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Tag: Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Tourists Go to Siquijor Island in the Philippines for ‘Magic’ Healing

August 23, 2025August 24, 2025Aie Balagtas See and Jes AznarComments Off on Tourists Go to Siquijor Island in the Philippines for ‘Magic’ Healing

Siquijor, in the Philippines, is trying to capitalize on a centuries-old association with the occult.

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Unregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025Elian Peltier and Arlette BashiziComments Off on Unregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa

Unregulated sexual stimulants claiming to be herbal remedies or pharmaceuticals are flooding the region. Officials are scrambling to address the issue.

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New Zealand Approved Psychedelic Therapy. He’s the Only Doctor Who Can Do It.

June 26, 2025Francesca RegaladoComments Off on New Zealand Approved Psychedelic Therapy. He’s the Only Doctor Who Can Do It.

The government has permitted Dr. Cameron Lacey, a psychiatrist, to prescribe psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” for depression.

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Virginia Farmers Are Reviving a Tradition of Harvesting Herbs

May 20, 2025May 21, 2025Austyn Gaffney and Morgan HornsbyComments Off on Virginia Farmers Are Reviving a Tradition of Harvesting Herbs

Farmers have banded together to make the market for herbal supplements and remedies, part of Appalachia’s cultural heritage, more sustainable and more profitable.

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At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025Cara Buckley and Marie Eriel HobroComments Off on At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine

A neglected parcel of land was restored by volunteers and patients at a community medical center. Along the way, their health also improved.

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In Africa, Danger Slithers Through Homes and Fields

January 6, 2025January 7, 2025Apoorva Mandavilli and Brian OtienoComments Off on In Africa, Danger Slithers Through Homes and Fields

Venomous snakes bite millions of people worldwide each year, killing at least 120,000. Many of them are poor people in rural areas of Africa without easy access to treatment.

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In Africa, Danger Slithers Through Homes and Fields

January 6, 2025Apoorva Mandavilli and Brian OtienoComments Off on In Africa, Danger Slithers Through Homes and Fields

Venomous snakes bite millions of people each year, killing at least 120,000. Many of them are poor people in rural areas of Africa without easy access to treatment.

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Africa’s Donkeys Are Coveted by China. Can the Continent Protect Them?

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024Elian Peltier, Keith Bradsher and Siyi ZhaoComments Off on Africa’s Donkeys Are Coveted by China. Can the Continent Protect Them?

Governments are seeking to curb donkey skin exports to China, where demand for traditional medicine and other products is threatening animals that rural households need.

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Mystery Amid an Anthrax Outbreak in Africa

December 19, 2023December 19, 2023APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on Mystery Amid an Anthrax Outbreak in Africa

Only a fraction of the presumed cases in five countries have led to positive tests for anthrax. Some scientists say other causes cannot yet be ruled out.

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‘I Want to Reset My Brain’: Female Veterans Turn to Psychedelic Therapy

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022Ernesto Londoño and Meridith KohutComments Off on ‘I Want to Reset My Brain’: Female Veterans Turn to Psychedelic Therapy

Traumatized by war and sexual assaults, some U.S. veterans and veterans’ spouses are seeking help in a Mexican clinic that treats depression and addiction with potent hallucinogens like toad poison.

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