A discourse of african traditional healing tendencies with medicinal plants: An ethnobotanical study of the sukuma of Tanzania, 1922–1960s

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 358; p. 117251
• Main Authors: Nchimbi, Hamisi Yunus, Alawi, Mikidadi Hamisi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2024
• Subjects: Environment; Ethnobotany - history; Female; Health and disease; History, 20th Century; Humans; Male; Medicinal plants; Medicine, African Traditional - history; Medicine, African Traditional - methods; Phytotherapy - history; Phytotherapy - methods; Plants, Medicinal; Qualitative Research; Tanzania; Traditional Healing; Tanzania; Medicinal plants; Traditional Healing; Environment; Health and disease

The use of medicinal plants in traditional healing practices is essential to Tanzanian and African health care. This paper examined the African traditional healing tendencies, particularly the Sukuma tribe of Tanzania, from 1922 to the 1960s. Several types of research challenged traditional healing...