Definition: 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.
IM; not medicine in Africa (
Other names Witch Doctor, African; Traditional Medicine, African; African Witch Doctor; African Medicine, Traditional; Witch Doctors, African; Doctors, African Witch; Doctor, African Witch; African Witch Doctors; Traditional African Medicine; Medicine, Traditional African; Medicine, African; African Traditional Medicine; African Medicine