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Pros and cons of modern medicine system
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In wake of the fact that despite the availability of advanced technologically aided modern medicine system, our society is witnessing a rise in various lifestyle disorders, chronic diseases and development of resistance to the existing remedies; integration of ayurveda with allopathy seems the need of the hour. A novel comprehensive system, if gene...
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... It acts by finding out the cause of disease and its elimination with the help of drugs. [5] Allopathy bears a number of advantages that makes it to the top of most medicine system in the present time, but it has flaws like inefficacy in curing certain chronic diseases and unavoidable adverse effects, which need to be addressed seriously to generate an efficient and safe healthcare system [ Table 1]. [3,5,11,12] ...
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... [24] Participants had reported a prescription of Triphala by professionals other than Ayurveda practitioners, which is a positive response regarding the use of Triphala, also hinting toward the need for a national integrative healthcare system. [32][33][34] The status of the healthcare delivery system is drastically nonuniform across the Indian states; regional pattern in the usage of a particular type of traditional medicine reflects regional aspects. [35] Hence, the authors have attempted to explore regional variability and nonclassical knowledge of Triphala in the community, which is not yet codified in Ayurveda. ...
... hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, cupping therapy, etc. (Clark-Kennedy and Cormany, 2017;Majeed et al., 2019a;Nolan and Schneider, 2011) and alternative medicines, e.g. herbal medicine, Unani, Ayurveda, Sidha, homeopathy, naturopathy, Chinese traditional medicine, etc (Islam, 2012;Nandha and Singh, 2013;Piazolo and Zanca, 2011;Sharafuddin, 2015;Trippens et al., 2012). Some country-specific alternative health treatments are promoted for optimal HWB for individuals. ...
Purpose
Wellness tourism is complex due to the varied expectations and perceptions of tourists. This study attempts to explore components that shape tourist expectations of health treatments and tourist attractions, which have not been deeply explored in the extant literature.
Design/methodology/approach
A scoping review of the literature published between 2000 and 2021 was conducted to reach the conclusions of this study. Out of 303 literature sources, a total of 105 literature sources were retained for the final analysis.
Findings
Findings show that tourists expect a mix of health treatments, such as conventional medical treatments and alternative health treatments and tourist attractions, as part of wellness tourism to improve their health and well-being (HWB). A favorable trade-off between tourist expectations and their perception of wellness tourism impacts tourist HWB and behavioral intention.
Practical implications
The proposed wellness tourism conceptual model and wellness tourism matrix may help wellness tourism service providers to understand tourist expectations for health treatments and tourist attractions in a recent context. Wellness tourism service providers may follow the guidelines outlined in this study to offer health treatments and tourist attractions according to tourist expectations, which may result in the favorable behavioral intentions of wellness tourists.
Originality/value
This study unravels the previously under-explored role of conventional medical treatments, which arguably fall under the category of allopathic medical treatment, in wellness tourism. Destination marketing organizations may focus on the wellness philosophies of health treatments and tourist attractions to meet the growing expectations of wellness tourists for HWB, as outlined in the literature review. This study provides insights into the different components of contemporary wellness tourism those impact wellness tourists' cognitive responses, HWB and behavioral intention.
... Modern allopathic medicine based on anatomy, physiology and biochemistry and such treatment pays special attention to diagnosis and treats the disease through effective medicine, surgery, radiation, etc. As it is currently the most popular and anticipated treatment modality, but on the other hand have certain limitations in curing chronic disease and causing serious patient health side effects that are imperative to develop a safe and useful Medicare system [3] . Over 200 million people around the world regularly use homeopathy [4] . ...
Urolithiasis is the most common disease of urinary tract found worldwide with approaches for its treatment that include the use of various synthetic and natural drugs or surgery in the conventional system of medicine. This systemic review was taken up to evaluate the efficacy of Berberis vulgaris and Lycopodium clavatum in the treatment of urolithiasis. Total 1471 articles were evaluated and after that 7 articles including case reports and studies were selected for systemic review and results. Total 195 patients were treated in these 7 studies and case reports, 7 patients were treated successfully with Berberis vulgaris. Patients treated with Lycopodium clavatum were 188 and the patients treated successfully were 98 (52.6%). Stone as large as 23 mm was expelled using Lycopodium clavatum. Both these homeopathic remedies showed positive results in treating kidney stones and can be a successful alternative of surgical and non-surgical removal of kidney stones.
