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World Service,26 Aug 1998,13 mins

Traditional Medicine In A Modern World

Health Matters

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Putting herbal remedies to the test and a report on a spiritual healing ceremony. Traditional healers practice a craft handed down from generation to generation. In South Africa there are plans to regulate a form of medicine which aims to treat the whole body. Also how herbal medicine in Uganda is being put under scientific scrutiny and how spiritual healing works.

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