Traditional Health Care (Culture Care) Practices
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Health is regarded as the attainment of physical, mental, emotional and social well being (WHO, 2005).... Illness, on the other hand is disharmony either in the physical, mental, emotional and social state of an individual.... This method is the sum total of practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and/or mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises applied singularly or in combination to maintain well-being, as well as to diagnose, prevent and eliminate of physical, mental, or societal imbalance, and rely exclusively on practical experience and observation handed down from generation to generation, whether verbally or in writing (WHO, 2005)....