| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Epistemologies of healing ; v. 15
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Epistemologies of healing ; v. 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: tracing the preclinical trial of an indigenous plant -- Knowing umhloyane/Artemisia afra -- Engaging in medicine -- Tracing medicine/wayfaring -- Imagining indigeneity -- Healing the nation -- Dreams, ancestors and sound healing -- Weaving molecules in life -- Conclusion -- imagining the clinical trial. |
| Summary |
"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 becoming a biopharmaceutical -- from the "open air" to controlled environments -- learning from the plant and from the people who use it with hopes in healing."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Artemisia afra -- Therapeutic use -- South Africa.
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Artemisia afra. |
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South Africa. |
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Medicinal plants -- South Africa.
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Medicinal plants. |
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Traditional medicine -- South Africa.
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Traditional medicine. |
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Medical anthropology -- South Africa.
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Medical anthropology. |
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Ethnopharmacology -- South Africa.
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Ethnopharmacology. |
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Molecular biology -- Social aspects.
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Molecular biology -- Social aspects. |
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Molecular biology. |
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Drugs -- Testing.
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Drugs -- Testing. |
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Tuberculosis -- Chemotherapy.
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Tuberculosis -- Chemotherapy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medication. |
| Other Form: |
Original 9781782385547 1782385541 (DLC) 2014029572 (OCoLC)886672674 |
| ISBN |
132295075X (electronic book) |
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9781322950754 (electronic book) |
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9781782385554 (electronic book) |
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178238555X (electronic book) |
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9781782385547 (hardback) |
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1782385541 (hardback) |
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