ISBN:
978-1-78238-554-7
,
978-1-78920-059-1
Language:
English
Pages:
302 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
first paperback edition
Series Statement:
Epistemologies of Healing volume 15
Keywords:
Südafrika Ethnomedizin
;
Heilbehandlung
;
Medizin, traditionelle
;
Wissen, lokales
;
Pharmakologie
;
Anthropologie, medizinische
;
Sozialer Aspekt
;
Rausch- und Genußmittel
Abstract:
"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."--
Description / Table of 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 lifeConclusion--imagining the clinical trial.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 258-275
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