03361nam 2200745 450 991078819250332120170822120708.01-78238-555-X10.1515/9781782385554(CKB)2670000000594113(EBL)1707806(MiAaPQ)EBC1707806(DE-B1597)636673(DE-B1597)9781782385554(EXLCZ)99267000000059411320150216h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHealing roots anthropology in life and medicine /Julie LaplanteNew York, New York ;Oxford, England :berghahn,2015.©20151 online resource (301 p.)Epistemologies of Healing ;Volume 15Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-554-1 1-322-95075-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction - Tracing the Preclinical Trial of an Indigenous Plant; Chapter 1 - Knowing Umhlonyane/Artemisia afra; Chapter 2 - Engaging in Medicine; Chapter 3 - Tracing Medicine Wayfaring; Chapter 4 - Imagining Indigeneity; Chapter 5 - Healing the Nation; Chapter 6 - Dreams, Ancestors and Sound Healing; Chapter 7 - Weaving Molecules with Life; Conclusion - Imagining the Clinical Trial; References; Index Umhlonyane, also known as Artemisia afra, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like ""medicine,"" thus easily making its way into people's lives and becoming the choice of everyday healing for Xhosa healer-diviners and Rastafarian herbalists. This ""natural"" remedy has recently sparked curiosity as scientists search for new molecules against a tuberculosis pandemic while hoping to recognize indigenous medicine. Laplante follows umhlonyane on its trails and trials of becoEpistemologies of healing ;Volume 15.Artemisia afraTherapeutic useSouth AfricaMedicinal plantsSouth AfricaTraditional medicineSouth AfricaMedical anthropologySouth AfricaEthnopharmacologySouth AfricaMolecular biologySocial aspectsDrugsTestingTuberculosisChemotherapyArtemisia Afra.Folk Medicine.Indigeneity.Indigenous Medicine.Medical Anthropology.Pharmacology.Traditional Medicine.Artemisia afraTherapeutic useMedicinal plantsTraditional medicineMedical anthropologyEthnopharmacologyMolecular biologySocial aspects.DrugsTesting.TuberculosisChemotherapy.306.4610968Laplante Julie1473909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788192503321Healing roots3687268UNINA