Beliefs About Remedies and Treatment Traditional Healer Shaman Faith Healer Few but definitions not specific enough Healer Request inclusion into relevant ontology, perhaps MESH. SCDO Sangoma Folk Healer A person who practices the art of healing using traditional medicine, a system of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals (spiritual therapies); phytotherapy (plant therapy) and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.