Anthropology
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Department of Medical Botany Plant Breeding and Agronomy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Publications

• Research Article   
  Ramli A Traditional Diagnostic Tool in Traditional Medicine and its Relevant in Healthcare
  Author(s): Edmund J Kayombo*
  
  Background: Ramli is an important diagnostic tool in traditional medicine, but being neglected by scientists and religious people by seeing as magic, superstitions and leading to some countries to be outlawed. The aim of this paper is to share experience the practice of ramli and assess whether the practice is magic and superstition or science and ritual technology denied. Research methodology: Qualitative study was carried in Dar-es-Salaam, Njombe and Morogoro administrative regions in Tanzania. These regions were purposeful chosen for this study. In-depth interview guide was prepared for interviewing traditional health practitioners who were performing ramli services in their respective communities. Collected data were qualitatively analyzed using anthropological qualitative methods after cleansin.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2332-0915.21.9.240

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