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Healing roots : anthropology in life and medicine
- Title
- Healing roots : anthropology in life and medicine / Julie Laplante.
- Author
- Laplante, Julie
- Publication
- New York : Berghahn, 2015.
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- Description
- xii, 289 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Epistemologies of healing ; volume 15
- Uniform Title
- Epistemologies of healing ; v. 15.
- Subject
- Artemisia afra > Therapeutic use > South Africa
- Medicinal plants > South Africa
- Traditional medicine > South Africa
- Medical anthropology > South Africa
- Ethnopharmacology > South Africa
- Molecular biology > Social aspects
- Drugs > Testing
- Tuberculosis > Chemotherapy
- Ethnopharmacology
- Medical anthropology
- Medicinal plants
- Traditional medicine
- South Africa
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Tracing the preclinical trial of an indigenous plant -- Knowing umhlonyane/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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-16
- ISBN
- 9781782385547
- 1782385541
- LCCN
- 2014029572
- OCLC
- 886672674
- Author
- Laplante, Julie, author.
- Title
- Healing roots : anthropology in life and medicine / Julie Laplante.
- Publisher
- New York : Berghahn, 2015.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Epistemologies of healing ; volume 15Epistemologies of healing ; v. 15.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIV. OF OTTAWA. EXAMINES THE PROCESS OF AN INDIGENOUS PLANT BECOMING A BIOPHARMACEUTICAL.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-16