folk medicine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices.

/ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-folk medicine.wav /ˌfoʊk ˈmɛdəs(ə)n/

folk medicine folk medicines folk-medicine

From folk (“believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous”) + medicine.

traditional medicine indigenous medicine

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