Home›Traditional and Historical Medicine Practitioners›All Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersBrowse ByAll Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersReference and ClassificationVerifiedHealers whose practice sits outside, or predates, the modern clinical specialties named elsewhere in this tree, following ISCO-08 Minor Group 223, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Professionals, extended to the premodern physicians whose recorded role blends medicine with alchemy, herbalism, natural history, theology or scholarship. Belongs here: a traditional healer, a physician also noted as an alchemist, botanist, herbalist, naturalist or theologian, and a scholar and translator of medical texts. Does not belong here: a physician whose SubLabel names a modern clinical or laboratory specialty as the primary role, grouped under that specialty's own heading instead.FactsAll Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTradition or RegionWell-attestedAyurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Unani and other indigenous systems 1All Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersFilter Results208 entriesHealing TraditionAllAfrican Traditional Healers (2)Ayurveda and South Asian Traditional Medicine (14)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (31)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (10)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (28)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (5)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (10)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (9)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (4)Specialist InAllCardiology (1)Epidemiology (1)Family Medicine (1)Immunology (1)Infectious Disease (1)Pediatrics (1)Preventive Medicine (1)Era (Birth Year)All865 (1)1484 (1)1493 (1)1724 (1)1741 (1)1749 (1)1769 (1)1787 (1)1810 (1)1812 (1)1822 (1)1834 (1)1835 (1)1840 (1)1852 (1)1859 (1)1860 (2)1869 (1)1870 (1)1875 (2)1878 (1)1886 (1)1890 (1)1902 (1)1904 (1)1905 (1)1907 (1)1910 (1)1912 (1)1921 (2)1928 (1)1942 (1)1951 (1)1957 (1)1958 (1)Profession/RoleAllAfrican Traditional Healers (2)Ayurveda and South Asian Traditional Medicine (14)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (31)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (10)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (28)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (5)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (10)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (9)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (4)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Austria (3)Austrian Empire (2)Brazil (2)British Raj (4)Canada (4)China (1)Estonia (1)France (2)Germany (15)Holy Roman Empire (1)Hungary (1)India (8)Iran (2)Italy (1)Japan (3)Kingdom of Bavaria (1)Kingdom of Great Britain (1)Kingdom of Italy (1)Kingdom of Prussia (2)Mexico (1)Netherlands (1)Nigeria (1)Qing dynasty (1)Russia (3)Russian Empire (1)South Africa (1)Soviet Union (1)Switzerland (6)United Kingdom (7)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1)United States (38)Vietnam (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 100Isaac JenningsTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersIta WegmanTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJames Caleb JacksonTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJames Manby GullyTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJamini Bhushan RayTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJīvakaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJoão Teixeira de FariaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJogesh Chandra GhoshTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohanna BudwigTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohn Harvey KelloggTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohn Henry TildenTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJosef IsselsTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJoseph PilatesTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJuan BadianoTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersKonstantin ButeykoTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersLiane Collot d'HerboisTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersLinda HazzardTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersLouis KuhneTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMalladihalli RaghavendraTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMarian ChaceTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMark LesterTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMartin de la CruzTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMary Gove NicholsTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMax GersonTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMaximilian Bircher-BennerTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMellie UyldertTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMikao UsuiTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMorrnah SimeonaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMoshNé FeldenkraisTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersMutulu ShakurTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersNorman W. 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PriceTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilhelm WinternitzTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersWilliam Donald KelleyTraditional and Historical Medicine Practitioners← Previous123Next →Sources1. Traditional Medicine (Wikipedia)Wikipedialead paragraphQuote, lead paragraphTraditional medicine (also known as Indigenous medicine or folk medicine) refers to the knowledge, skills, and practices rooted in the cultural beliefs of various societies, especially Indigenous groups, used with the intent of treating illness and maintaining health.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.