pepper doctor
n.— «In Sierra Leone they are called “pepper doctors,” people who practice medicine under false pretences.» —“Health Care in Liberia: fake doctors, counterfeit drugs, and no alternative for patients” by Nyankor Matthew The Perspective (Atlanta, Georgia) Feb. 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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