{"product_id":"healing-roots-anthropology-in-life-and-medicine-paperback","title":"Healing Roots: Anthropology in Life and Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Laplante\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eUmhlonyane\u003c\/em\u003e, also known as \u003cem\u003eArtemisia afra\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like \"medicine,\" thus easily making its way into people's lives and becoming the choice of everyday healing for Xhosa healer-diviners and Rastafarian herbalists. This \"natural\" remedy has recently sparked curiosity as scientists search for new molecules against a tuberculosis pandemic while hoping to recognize indigenous medicine. Laplante follows \u003cem\u003eumhlonyane\u003c\/em\u003e on its trails and trials of becoming a biopharmaceutical -- from the \"open air\" to controlled environments -- learning from the plant and from the people who use it with hopes in healing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJulie Laplante\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa. Senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute für etnologische forschung (2006-2010), she has published in numerous journals and is the author of \u003cem\u003ePouvoir Guérir. Médecines autochtones et humanitaires\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ePower\/Ability to Heal. Indigenous and humanitarian \u003c\/em\u003emedicine).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45681028366438,"sku":"9781789200591","price":69.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/R1VoK3lqa2xYRzI5WVhNS1hwZXdZdz09.webp?v=1780321822","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/healing-roots-anthropology-in-life-and-medicine-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}