Talk:Folk medicine

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I am doing a reseach on tradional medicine, basically the advantages and disadvantages of using it.

  • Merge with traditional

I think the merge should be the other way around from that suggested at top of those pages - merge Folk into Traditional. Simply because Traditional is also applied to tradtional food and related health practices, which is fast becoming a mainstream health practice in its own right.--Ziji 22:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I think that since the WHO has defined the term "Tradtional Medicine", that term is more likely to be a search topic.


Folk medicine should not be merged. Look at all the categories under Traditional Medicine - how can you shortchange them by having one topic? CL October, 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trinicheryl (talk • contribs) 22:07, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup required

A serious cleanup on this article is required. The preface is longer than the rest of the article combined. It should be short and to the point. Also, the paragaphs are dauntingly huge. I'd go and edit it, but I'd probably just end up making it more pedantic in the process. 24.254.141.144 12:36, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

On a fundamental level aren't traditional and folk medicine the same thing? I think the two should be merged into the traditional medicine. The paragraphs do look enormous as well. I might give it a try, but no guarantees. [User:Color-Copycat]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Color-Copycat (talk • contribs) 06:44, 10 November 2007 (UTC)