San healing practices

In the culture of the San (also known Ju/'oansi or !Kung; the term Bushmen, once thought derogatory, is now seen as broadly positive and is also in common use), an indigenous people of Botswana, Namibia and Angola, healers administer a wide range of practices, from oral remedies containing plant and animal material, making cuts on the body and rubbing in 'potent' substances, inhaling smoke of smouldering organic matter like certain twigs or animal dung, wearing parts of animals or 'jewellery' that 'makes them strong.'

San healing practices

In the culture of the San (also known Ju/'oansi or !Kung; the term Bushmen, once thought derogatory, is now seen as broadly positive and is also in common use), an indigenous people of Botswana, Namibia and Angola, healers administer a wide range of practices, from oral remedies containing plant and animal material, making cuts on the body and rubbing in 'potent' substances, inhaling smoke of smouldering organic matter like certain twigs or animal dung, wearing parts of animals or 'jewellery' that 'makes them strong.'