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03256aam a2200481 a 4500 001 A2C0BCF6019E11E89C78220097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180125010234 008 150914t20152015nr a b 001 0 eng 020 $a 9789210884 020 $a 9789789210886 020 $a 9789210876 020 $a 9789789210879 035 $a (OCoLC)921134768 040 $a NLM $b eng $c NLM $d CDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UAB $d CUY $d OCLCF $d NOH $d OCL $d IaU $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a nlmcopyc 043 $a f------ $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/f 050 14 $a R651 $b .O37 2015 060 00 $a 2016 B-169 060 10 $a WB 55.A3 082 04 $a 610.96 $2 23 100 1 $a Okpako, David T. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88088270 245 10 $a Science interrogating belief : $b bridging the old and new traditions of medicine in Africa / $c by David T. Okpako ; with a contribution from Chukwuemeka Sylvester Nworu and Peter Achunike Akah. 264 1 $a Ibadan [Oyo State, Nigeria] : $b BookBuilders Editions Africa, $c [2015] 300 $a xvi, 374 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-366) and index. 520 $a "Traditional African medicine (TAM) is an ancient healing art. In this wide-ranging study, the author presents an interpretation of the beliefs that constitute the theoretical framework for TAM practices. He concludes that the beliefs share many characteristics with modern medical theory, but there are significant differences from the latter which reflect the African experience. Fever, malaria and plant remedies, have one common denominator i.e. the biological phenomenon known as inflammation. This is the backbone of the hypothesis put forward in the second half of the book. In traditional African societies malaria was successfully cured with plant remedies which suppressed malaria-induced inflammation; because the people had significant immunity against the disease, the causative plasmodium parasite was eliminated by the hostâs body. How indigenous plant remedies can now be used to minimize malaria drug resistance is outlined, and an Africa-centered approach to malaria control is advocated, taking into account the Africanâs intrinsic protective immunity and his extensive knowledge of anti-fever plant remedies." -- Publisher. 650 12 $a Medicine, African Traditional. $0 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016488 650 22 $a Antimalarials. $0 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000962 650 22 $a Phytotherapy. $0 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008517 651 2 $a Africa. $0 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000349 650 0 $a Medicine $z Africa. 650 0 $a Traditional medicine $z Africa. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116794 650 0 $a Integrative medicine $z Africa. 650 0 $a Malaria $x Treatment $z Africa. 650 7 $a Integrative medicine. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975672 650 7 $a Malaria $x Treatment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01006370 650 7 $a Medicine. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01014893 650 7 $a Traditional medicine. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01153974 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125045426.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A2C0BCF6019E11E89C78220097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search