Ethnomedicine from the Bush

ne treatment for illnesses in the Dominica. There are at least 500 bush medicines available when Dominican's encounter an illness (Quinlan, Robert and Marsha, 3). On top of their medicinal ways of healing, the people of Dominica also believe in witchcraft; the belief that all people have the power to be a witch and hurt others. This can cause dirty blood which can be healed though the humoral or bush remedies. Western society would seek help from a doctor for illnesses, but unlike western society, the Dominicans would seek help from a Catholic priest as well as the Obeahman. The Obeahman can inflict or heal supernatural
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