Exploring scraping therapy: Contemporary views on an ancient healing – A review
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 Gua sha is a traditional healing technique that aims to create petechiae on the skin for a believed therapeutic benefit. Natural healings are mostly based on repeated observations and anecdotal information.
Eric Chun Pu Chu +3 more
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Navigating multiple sources of healing in the context of HIV/AIDS and wide availability of antiretroviral treatment: a qualitative study of community participants’ perceptions and experiences in rural South Africa [PDF]
, 2018 Background: South Africa introduced the world’s largest antiretroviral treatment (ART) program in 2004 and since 2016 the Department of Health implemented a universal Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy.
Moshabela, Mosa +3 more
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Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2019 In this article, I use classical anthropological and sociological theory on exchange to explain the robustness of the cultural economy of healing in Northern Ghana.
Eva Krah
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South African Family Practice, 2015 Background: Cervical cancer is the third most common gynaecologic malignancy worldwide and is the second most common cancer among South African women. Although entirely preventable, cervical cancer is responsible for the death of approximately 3 027, 53%
Despina Learmonth +2 more
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Diseases and Healthcare: The African Indigenous Religion Practitioners’ Perspective in Ghana [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2023 Issues of diseases and healthcare are very crucial to human life and survival. Africans have always sought to find holistic and impeccable remedies to diseases and sicknesses that disturb human life and survival.
Konadu Adam +2 more
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Microfibril-associated protein 5 and the regulation of skin scar formation
Scientific Reports, 2023 Many factors regulate scar formation, which yields a modified extracellular matrix (ECM). Among ECM components, microfibril-associated proteins have been minimally explored in the context of skin wound repair.
Chen Han +13 more
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Appropriating spiritual help for traditional healing: why ancestors are needed [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2021 This study investigates the use of traditional medicine by traditional healers in a South African context in the fight against Covid-19. Appropriating spiritual help in fighting the symptoms of the virus would be part of the treatment prescribed by ...
Prof Jaco Beyers
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BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023 Objective Diabetes foot ulcer (DFU) is a serious complication of diabetes, which can lead to significant mortality and amputation rate. Our previous study found circ_072697 was highly expressed in DFU tissues, but the regulatory mechanism of circ_072697 ...
Ming Tian +4 more
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Phoenix dactylifera L. sap enhances wound healing in Wistar rats : Phytochemical and histological assessment [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgment Financial support of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is gratefully acknowledged.Peer ...
Abdennabi, Raed +8 more
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Sustainability effects of including concrete cracking and healing in service life prediction for marine environments [PDF]
, 2016 With today’s focus on sustainable design, it is necessary to adequately predict and prolong service life of concrete in marine environments. By introducing self-healing properties, service life extension can be achieved.
Adriaens, Annemie +4 more
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