South African Traditional Medicine

Traditional medicine features in the lives of thousands of people in South Africa every day. In fact it is estimated that 80% of the population uses traditional medicines.

 Yet, so many stereotypes exist for the traditional healers and their medicines that are collectively called muti.

 To begin to properly understand the healing dynamics of South African traditional healing and medicine lets begin looking at the medicines: the muti.

 Muti is a word derived from medicinal plant and refers to traditionally sourced plant, mineral and animal based medicines.

Muti has come to be associated and equated with body parts used for witchcraft in South Africa. One often hears about sensational stories of human killings to obtain human muti.

This may happen on occasion but this is done by deranged individuals who have twisted beliefs, akin to serial killers in the western psyche. These atrocities are not truly indicative of what traditional healing is.

 True traditional healing uses plants, minerals and animal products so as to bring about physiological or psychological effects in a person.

Even though animal products such as Rhino horn have aroused much anger due to exploitation, many of the animal products used such as horns and fats used in TCM etc have been shown to have hormonal actions on the body and are therefore medicinal. Minerals too often have effects on mood and can be used to relax a person.

All of nature can be used as medicines, even poisons in very small doses. The problem with animal muti is that it is not sustainable and the animal dies in the process of obtaining the medicine.

Plant muti is a sustainable source of medicines without the type of animal suffering associated with animal muti.

 South African traditional plant medicines are fascinating with so many colors forms and effects. It is an art to know these and to use them correctly to bring about health and harmony, the aim of all true traditional healers.

Mama Hadija is a traditional healer & spell caster  http://www.mamahadija.com

Love spells     http://www.mamahadija.com/love-spells.html

Money spells   http://www.mamahadija.com/money-spells.html

Lotto spells      http://www.mamahadija.com/lotto-spells.html

Lost love spells     http://www.mamahadija.com/lost-love-spells.html

Revenge spells    http://www.mamahadija.com/revenge-spells.html

Psychic healing  http://www.mamahadija.com/psychic.html

Traditional healing    http://www.mamahadija.com/traditional-healing.html

Witchcraft spells      http://www.mamahadija.com/witchcraft-spells.html