A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the
African peoples. It includes treatment by MEDICINAL PLANTS and other MATERIA MEDICA
as well as by the ministrations of diviners, MEDICINE MEN, witch doctors, and sorcerers
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
IM; not medicine in Africa ( = MEDICINE + AFRICA); apply policy of Manual 32.13 to
this term; apply TN J/29-36 on Chinese plants to indexing of African plants where
applicable; specify geog; DF: MED AFRICAN TRADITIONAL