Traditional Medicine Practitioners

**Definition:** Health personnel using systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation, including mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; HERBAL MEDICINE; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.

**Tree numbers:** - M01.526.485.882 - N02.360.858

**Synonyms:** - Traditional Healers - Traditional Health Practitioners