Talk:Brazilian traditional medicine

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Did you know... that Japanese scientists have found anticancer activity in some Brazilian traditional remedies?

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Brazilian traditional medicine is the traditional medicine of Brazil. It includes many native South American elements, as well as imported African ones.

This initial sentence is terrible. But it is required by Wikipedia's rules, which forbid links in the bolded title phrase. One is not allowed to write:

Brazilian traditional medicine includes many native South American elements, as well as imported African ones.

If the article is called "Battle of X", one must not write "The Battle of X was fought on February 32nd, 2050." Instead one must write "The Battle of X was a battle..." etc. Michael Hardy (talk) 12:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a reference to the use of the Cashew (Caju) plant in Traditional Brazillian Medicine, but there aren't any examples in the Examples section. This article needs detail with respect to the Actual Practices involved with Traditional Brazilian Medicine.--FreedomFreedom (talk) 14:02, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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What about European immigrants?[edit]

This article currently begins as follows:

Traditional Brazilian medicine (Portuguese: Medicina indígena) includes many native South American elements, and imported African ones.

Since immigrants to Brazil from east of the Atlantic during the past half-millennium have included many Europeans, how is it that there are not also imported European elements? Michael Hardy (talk) 03:48, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]