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In India, according to WHO 2018 statistics, there were 63% of death occurred due to Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in which Cardiovascular diseases were leading cause of death 27%, followed by Cancer 9%, Chronic respiratory disease 11%, Diabetes 3% and other NCDs 13%. This indicates that NCDs needs to become a priority in controlling and preventing. Therefore, the only effective intervention may be at controlling and preventing NCDs disease is Integrative Medicine. Integrative Medicine is a medical practice synthesizing Traditional medicine and Biomedicine preventive measures and treatment interventions. Autonomy of patients may end in no benefit out of their ignorance to select between the treatment options available in a country like India where Seven Recognized medical systems are available as a platter. Siddha system of medicine is one of the traditional medicines of India, practiced in the southern part of the country. This study aims at providing Health care system under one roof, in order to save public money, time and health as an existing model as co-location in Tamil Nadu. This can be achieved through assessing feasible areas of integration in the Siddha system of medicine with biomedicine. So the study deals with the utilization of Siddha system of medicine, scientific validation of Siddha medicines, Siddha medicine research undertaken by biomedical practitioners and some government policies supporting mainstreaming of Siddha.
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Abstract Homeopathy arrived from the United States to Peruvian soil in the last decades of the nineteenth century, broadening the repertoire of existing medical knowledge, which included an emerging medical profession, Chinese herbalists, and indigenous practitioners. This article examines the circulation and use of homeopathic therapies and medicines in Lima from the time when the American homeopath George Deacon initiated his practice, in the 1880s, until his death, in 1915. Although homeopathy was not the most widely used medical therapy in the country, it nevertheless posed a threat to professional medicine and the School of Medicine's desired monopoly of the field of medicine.
Resumo A homeopatia originária dos EUA adentrou solo peruano nas últimas décadas do século XIX, ampliando o repertório de conhecimento médico existente até então, o qual incluía uma profissão médica em ascensão, herbolários chineses e médicos locais. Este artigo analisa a circulação e o uso de tratamentos e medicamentos homeopáticos em Lima desde o período em que o homeopata norte-americano George Deacon iniciou sua prática, nos anos 1880, até sua morte, em 1915. Embora a homeopatia não fosse o tratamento médico mais disseminada no país, ela representou uma ameaça à medicina profissional e ao monopólio do campo da medicina almejado pela escola tradicional.
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Humans , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Homeopathy/history , Peru , Schools, Medical/history , United States , Federal Government/history , Government Regulation/history , Homeopathy/legislation & jurisprudence , Licensure, Medical/historyABSTRACT
The paper attempts to critically engage with the idea of integrative medicine as a marker of pharmaceuticalization of Ayurveda in the recent decades. It examines what it means to say ‘integrative’ medicine using the metaphor of language from philosophy of science. Drawing upon fieldwork with Ayurveda practitioners, the paper also discusses the ramifications of integrative medicine in the current scenario in which there is no organizational parity between Ayurveda and biomedicine. The paper calls for a focus on Ayurveda for public health rather than the global health market.
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This study aimed to explore factors determining treatment-seeking behaviors of villagers in a rural Roviana society of the Solomon Islands. Participants (n ≈ 116) were interviewed every evening for 42 days about the occurrence of illnesses and how they had been treated. The study period was divided into two: 22 days during which a nurse was stationed in the village and 20 days when the nurse was absent. As the results show, nurse‘s presence had a negative effect on traditional folk medicine use (OR ≈ 0.39, [95% CI: 0.21-0.72]). Fever or headache was treated more preferably with biomedicine (3.82 [1.81-8.07] or 6.75 [2.75-16.55], respectively), whereas <I>putuputu</I>, an illness with an indigenous etiology, was treated with the latter (34.7 [3.13-384.41]). In addition, biomedicine was preferably used (7.72 [2.65-22.44]) for the treatment of severe illnesses. While folk medicine was used in 40% of all ill person-days, it has likely been partly displaced by effective Western biomedicine. Still, some folk medicine functioned as a culturally indispensable element in treating indigenous illnesses.