TRADITIONAL, COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Traditional Complex Medical Systems [MT1] Traditional Complex Medical Systems Medicine, African Traditional [MT1.158] Medicine, African Traditional Asian Traditional Medicines [MT1.388] Asian Traditional Medicines European Traditional Medicines [MT1.578] European Traditional Medicines Traditional Medicines in Oceania [MT1.768] Traditional Medicines in Oceania Maori Medicine [MT1.768.520] Maori Medicine Traditional Medicines of the Americas [MT1.858] Traditional Medicines of the Americas

Traditional Medicines in Oceania - Preferred

Concept UI	FD00066503
Scope note	The Australian Practice of Traditional Medicine (PTM) is guided by a holistic worldview whose worldview recognizes good health as a complex system involving interconnection with the land, recognition of spirit and ancestry, and social, mental well-being. , physical and emotional of both the individual and the community. Indigenous Australians view ill health as the result of one of three causes: a natural physical cause, a spirit causing harm, or an illness due to witchcraft. This medicine has been practiced in the Pacific Islands for many years, and the Pacific people continue to use it even after emigrating to New Zealand. The worldview of these medicines includes the importance of spirituality, the environment and inherited knowledge, their practices incorporate phytotherapy, crystal therapy, diets, faith healing (prayer, religious rituals, songs and psalmodies), manipulation of bones and joints to treat musculoskeletal injuries and conditions, family bonding and massage therapy.
Preferred term	Traditional Medicines in Oceania
Entry term(s)	Australian Traditional Medicine Oceanic Traditional Medicine Traditional Medicine from Oceania Traditional Medicine in Australia Traditional Medicine in Oceania Traditional Oceanian Medicine Traditional Oceanic Medicine