Traditional medicine practice in the Afrodescendant Creole community of Bilwi

Authors

  • Erna Patterson Rankin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/wani.v66i0.890

Keywords:

Natural medicine, Minority group, Traditional culture, Indigenous populatio, Medicinal plants

Abstract

The traditional medicine of the Creole ethnic group sustains health in the warm/cold balance and the animistic thought of the world. Its methodology is based on explaining the holistic meaning of life. The traditional health agents assume their role as a divine gift and base their intervention on the restitution of balance with rituals and medicinal plants. 

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Author Biography

Erna Patterson Rankin

Erna Patterson Rankin: Siuna, 1952. Investigadora comunal. Ha realizado investigaciones en temas socioculturales y de salud occidental.

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Published

2012-11-01

How to Cite

Patterson Rankin, E. (2012). Traditional medicine practice in the Afrodescendant Creole community of Bilwi . Wani, (66), 35–38. https://doi.org/10.5377/wani.v66i0.890

Issue

No. 66 (2012)

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Articles

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