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social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > herbalism
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herbalism  

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  • Herbal medical practice in North America draws primarily on traditions from native healers of this continent and Europe, and secondarily from eastern Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Much less common in North America are those herbal traditions native to Africa, Australia, or the various island kingdoms. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Herbalism]

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