Therapeutic Indigenous Medical Technology among the Emu People
Kingsley I. Owete

Abstract
The first method of healing ever known to humanity is herbal medicine which gave birth to “modern’ medicine. This paper has provided an analysis of the efficacy, availability, effectiveness, and the economic advantages of African traditional medicine. It encourages the orthodox medical scientists to embrace African traditional modes of health care delivery system. This should be done against the contemporary scientific critique of its use. Rather than critiquing it, it is better to encouraged research in this area in order to develop it to an enviable height as those found in Asia and North America. This study examined the various scholarly conceptualization of herbal medicine, its origin, challenges and relevance as well as reveals that herbal traditional mode of medication in Africa are scientifically motivated.

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