4.REVIEW - TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS ACROSS INDIAN HIMALAYAS By V. K. SHARMA ? AND O. P. MONGA ? ?
Abstract
Medicine and disease have had an undeniable effect in the history & culture of mankind. Every community responds to the health care ethics in its own way, because disease not only threatens, individual’s well-being, but the well-being of the community as a whole. Traditional Health Care practices linked with human healthcare is as old as the human civilization. These comprise of belief, indigenous knowledge, practices and skills relating to healthcare and management of disease. Himalayan region has rich legacy of healthcare traditions which is the outcome of years of experience, tests and trials of indigenous communities living in the fragile mountain ecosystem. The conventional medicine makes use of plants, animal matter and minerals are readily accessible in the region. This paper gives a brief review of the traditional healthcare practices and its applications in the Indian Himalayan region.
KEY WORD: Traditional medicine, Indian Himalayas, Indigenous Knowledge.
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