here in South Africa doctors called
sangomas treat millions of people using
creature cures meet Elliot in levu izulu
sangoma from camburg village in the
mountains of kwazulu-natal elliot
doesn’t just use herbs and animal body
parts arbitrarily all sangomas are
guided by the spirits of their ancestors
to become a traditional doctor it’s a
calling that come from my assistants so
I was been called before I come to this
world it is the traditional African
belief that most illness is caused by
witchcraft or the spirits of displeased
ancestors it is the job of the sangoma
as a medium between the spirit world and
our own to appease the ancestors or
chase away the evil forces causing the
ailment today Samson one of the older
members of the community comes to
Elliott for help he is having problems
with pains in his legs instead of
prescribing painkillers Elliott must
make the medicine himself come
fortunately he has the key ingredient on
hand a baboon carcass it is a
traditional African belief that animal
qualities can be transferred to the
patient the pop one is the strongest
enemy because even its Florence is too
strong to capture the powers of the
baboon a traditional medicine called a
muti is made from the skin and tail and
mixed with herbs the limb of the baboon
will also be boiled for drinking these
booties will allow Samson’s leg to take
on the strength of the baboon and ease
his pains Samson inhales and licks the
burning baboon mixture while waiting for
the limb to boil the strength of
Samson’s belief in the powers of the
baboon parts already seems to be having
an effect sangomas have lifelong
experience with medicinal plants and
many are expert herbalists
but the patient’s belief in the sangoma
and his remedies is an important part of
the cure dr. Conrad giannis office in
moot see north of Johannesburg is a far
cry from the rural beginnings of sangoma
with computers copying machines
secretaries and assistance he has
brought traditional healing into the
21st century I feel we are not competing
with that a modern doctors I feel in
some other instances that very much
superior to us yet they missed many
things out of us so I feel that we can
supplement each other instead of
reaching for a stethoscope to diagnose
what’s wrong with his patient dr. Gianni
throws animal bones through the bones
dr. Gianni deciphers the messages sent
by the ancestors this is for rush in the
stomach then we normally use a chicken
dr. Jionni’s patient blows air into the
chicken this method may seem unusual but
there is a rationale it is believed
Selby’s illness will now be inside the
chicken dr. Gianni does not claim his
methods will hold up to scientific
scrutiny but we don’t I guess I we are
dirty smelly and self I’m come on amigo
sangomas treat millions of people using
creature cures meet Elliot in levu izulu
sangoma from camburg village in the
mountains of kwazulu-natal elliot
doesn’t just use herbs and animal body
parts arbitrarily all sangomas are
guided by the spirits of their ancestors
to become a traditional doctor it’s a
calling that come from my assistants so
I was been called before I come to this
world it is the traditional African
belief that most illness is caused by
witchcraft or the spirits of displeased
ancestors it is the job of the sangoma
as a medium between the spirit world and
our own to appease the ancestors or
chase away the evil forces causing the
ailment today Samson one of the older
members of the community comes to
Elliott for help he is having problems
with pains in his legs instead of
prescribing painkillers Elliott must
make the medicine himself come
fortunately he has the key ingredient on
hand a baboon carcass it is a
traditional African belief that animal
qualities can be transferred to the
patient the pop one is the strongest
enemy because even its Florence is too
strong to capture the powers of the
baboon a traditional medicine called a
muti is made from the skin and tail and
mixed with herbs the limb of the baboon
will also be boiled for drinking these
booties will allow Samson’s leg to take
on the strength of the baboon and ease
his pains Samson inhales and licks the
burning baboon mixture while waiting for
the limb to boil the strength of
Samson’s belief in the powers of the
baboon parts already seems to be having
an effect sangomas have lifelong
experience with medicinal plants and
many are expert herbalists
but the patient’s belief in the sangoma
and his remedies is an important part of
the cure dr. Conrad giannis office in
moot see north of Johannesburg is a far
cry from the rural beginnings of sangoma
with computers copying machines
secretaries and assistance he has
brought traditional healing into the
21st century I feel we are not competing
with that a modern doctors I feel in
some other instances that very much
superior to us yet they missed many
things out of us so I feel that we can
supplement each other instead of
reaching for a stethoscope to diagnose
what’s wrong with his patient dr. Gianni
throws animal bones through the bones
dr. Gianni deciphers the messages sent
by the ancestors this is for rush in the
stomach then we normally use a chicken
dr. Jionni’s patient blows air into the
chicken this method may seem unusual but
there is a rationale it is believed
Selby’s illness will now be inside the
chicken dr. Gianni does not claim his
methods will hold up to scientific
scrutiny but we don’t I guess I we are
dirty smelly and self I’m come on amigo
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