African herbal medicine is commonly called Yorubic or Orisha medicine on the African continent. It started from a the philosophical text Ifa, called Ifa Corpus. According to tradition, the Ifa Corpus was revealed by the mystic prophet, Orunmila, around 4,000 years ago in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, now known as major city in Yoruba land. The last 400 years saw individuals in the Caribbean and South America practice the Yorubic healing system as a token of their past when the first wave of Stolen Africans arrived in the Americas.
