Traditional medicine is practised in almost all countries of the world, developed and developing alike. However, traditional medicines are more popular in the developing countries where almost 60 to 80 percent of people depend on these medicines for maintaining their health and well being. Although many people prefer traditional...
Medicinal plants have been serving as the major sources of medicine for maintenance of health and wellbeing of the human beings from the very beginning of their existence on earth. These medicinal plants were used by the early man, as are done now, in a variety of forms, such...
Definition and Scope:
Traditional system of health care is an art of healing, which is based on traditional uses of plants, animals or their products and other natural substances (including some inorganic chemicals), religious verses, cultural practices and physical manipulations, including torture. As this system of medicine has been used...
Diagnosis:
Diagnosis of diseases in traditional medicine particularly in the older forms, is based on mainly physical and psychological symptoms. These symptoms are determined by the following methods:
Directly questioning the patient about the onset of the disease and past history of the disease if it is a recurrence of any...
Even though of antiquital origin, traditional medicine was not lost in antiquity as did many other ancient practices with the development and progress of human civilization. Thus it can be said that traditional medicine has survived the test of time and is still practiced all over the world. No...