Medicine Men Go Wild
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Synopsis
Exploring some of the strangest places in the world

Is Western medicine always better than traditional practices? Intrepid posh Brit Twin surgeons, the Von Tullekens, set off to some of the weirdest places in the world with the oddest beliefs, strangest practices and yuckiest diseases. Medicine Men Go Wild is a major new four-part documentary series in which two young British doctors, Chris and Xand van Tulleken - who also happen to be identical twins - immerse themselves in radically different cultures in four of the most extreme places on earth. The twins explore the world of tribal medicine, and experiment with body mutilation, hallucinogenic plants, toxic potions and the superstitions of Shamen to discover whether traditional forms of healing have anything to teach us about curing illness. Chris and Xand travel to equatorial Africa, one of the most disease-ridden places on earth, to live with the Bayaka Pygmies who inhabit the densely forested, swamp infested Congo Basin. They then travel through Asia to explore the region's relationship between mind and body and tackle the clash between superstition and science. In the Arctic, they live with an indigenous community who survive almost exclusively on meat, blubber and fish and yet have astonishing low levels of cardiovascular disease and, finally, they stay with the Ashninka, who inhabit the foothills of the Peruvian Andes, one the most botanically diverse place on earth.

Duration
4 x 48'
Definition
SD
Genre
Travel
Subgenre
Factual Entertainment
Producer
KEO FILMS LIMITED