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Timor-Leste\u2019s Traditional, Complementary and Indigenous Medicine landscape reflects deep ancestral ties to Austronesian cosmologies and animist healing traditions practised across its diverse linguistic and cultural communities. Local healers, known as <\/span>matan dook<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(traditional spiritual healers), and traditional herbalists play an essential role in community health. Healing practices include herbal remedies derived from native flora, ritual ceremonies to address spiritual imbalances, bone-setting, massage and traditional birth support. These practices are embedded in familial and community structures, especially in rural areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Timor-Leste\u2019s formal health system is continuously evolving, Traditional Medicine remains a vital parallel system, particularly where biomedical services are limited. The Ministry of Health has recognized the importance of traditional healing in community care, and some initiatives have sought to document medicinal plant knowledge and assess safe integration. 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