Evaluation of Indian Traditional Medicine
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Evaluation of Indian Traditional Medicine Pulok K. Mukherjee Drug Information Journal 2001 35: 623 DOI: 10.1177/009286150103500235 The online version of this article can be found at: http://dij.sagepub.com/content/35/2/623
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EVALUATION OF INDIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PULOKK. MUKHERJEE, MPHARM,PHD, AIC JSS College of Pharmacy, Tamilnadu, India
India has an ancient heritage of traditional medicine. The materia medica of India provides a great deal of information on the folklore practices and traditional aspects of therapeutically important natural products. Indian traditional medicine is based on various systems including Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. The evaluation of these drugs is primari1.v based on phytochemical, pharmacological, and allied approaches including various instrumental techniques such as chromatography, microscopy and others. These traditional systems of Indian medicine are each unique but there is a common thread in their fundamental principles and practices. With the emerging worldwide interest in adopting and studying traditional systems and exploiting their potential based on different health care systems, the evaluation of the rich heritage of traditional medicine is essential. The government and the private sector are exploring all of the possibilities for the perfect evaluation of these systems in order to effectively adopt the therapeutic approaches available in original systems of medicine as well as to help in generating data to put these products on the national health program. Key Words: Traditional system; Medicine; India; Ayurveda; Siddha; Unani
INTRODUCTION THE WORLD HEALTH Organization (WHO) estimates that about 80% of the population living in developing countries relies almost exclusively on traditional medicine for their primary health care needs. In almost all traditional medicine systems, medicinal plants play a major role and constitute the backbone of traditional medicine. The Indian materia medica includes about 2000 drugs of natural origin, almost all of which are derived from India’s different traditional systems and folklore practices (1). Out of these drugs derived from traditional systems, 400 are of
Presented at the DIA 36th Annual Meeting, June 1115, 2000, San Diego, California. Reprint address: Dr. Pulok K. Mukherjee. JSS College of Pharmacy, Roc
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