World medical systems

Around the world there are many medical systems. Non-western systems are often labelled "alternative" or "complementary" in the West, but in their home nations they are usually regarded as traditional. Non-western traditions such as Shamanism or those practiced by witch doctors are often intermingled with local religious beliefs.

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African medical systems

• Egyptian medicine
• Sangoma

Asian medical systems

• Ayurveda
• Bomoh
• Sri Lankan Ayurvedic tradition
• Tibetan medicine
• Traditional Chinese medicine

European medical systems

• Hippocratic medicine
• Medicine in ancient Greece
• Western medicine

Latin American medical systems

• Curandero

Umbrella terms

• Shamanism