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Traditional Medicine

Meaning

Traditional Medicine refers to the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, utilized in the maintenance of health and in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement, or treatment of physical and mental illness. These systems, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, or indigenous healing practices, have developed over generations outside the conventional biomedical framework, often emphasizing holistic approaches to well-being.