World-First Clinical Trial To Study African Traditional Medicine

 08.12.2007 12:07   medicalnewstoday.com

Described as a hotspot of botanical diversity, there are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa. Several thousand of them are used by traditional healers every day in that country for treating a range of problems from the common cold to serious diseases such as AIDS. [click link for full article]

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