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WHO Supports Scientifically-proven Traditional Medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Indigenous (Traditional) medicine is defined as “the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures that are used to maintain health, as well as to prevent, diagnose, improve or treat physical and mental illnesses". The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes innovations around the world including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines and developing new therapies in the search for potential treatments for COVID-19.
Indigenous medicine comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. In some Asian and African countries, up to 80% of the population depends on traditional medicine for their primary health care needs. Use of plants as a source of medicine has been an ancient practice and is an important component of the Indigenous health care system which includes traditional African, Ayurveda, Chinese, European, Iranian, Islamic, Korean, Siddha, Tibetian and Unani traditional medicine.
Latest/upcoming Chapters on - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Immune Boosting Medicinal Plants)
- Pharmacological and Nutritional Importance of Artemisia
- Industrial Uses of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
- A Traditional Approach to Manage Depression - Emphasizing On Medicinal Herbs and Phytochemicals as Anti Depressants
- Medicinal Plants: the Medical, Food, and Nutritional Biochemistry and Uses
- Important Medicinal Plants of Ethiopia: Uses, Knowledge Transfer and Conservation Practices
- Important Medicinal Plants – Sudan
- Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties of Arab Medicinal Plants
- Important Medicinal Plants – Morocco
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Arabia and Iran
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Turkey)
- Important Medicinal Plants - Bhutan
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Azerbaijan
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Iberian Peninsula
- Herbal Medicines in the United Kingdom
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Australia
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Portugal
- The Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants Used By Native Americans
- Important Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Barbados
- Biochemistry and Phytochemistry of Triphala, Three Medicinal Fruits, Medicinal Properties, Bioactive Compounds and Therapeutic Potential
- Dogroses (Rosa Sect. Caninae L.), Old Medicinal Plants With a Large Potential A Review
- Several Important Medicinal Plants, Comparative Analysis of Bioactive Compounds of Total Phenolic and Flavonoids content
- Phytochemistry of Olive-Leaf Extracts and Medicinal Properties
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Processing, Quality, Safety, Authenticity, Nutritional and Health Aspects
- Diversity in Shifting Cultivation System and Crop Species
- Botany, Uses, Phytochemistry and Medicinal Properties of Selected Apocynaceae Species
- Phytochemistry and Therapeutic Potential of Turmeric (Curcuma longa)
- Phytochemicals of Bioactive Compounds of Brassica Juncea (Brown Mustard) Seeds
- Phytochemistry of Chia Seeds (Salvia Hispanica), Berries and Medicinal Properties
- Phytochemical Studies on Portulaca Oleracea (Purslane) Plant
- Phytochemistry of Sapindus Mukorossi and Medicinal Properties
- Phytochemistry and Medicinal Properties of Centella Asiatica
- Therapeutic Potential and Phytochemistry of Natural Herbals of Family Lamiaceae: Ocimum Sanctum L. And Ocimum Basilicum
- Terminalia Arjuna: A Potential Source of Nutraceuticals Cum Therapeutic Agent
- Phytochemistry of Andrographis Paniculata (Burm. F.) Wall. Ex Nees
- Phytochemistry, Medicinal Properties, Bioactive Compounds and Therapeutic Potential of The Genus Combretum (Combretaceae)
- Phylogenetic Relationships Among Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera L.) Cultivars
- Thermodynamics And Biological Systems
- Herbal Plants Used In Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals and Their Advantages over The Synthetic Counterparts
- The Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Nutritional Biochemistry and Uses of Some Common Medicinal Plants
- Classification of Fruit and Vegetable Crops of Plant Families
- Fungal Endophytes in Ethnomedicinal Plants: The Gold Mine for Drug Discovery
