Month: April 2025

Sacred Medicine – Healing substances, such as ayahuasca or peyote, used in indigenous traditions for spiritual and physical well-being.

Divination – A practice used by some traditional healers to diagnose illness through spiritual or mystical means.

Holistic Healing – An approach that considers physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of health.

Ritual Healing – The use of religious or ceremonial practices to restore health and balance in a person’s body and spirit.

Animism – The belief that all things, including plants, animals, and natural objects, possess a spirit, often central to indigenous healing traditions.

Herbal Medicine – The use of plants and natural substances to treat ailments, a key component of many indigenous healing systems.

Ethnomedicine – The study of traditional medical systems and health beliefs specific to a cultural group.

Shamanism – A spiritual and healing practice where a healer (shaman) communicates with spirits to diagnose and treat illness.

Traditional Healer – A person recognized within an indigenous community for their healing abilities, such as shamans, herbalists, or spirit healers.

Indigenous Healing – Healing practices and knowledge systems developed by indigenous communities based on cultural traditions, spirituality, and natural remedies.