Ragunathan Muthuswamy, Tadesse Hawi, Tujuba Rebecca
Department of Pharmacognosy, PGP College of Pharmacy, Namakal, Tamilnadu, India.
Pharmacogn Mag. 2010 Jan;6(21):19-25. doi: 10.4103/0973-1296.59962. Epub 2010 Feb 13.
A cross-sectional study pertaining to the practices and perceptions of modern and traditional health practitioners on Traditional Medicine (TM) was carried out from February 25 to April 4, 2008. The results of the study showed that almost all the practitioners in both systems expressed their willingness to collaborate among each other to promote the positive elements of TM. As traditional healing knowledge is still being handed over from one generation to the next, mainly through word of mouth, which will lead to distortion or a total demise of the original knowledge, this report indicates the urgency to document the same. Moreover, the report also implies the need for educating and training the practitioners of the two systems. More also has to be done to create a discussion forum for both modern and TM practitioners, to enable them to share their knowledge. Government support for promotion and development of TM should be considered as a goal to be seriously pursued. The government should also contribute by helping them financially and by arranging training and education for the improvement of the healthcare system given to the public.
2008年2月25日至4月4日开展了一项关于现代和传统健康从业者对传统医学（TM）的实践与认知的横断面研究。研究结果表明，两个体系中的几乎所有从业者都表示愿意相互合作，以推广传统医学的积极元素。由于传统治疗知识仍主要通过口口相传在一代又一代间传承，这将导致原始知识的扭曲或完全失传，本报告指出记录这些知识的紧迫性。此外，报告还意味着需要对两个体系的从业者进行教育和培训。还必须采取更多措施为现代和传统医学从业者创建一个讨论论坛，使他们能够分享知识。政府对传统医学推广和发展的支持应被视为一个需要认真追求的目标。政府还应通过提供财政帮助以及安排培训和教育来改善公众医疗体系，从而做出贡献。
