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The Apatani Tribe possesses considerable knowledge on herbal remedies for most ailments. They make use of numerous medicinal plants in the treatment of diseases, using their extensive knowledge of local flora and indigenous medicine to advantage.
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Healing Practices of Apatani Tribe
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Healing Practices of Apatani Tribe
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Fields of Apatanis
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The Apatani Tribe possesses considerable knowledge on herbal remedies for most ailments. They make use of numerous medicinal plants in the treatment of diseases, using their extensive knowledge of local flora and indigenous medicine to advantage.
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Apatani Herbs
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Ritual practitioners are at the heart of the tribe's healing process. They perform chanting, blood-letting, and animal sacrifice to guarantee the health of the community. They are diagnosticians, advisors, and healers who use their spiritual knowledge to heal patients.
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 Spiritual Healing
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Spiritual healing is also included in the Apatani tribe's practices. They think that spiritual and physical realms are interdependent, and rituals are performed to appease supernatural spirits for good health, prosperity, and wealth.
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Community working in fields
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All healing occupies among the Apatani a vast "community involvement." All rituals and ceremonies involve the participation of the entire community, supporting the patient with welfare taken care of by all.
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Apatani agriculture fields
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Traditional healing methods are predominantly practiced by the Apatani and slowly integrating these methods with modern medicine is being considered necessary. The need for documentation and preservation of traditional knowledge in such a way that it becomes compatible with contemporary health care systems is being met.
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