folk medicine

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noun

health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.

Origin of folk medicine

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby folk medicine

folkloric, folklorico, folkloristics, folk magic, folk mass, folk medicine, folk memory, folkmoot, folk music, folknik, folkright

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Example sentences from the Web for folk medicine

This was possibly the verbena, well known in folk-medicine as vervain, and much used in the Middle Ages.
Of Six Medival Women|Alice Kemp-Welch
"Folk-medicine" is really a branch of magic in old days, even to such pioneers of science as Paracelsus.
The Danish History, Books I-IX|Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
An enumeration of uncouth remedies formerly in vogue would fill huge pharmacopœias, and belongs to the domain of Folk-Medicine.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery|Robert Means Lawrence
Many of these were borrowed by the Greeks and from them have come down into the folk-medicine of modern Europe.
The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X)|Various

"Dragon's milk," a favourite compound of mighty power in the magic formul of Finnish and Magyar folk-medicine.
The Folk-Tales of the Magyars|Various

British Dictionary definitions for folk medicine

folk medicine

noun

the traditional art of medicine as practised among rustic communities and primitive peoples, consisting typically of the use of herbal remedies, fruits and vegetables thought to have healing power, etc

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Medical definitions for folk medicine

folk medicine

[ fōlk ]

n.

Traditional medicine as practiced by nonprofessional healers or embodied in local custom or lore, generally involving the use of natural and especially herbal remedies.

单词	folk medicine
释义	folk medicine SEE SYNONYMS FOR folk medicine ON THESAURUS.COM noun health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances. Origin of folk medicine First recorded in 1895–1900 Words nearby folk medicine folkloric, folklorico, folkloristics, folk magic, folk mass, folk medicine, folk memory, folkmoot, folk music, folknik, folkright Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for folk medicine This was possibly the verbena, well known in folk-medicine as vervain, and much used in the Middle Ages. Of Six Medival Women\|Alice Kemp-Welch "Folk-medicine" is really a branch of magic in old days, even to such pioneers of science as Paracelsus. The Danish History, Books I-IX\|Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned") An enumeration of uncouth remedies formerly in vogue would fill huge pharmacopœias, and belongs to the domain of Folk-Medicine. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery\|Robert Means Lawrence Many of these were borrowed by the Greeks and from them have come down into the folk-medicine of modern Europe. The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X)\|Various "Dragon's milk," a favourite compound of mighty power in the magic formul of Finnish and Magyar folk-medicine. The Folk-Tales of the Magyars\|Various British Dictionary definitions for folk medicine folk medicine noun the traditional art of medicine as practised among rustic communities and primitive peoples, consisting typically of the use of herbal remedies, fruits and vegetables thought to have healing power, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to folk medicine healing, shamanism Medical definitions for folk medicine folk medicine [ fōlk ] n. Traditional medicine as practiced by nonprofessional healers or embodied in local custom or lore, generally involving the use of natural and especially herbal remedies. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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folk medicine

noun

Origin of folk medicine

Words nearby folk medicine

Example sentences from the Web for folk medicine

British Dictionary definitions for folk medicine

noun

Words related to folk medicine

Medical definitions for folk medicine

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