Embracing the wisdom of traditional Indigenous medicine

Understanding and respecting Indigenous knowledge of medicine may be the key to providing more holistic and culturally sensitive care in today's healthcare settings.

Traditional healer Debbie Watson Credit: Ninos Emmanuel

Key Points

• For First Nations peoples, health is a holistic concept, a complex interplay of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.
• Traditional medicine is a mixture of the tangible and spiritual.
• Traditional healers inherit their knowledge and healing abilities from generation to generation.
• Traditional medicine and modern medicine can work hand-in-hand and offer more culturally sensitive treatment to issues.

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