Residential Field Institute for Traditional Chinese and Afri
BRAIDED MEDICINE INSTITUTE
Braided Medicine Institute is dedicated to the documentation, study, and teaching of Traditional Chinese Medicine and African medical systems. The institute develops structured educational programs, clinical training frameworks, and scholarly publications to preserve and advance traditional therapeutic knowledge.
Research and Documentation
Research and Documentation
Research and Documentation
Research activities include the documentation of medicinal plants, traditional therapeutic methods, and classical medical theory. This work contributes to preserving knowledge systems historically transmitted through apprenticeship and oral tradition while supporting structured academic study.
Areas of focus include:
• Traditional Chinese Medicine theory and clinical methods
• African herbal medicine, body mapping and ethnobotany
• Manual therapy and bodywork traditions
• Archival and historical medical research
• Development of clinical teaching materials
Education & Training
Research and Documentation
Research and Documentation
Braided Medicine Institute is developing structured educational programs to train practitioners in Traditional Chinese Medicine and African therapeutic systems. Training includes academic coursework, digital learning, supervised clinical practice, and independent research. recommendations.