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Traditional medicine : a global perspective / edited by Steven B. Kayne. - London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2010. - x, 331 p : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to traditional medicine / Steven Kayne -- Traditional European folk medicine / Owen Davies -- Aboriginal/traditional medicine in North America: a practical approach for practitioners / John K. Crellin -- Traditional medicine used by ethnic groups in the Colombian Amazon tropical forest, South America / Blanca Margarita Vargas de Corredor and Ann Mitchell (Simpson) -- Traditional medical practice in Africa / Gillian Scott -- Traditional Chinese medicine / Steven Kayne and Tony Booker -- Indian ayurvedic medicine / Steven Kayne -- Japanese kampo medicine / Haruki Yamada -- Korean medicine / Seon Ho Kim, Bong-Hyun Kim and ll-Moo Chang -- Traditional medicines in the Pacific / Rosemary Beresford -- Traditional Jewish medicine / Kenneth Collins.

ISBN: 9780853698333 (pbk.) 0853698333 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010291537

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Traditional medicine.
Medicine, Traditional.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.

LC Class. No.: GR880 / .T74 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 615.88 / T