Traditional Drug Therapy among indegenous American Peoples

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Traditional Drug Therapy among indegenous American Peoples
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Welcome to the Drug History Podcast, Series 1, Episode 13. In our last episode we looked at Drug Therapy in Traditional Western Samoan and Polynesian Medicine. In this episode we travel to North and South America and look at the drugs and medicines used by the indigenous populations in these regions. 

The references used for this episode are the following:

  1. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/native-medicines
  2. https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/GA/23MedicinalPlantstheNativeAmericansUsedonaDailyBasis.pdf
  3. https://www.pnas.org/content/116/23/11087
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