Background Participation of private practitioners in routine disease surveillance in India is minimal despite the fact that they account for over 70% of the primary healthcare provision. We aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of private practitioners in the city of Pune toward disease surveillance. Our goal was to identify what barriers and facilitators determine their ...

Allopathy is the mainstream healthcare system adopted by most countries. But the prevalence of use of traditional systems of medicine is increasing even in developed countries. The fact clearly justifi es the view that modern medicine is not suffi cient enough to meet the healthcare needs of mankind. Limitations of Allopathy in treatment/ management of chronic and metabolic diseases and evidenc...

This editorial article provides a comprehensive overview of the medicinal use plants in traditional practices with focus on ethnopharmacology. The begins an introduction about importance researching medicines and challenges these medicines. authors also emphasize respecting indigenous knowledge cultural diversity. Overall, this review demonstrates potential Ayurvedic, Homeopathy, Nutraceuticals...

Term Definition alga(e) Primitive, often aquatic, plants that carry on photosynthesis but lack the flowers, roots, stems, and leaves of higher plants. algal bloom High concentrations or densities of algae. allopathy The suppression of growth of an organism by another due to the release of a toxic substance. amino acids The building blocks for the synthesis of proteins. Can be a source of nitrog...

The study described in this paper aims to compare the efficacies of homeopathy and allopathic therapy for tinnitus of different etiologies and periods of time since onset. It is a retrospective study with a lower reliability than prospective ones, but reaching the same results regarding the Gingko Biloba therapy as the most prospective studies published, respectively its efficacy only in vascul...

As far back as recorded history goes, indigenous peoples have practiced holistic systems of medicine. Their complex and sophisticated systems of medicine were effective health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and palliative care. Indigenous systems of medicine reflected cosmologies that were deeply rooted in interconnectedness between: Earth and all inhabitants; mind, body, spirit; all...

Therapies or examinations which has no scientific basis and demonstrates no effective or diagnostic reliability is referred to unconventional medicine (UM) [1] . Various terms are used interchangeably with UM, although different things may be meant UM; include alternative medicine, complementary medicine, holistic medicine, integrative medicine, and naturopathy. UM can be considered as a group ...

C omplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is constantly gaining in popularity. Despite its widespread use, valid concerns have been raised regarding the integration of CAM into the health care system. Certainly, the gap between allopathy and CAM is very substantive. It pertains to methodology and rigorous applications of scientific standards of evidence, among other issues, as well as to th...