Sunday, February 24, 2008

Traditional Medicines

According to World Health Organization (WHO), traditional medicines refers to "health practices, approaches, know ledges and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises". Traditional medicines applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being. Unlike modern medicines, these medicines don't need the process to legally the products for being use. All customers and users just can use these medicines as they want because the peculiar property of these medicines is proofed by the ancestors and continuing from generation to generation. Traditional medicines are usually unwritten and transmitted orally until someone "collects" them. So the customers must selective in order to get the true medicines. One example of traditional medicines is Chinese Traditional Medicine. This “Yellows Emperor Medicines” is considered a complementary or alternative medical system in most of the world. It is used globally because the Chinese all over the world use this medicine in their daily life and spread it to local people. This ardor it still continues from dynasty of Mae Zedong until now.

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