Integrating African traditional medicine into national healthcare systems, while taking a leaf from the well-established practices of traditional Chinese medicine, could help address the health crises ...

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Other reasons include affordability, accessibility, patient dissatisfaction with conventional medicine, and the common misconception that “natural” is “safe”. The growing recognition of traditional ...

Chrisna Gouws works for the North-West University. She receives funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and the South African Medical Research Council (MRC). Opinions ...

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.

Share on Pinterest Switching to a traditional African diet helped protect against inflammation in a new study. Image credit: Westend61/Getty Images. Chronic inflammation is a major driver of lifestyle ...

Pharmacist and Academic Lecturer (Pharmacy Practice Division, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand), University of the Witwatersrand Traditional medicines are part ...