@ Dr. Md Rabiul Alam

In rural and semi-urban India, traditional medicines are still the first option for treatment of diseases. People of all generations understand the importance of traditional medicines, that's why they are gradually shifting towards natural and plant based medicines as stated by Professor Amit Baran Sharangi Sir in his post.

Thanks!

Traditional medicines are sometimes less effective and their action is very slow. But realizing the side effects of allopathic medicines people are gradually shifting towards traditional medicines. In India traditional ayurvedic medicines are very popular against chronic diseases.

Nature heals with time. Allopathy gives Quick relief which is liked by everyone in this modern world.

It is probably not the general statement that allopathy is our 1st choice for treatment of our ailments. Rather the majority of population in the entire world is moving towards natural and plant based medicine/phytotherapy.

However, as this kind of treatment is mostly slow, many people still rely on allopathic drugs and the system disregarding the side effects.

The former system is indigenous, experience/skill based and still subjected to comprehensive research studies. But its growing popularity is significant and the system of medicine is all set to dictate the future human health related issues.

Dear Prof Arvind Singh , yes it is true that people are gradually shifting towards traditional medicines in India, but as a whole, the new generation still believe it as an old/past or to some extent obsolete mode of treatment.

@ Dr. Md Rabiul Alam

In rural and semi-urban India, traditional medicines are still the first option for treatment of diseases. People of all generations understand the importance of traditional medicines, that's why they are gradually shifting towards natural and plant based medicines as stated by Professor Amit Baran Sharangi Sir in his post.

Thanks!

In ancient age a man went to the shaman and said he felt no good.

The shaman said "Take this root and come back tomorrow..."

In 1600 a man went to his doctor and he said he felt not so good and the doctor said: "Let's do a bloodletting!" In 1800 when a man went to the doctor saying he was not good the doctor said "Take this tablet of quinine and we see tomorrow.." In the sixties a man went to his family doctor and he said he was not good. The doctor answered "Take this antibiotic and call me tomorrow.." Nowadays a man goes to his doctor and says "Hi, doc, I'm not well! What could I take?"the doctor answer may be also "Take this root and call me tomorrow..."

I understand that when we get a condition that goes beyond energy imbalance or when microorganisms are involved, acupuncture is not indicated.

To Prof Divya R.: Nature takes a little more time to heal but I believe its almost complication free. In fact, many adverse effects of allopathic medicines are not publicized adequately or known to general mass. Thanks for your nice opinion.

Homeopath is a sort of illusional treatment , rest natural treatments are sometimes effective but rest of the times failed while modern medicine always effective but offcourse with some side effects.

Naturally a combination of alternative medicine , natural med , homeopath and allopath should be a better option.

Thanks Prof Vishnu Kumar Gupta for your comment with nice clarity.

70 % of world population are still using traditional medicine in various ailments. Ayurveda is a science of life. the main aim of Ayurveda is to sustain the health of healthy person and cure the disease. it has more preventive aspect rather than curative. it has less side effect in comparison to modern medicine and very close to the nature and body acceptability. Presently it is in pace of re-validation of drugs for global acceptance but still much more research is required in this system.