Ever wondered how traditional medicine came about? A facebook status of a friend of mine mentioned bomohs(Malay witch doctor?) and it got me thinking. How do these people decide on how to heal you? In Malaysia, recently there has been many incidents of bomohs raping their young female customers with claims that by having intercourse with the bomohs, it'll cleanse them of any ailments. Didn't go well for the bomohs as they were then arrested.
Now lets say for these 'doctors', a long long long time ago when they first started their way of trade. I'm writing based on the more commonly perceived witch doctors in Africa/ traditional chinese doctors. So there they are, in the forest and then one day decided to take this weed, crush it, boil it and feed/apply it to patients. What if it was poison? I doubt back then they have the time and resources to figure out the medicinal benefits of herbs/rhino horns. It's like it all just went into their heads from their imaginations and finding the more rarest random plant/exotic animal and turned them into 'medicine'. Like how farmers go "Hey, let me pull on my cows tits and drink the juice that comes out of it!".
How??? Why did they do that?? What got into their heads?? I guess this can be a topic of conversation with friends at a mamak~
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