Science interrogating belief: bridging the old and new traditions of medicine in Africa
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| adam_text | 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, and 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 host’s
body. How indigenous plant remedies can now be
used to minimize malaria drug resistance is
outlined, and an Africa-centered approach to
malaria control—which takes into account the
African’s intrinsic protective immunity and his
extensive knowledge of anti-fever plant remedies,
is advocated. Science Interrogating Belief is
essentially an outline of the basic principles of TAM.
It points to ways in which the modern and ancient
traditions of medicine can come together for the
benefit of mankind.
BookBuil tiers Editions Africa
2 Awosika Avenue
В od і ja, Ibadan. Nigeria
ISBN 978-978-921-088-6
CONTENTS
Preface.................................................. ix
Acknowledgements........................................ xiii
Introduction................................................1
PART ONE
The Enduring Value of Traditional African Medicine
1. Background to Theoretical Thinking in African
Traditional Medicine: Definitions..................27
2 Traditional Asian and European Medicine.............41
3. Traditional African Modes of Thought
and Scientific Theory..............................49
4 Evidence that the Ancestor Spirit Anger Belief
is a Metaphor......................................81
PART TWO
The Organization of TAM Practices and the Concepts and
Instruments Deployed in the Management of Serious Illness
5. Induction into the Healing Profession in
African Medicine................................. 109
ß Specialists in the Management of Serious Illness...117
7 Taboos and Witchcraft..............................137
g Herbs and Drugs as Therapeutic Tools: Pharmacology viewed
from the perspective of traditional medicine......153
9 Calabar Bean: A traditional African poison that
yielded a famous drug.............................169
V
Contents
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
From Poison to Drug: Examples of dramatic
discoveries in Europe...............................183
Speculations on the Origins of the Pharmacopoeia
of Plant Remedies in Traditional African Medicine...195
Dose of Medicine.......................................211
The Placebo Effect.....................................221
Does Traditional Medicine Have a
future in Africa?......................................239
PART THREE
Treatment of Minor Ailments in
Traditional African Medicine
5,
16.
17.
18.
19.
Treatment of Minor Ailments in Traditional African
Medicine: Malaria as a case study.....................247
Treatment of Fever in Traditional African Medicine. . . . 267
Inflammation and Malaria..............................281
Drug Resistance in Malaria............................295
The Importance of an Africa-centred Approach
to Malaria Control....................................301
Afterword and Recommendations.........................309
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Introduction to Chukwuemeka Sylvester Nworu
Peter Achunike Akah’s Review...........325
Appendix 2: Chukwuemeka Sylvester Nworu Peter Achunike
Akah: Anti-inflammatory Herbs and Their Molecular
Mechanisms of Action...................329
VI
Contents
Bibliography................................................359
Index.......................................................363
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