Traditional Healers (6)
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This debate arose in response to the suggestion that traditional heal-
ers should be represented on the medicines control council for South
Africa. To me this suggests that traditional healers are now claiming a
knowledge of medicines which are not within the scope of traditional
medicine.
Surely it would be much better to suggest that a separate board con-
trolling the use, distribution etc. of traditional medicines be set up
as a separate body. The body would need to have leading traditional
healers and plant toxicologists etc. This could then restrict and con-
trol the medicines used in the traditional medicine domain just as the
present medicines control body has done for the pharmaceutical / scien-
tific domain of medical care.
Yours,
Victor Fredlund
South Africa
mailto:victor@dhmsel.db.healthlink.org.za
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