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 Traditional Medicines of the Americas [MT1.858] Traditional Medicines of the Americas

Traditional Complex Medical Systems - Preferred

Concept UI	FD00066504
Scope note	A subcategory to include documents of medicines, medical systems, or health systems or health models specific to a people, community or country, which obey their own worldview or paradigm, and have their own medical doctrine, methods of diagnosis and treatment, which is associated with the sum total of knowledge, techniques and procedures based on the theories, beliefs and experiences of different cultures. Reference is made to the WHO definition of Traditional Medicines as the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices based on indigenous theories, beliefs and experiences of different cultures, explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health, as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical illness and mental illness. Traditional Medical Systems as a set of health practices, knowledge and beliefs based on peoples' ancestral experience, incorporating plant, animal and/or mineral based medicines, as well as spiritual therapies. Some of the best known systems include Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Thai Medicine, Traditional Unani Medicine and the Traditional Medicines of indigenous peoples, aboriginal peoples, etc. These medical systems are webs of ideas and practices related to the causes and cures of diseases, determined by socio-cultural aspects.
Preferred term	Traditional Complex Medical Systems
Entry term(s)	Complex Medical Systems Traditional Complex Health Systems Traditional Health Systems Traditional Medical Systems

Indigenous Health Systems - Narrower

Concept UI	F0001224
Preferred term	Indigenous Health Systems