How to Use folk medicine in a Sentence

folk medicine

noun
Definition of folk medicinenext
  • In orchids, myth and folk medicine meet The word of the day: orchis.
    — National Geographic, 5 Nov. 2019
  • It’s been used for hundreds of years by the Cherokee and in Appalachian folk medicine.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Holy basil is used widely in Ayurvedic and folk medicine, often in the form of herbal tea, and is considered sacred in Hinduism.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 10 Feb. 2022
  • It has been used in Ukrainian folk medicine for ailments, and is said to represent the beauty of women and the family home.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Trump thinks the coverings are unflattering and López Obrador has joked that folk medicine amulets are enough to protect him from Covid-19.
    — Stephen Collinson, Caitlin Hu and Shelby Rose, CNN, 9 July 2020
  • Throughout human history and across cultures, fossils were prized as amulets or used in folk medicine.
    — Hans-Dieter Sues, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
  • For years, many of them relied on folk medicine passed down through families for generations.
    — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Born in Milwaukee and raised by Slovenian parents, Rachel Budde grew up around folk medicine.
    — New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Women who were not physicians, but [practitioners of] folk medicine.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • In these countries pangolins’ meat is a treat and their scales are used in folk medicine, even though those scales are made of keratin, the same substance as hair and fingernails, and thus have no medicinal value.
    — The Economist, 31 Jan. 2018
  • It has long been incorporated in folk medicine in China, Korea, Japan and eastern Europe.
    — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Many of those ingredients have been a part of folk medicine for centuries, but studies on their efficacy have produced variable results.
    — Maura Judkis, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
  • In the search for new germ killers, researchers in the small but promising field of ethnopharmacology are investigating ancient herbal remedies and healing techniques and folk medicines.
    — Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Meanwhile, Leonie’s mother, Mam, lies bedridden, slowly succumbing to cancer; her commitment to voodoo practices and folk medicine are the only thing keeping her tethered to life.
    — Ismail Muhammad, Slate Magazine, 18 Sep. 2017
  • According to her research, folk medicine in Armenia dates back nearly three millennia.
    — Karine Vann, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017
  • In fact, honey has featured prominently in folk medicine for millennia, and reams of clinical studies confirm its wound-healing effects.
    — Cristina Mueller, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2012
  • The fact-checking website Snopes — which investigated this claim nearly a decade ago — found a medical journal in the 1840s that said flour could prevent scarring, but its advice appears to be nothing more than folk medicine.
    — Devan Patel, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2011
  • Many Indians rely on folk medicine Ayurveda practitioners and shamans in tribal areas.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The search for alternatives to increasingly resistant infections has led some scientists to ethnopharmacology, the study of folk medicine.
    — Alison MacKey, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2019
  • One of the folkloric genres that is especially relevant at this time is folk medicine, which includes folk remedies and cures to combat illnesses, especially when more conventional medicine has been ineffective.
    — James Deutsch, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2020
  • After receiving a certification in reiki, Rodriguez later discovered that curanderas and healers ran in her lineage, including her abuelo, who has practiced folk medicine in the Dominican Republic for years.
    — Johanna Ferreira, refinery29.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The isolated republic is ruled by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who has built a formidable personality cult and has promoted folk medicine in his writings, which are mandatory reading for public officials.
    — Angela Dewan, CNN, 31 Mar. 2020

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