat fowlpox virus infections, highlighting their traditional use.[37]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) Traditional healing practices and remedies passed down through generations, often involving the use of plants and their extracts.[38] (2) Traditional healing practices and remedies used in communities for generations, including the use of Magnolia species for various ailments.[39] (3) Traditional practices where Prunus laurocerasus has been promoted as an effective agent for managing diabetes.[40] (4) Traditional practices where different parts of Balanites aegyptiaca are used by healers for their purported anti-diabetic, anti-microbial, antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-viral, anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cholesterol properties.[41] (5) In developing and Gulf countries, a significant portion of the population relies on traditional practices to treat serious diseases, including cancers and various inflammations.[42]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Folk medicine includes home-made medicines, rituals, and procedures, forms of treatment used by the self-taught to alleviate the symptoms of diseases, and for disease prevention.[43] (2) Folk medicines are traditional remedies and practices that rely on indigenous knowledge and are used to treat various diseases, often involving herbal mixtures and concoctions derived from locally available plants.[44] (3) It is the use of alternative approaches by Mexican American women.[45] (4) Traditional remedies and practices are used for treating illnesses, often based on cultural beliefs and passed down through generations. It was suggested against coronavirus.[46]
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) Folk medicine is the traditional healthcare practice utilized by communities, and ethnobotanical studies often explore the plants used in folk medicine.[47] (2) Refers to traditional healing practices, and in, drumstick flowers, leaves, and roots are used for the treatment of various tumors.[48]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) Traditional practices where plants like St John’s wort have been historically used to manage conditions such as depression and sleep disturbances.[49]
Classical concept of 'Folk medicine'
From: Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt
(1) Folk-medicine is reflected in the myth through the healing of the eye, demonstrating the integration of traditional practices into religious narratives.[50]