... Natural products used in traditional herbal medicine can be animportant source for search of novel medicinal compounds (Agharkar SP., 1991). Over the last few years, researchers have aimed at identifying and validating plant derived substances for the treatment of various diseases (Ruchika Nanda and Singh H., 2013). There are several reasons for the adaptation of natural and traditional medicine, as these are useful without or less side effect and contraindication (Verma and Singh, 2008). ...
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... Individual's health and wellness are shaped by the woven notions of biology, spirituality, emotionality, and lifestyle associations [1]. Despite the remarkable advancement of the 100 years old traditional western system of medicine, which diagnoses diseases and offers medical treatments through drugs, surgeries or other applicable modalities, the risk of side-effects and inefficacy in diagnosing and treating diseases, sometimes, are also acknowledged [2]. This dilemma has adversely impacted the health and wellness desires of people when countries across the globe recently reporting expectations of their individuals for a healthy and active lifestyle [3]. ...
... Individual's health and wellness are shaped by the woven notions of biology, spirituality, emotionality, and lifestyle associations [1]. Despite the remarkable advancement of the 100 years old traditional western system of medicine, which diagnoses diseases and offers medical treatments through drugs, surgeries or other applicable modalities, the risk of side-effects and inefficacy in diagnosing and treating diseases, sometimes, are also acknowledged [2]. This dilemma has adversely impacted the health and wellness desires of people when countries across the globe recently reporting expectations of their individuals for a healthy and active lifestyle [3]. ...
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... There are several disadvantages of the system that include inter alia , side effects of therapeutics; genesis of iatrogenic disorders, inadequacy in treating chronic diseases such as arthritis, hyperacidity, and allergies; time consuming and very costly process of discovery of a new drug; lack of remedies in case microorganisms become resistant to the drugs. In addition, the allopathic system pays no heed to the vital elements such as spiritualism, divinity, and social health as practiced in ancient traditional medicines such as Ayurveda [7,8,9,10,11]. ...
Ancient Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine is believed to be one of the oldest systems of medication in the world. Use of medicinal plants and their products has been the central theme of the Ayurvedic medicaments that involved age old practices through trial and error experiments in designing potent herbal formulations of high therapeutic significance. Approximately, 25 percent of all prescription drugs currently being utilized world over are originally derived from plants. Herbal medicines are believed to be safe with less side-effect, cost effective, and easily accessible. However, the lack of evidence based data on therapeutic efficacy, clinical and scientific standardization of phytochemicals of medicinal plants are some hindrances in the path of Ayurvedic herbal medicines to be globally accepted as credible mainstream medications. Though, the allopathic being the most preferred system of medications of the world today, the genesis of iatrogenic disorders through its side effects remains to be the biggest challenge. Synthetic and semi-synthetic drugs pose greater burden to the hepatic and renal systems of the body, and in many cases rendering them even failure. Synergistic combination of Ayurvedic herbal formulations with the allopathic drugs is an innovative practice quite capable of addressing the challenge of side effects. The review deals with science of synergy, herb-drug interactions and their clinical validation as thrust areas of research and development in phytomedicines. Nonetheless, an urgent need of standardization of phytochemicals of herbal medicines in the line of allopathic drugs has been emphasized in order to suit the mindset of people, medical practitioners, and doctors of the present digital era. Hopefully, the present exposition would educate the readers to appreciate and embrace ancient Indian traditional medicine as a global credible scientific system of medications. Furthermore, predicting nanotechnologized ayurvedic herbals as integrative medicaments of the future generation of the genomic era is not seer’s fictional exaggerations.
Key words: Ayurveda, Allopathic, Synergy, Phytomedicine, Iatrogenic, Isobole, Side-effects
... From this perspective, Naturopathy has been found helpful in improving natural healing mechanism within the human bodies, balancing biological system of body and mind, developing strong immunity against diseases, and removing metabolic disorders with minimal side-effects, which might empower individuals with highest possible level of health by bringing a change in their lifestyle [11][12][13]47]. Most importantly, Naturopathy is found effective in treating endocrinal disorders and cardiovascular diseases which are increasing exponentially and grounded in the concepts of defensive treatment approach [25,[48][49][50]. Naturopathy also appears to be effective in reducing stress, and balancing food and its choice in positive direction, and is described as a perfect fit into medical, health and wellness tourism [51]. ...
... This is because allopathic treatment, is done through surgeries, drugs or other applicable treatment modalities for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. It is a treatment approach that doesn't deny its inefficacy and adverse effects, sometimes, which are unavoidable [16,48]. These reasons have pushed medical tourists to consider natural treatments and other forms of T & CM, which are less toxic and less painful, and satisfy wellness notions where prevention is preferred to medical intervention for overall health [54]. ...
