Traditional Medicine Practices and Benefits

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Why is traditional medicine important?

Tedros highlighted the value of traditional medicine in preventing and treating non-communicable diseases, improving mental health, and assisting with healthy ageing. “We urge all countries to commit to examining how best to integrate traditional and complementary medicine into their national health systems”, he said.

What are the categories of traditional medicines?

Category 2: Traditional medicines currently used in the community that are prepared in advance and composed of crude raw plant materials. Category 3: Standardized plant extracts prepared in advance and supported by scientific research. Category 4: Isolated pure compound molecules from traditional medicines following scientific research.

What are some examples of folk medicine traditions?

Examples of folk medicine traditions are traditional Chinese medicine, Iranian traditional medicine, traditional Korean medicine, Arabic indigenous medicine, Uyghur traditional medicine, Japanese Kampō medicine, traditional Aboriginal bush medicine, Native Hawaiian Lāʻau lapaʻau, and Georgian folk medicine, among others.

What is indigenous traditional medicine?

“Indigenous traditional medicine” was defined as the sum total of knowledge and practices, whether explicable or not, used in diagnosing, preventing or eliminating physical, mental and social diseases. This knowledge or practice may rely exclusively on past experience and observation handed down orally or in writing from generation to generation.

What Is Traditional Medicine

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