... Results show that the integration of natural treatments, T & CM and allopathic treatment approaches in tandem with tourism has shaped new demand trends in the modern medical, health, and tourism industries [99][100][101][102][103][104][105] where medical supervision is still considered important for overall health and wellness [106,107]. It has been found that certain health services, for example, spa, which are currently being delivered in specialized hospitals for health, wellness, and medical rehabilitation, have medical supervision in order to incorporate controlled T & CM treatments [48,105]. In this context, sanatoriums are found gaining upward demand trends. ...
... Clearly, as argued by Lakshmi et al [22] and Powell-Jackson [49], achieving co-operation among different systems and delivery of quality care services, would be enormous challenges. Although, at present there is some encouraging evidence [49,54,55] to establish the effectiveness and impact of integrated medicine but more empirical support is warranted. In this regard, a gradual yet progressive approach would be to identify domains where integration may have little or no scope for conflicts. ...
... This calls for greater discussion regarding scientific merits, health benefits and cost-effectiveness of AYUSH medicine. For instance, the property of low or no side-effects is often considered as a merit of traditional medicine that drives its acceptance in the community [55,59,60] and could be prioritized under preventive care. Moreover, pluralistic form of medicine is the new emerging alternative or parallel to the existing modern medicine (allopathic). ...
AYUSH, an acronym for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homeopathy represents the alternative systems of medicine recognized by the Government of India. Understanding the patterns of utilization of AYUSH care has been important for various reasons including an increased focus on its mainstreaming and integration with biomedicine-based health care system. Based on a nationally representative health survey 2014, we present an analysis to understand utilization of AYUSH care across socioeconomic and demographic groups in India. Overall, 6.9% of all patients seeking outpatient care in the reference period of last two weeks have used AYUSH services without any significant differentials across rural and urban India. Importantly, public health facilities play a key role in provisioning of AYUSH care in rural areas with higher utilization in Chhattisgarh, Kerala and West Bengal. Use of AYUSH among middle-income households is lower when compared with poorer and richer households. We also find that low-income households display a greater tendency for AYUSH self-medication. AYUSH care utilization is higher among patients with chronic diseases and also for treating skin-related and musculo-skeletal ailments. Although the overall share of AYUSH prescription drugs in total medical expenditure is only about 6% but the average expenditure for drugs on AYUSH and allopathy did not differ hugely. The discussion compares our estimates and findings with other studies and also highlights major policy issues around mainstreaming of AYUSH care.
... Since many centuries, Ayurvedic medicines have been used by people due to its ability to enhance immunity and prevent diseases. [2] Due to lack of scientific standards for the Ayurvedic medicines, Ayurveda does not gain its glory worldwide. [3] Hence, in the current scenario, its a major challenge in front of researchers from this field. ...
Background: Kushavleha, an Ayurvedic polyherbal formulation is an effective medicine for urinary calculi and many more. The present study was carried out to standardize the formulation and established its antioxidant activity in vitro. Methods: The formulation was prepared in the laboratory with authenticated plant drugs. The standardization procedure was conducted on the basis of pharmacognostical and phytochemical parameters as directed by World Health Organization guidelines. Results: Powder study of Kushavleha shows several diagnostic characters such as starch with concentric hilum, pitted vessel, stone cells, fiber with oil globules, pollen grains, lignified fiber epidermis of testa, unicellular trichome and stellate trichome. However some major phytoconstituents like flavonoids, phenolics, tannins, steroids, glycosides, alkaloids and amino acids were found to be positive in preliminary phytoconstituent screening of formulation. Total phenolic, tannin, flavonoid and flavonol content were found to be 144.60 ± 0.41 mg/g in gallic acid equivalent, 123 ± 0.53 mg/g in tannic acid equivalent, 69 ± 0.12 mg/g in rutin equivalent and 0.61 ± 0.27 mg/g in rutin equivalent respectively. Moreover, total solid content, fat content, sugar content, reducing sugar and non reducing sugar were found to be 69 % (w/w), 3.08% (w/w), 68.70% (w/w), 14.21% (w/w) and 54.49% (w/w) respectively. The formulation also exhibited potential antioxidant activity in in vitro DPPH scavenging screening with an IC50 of 63.80 µg/mL. Conclusion: The present result will help in the quality control standardization tool for the manufacturing and processing of Kushavleha.
