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AT&T 12:43 PM 90% Back Key viewpoint DF Detail Submission Grade Key viewpoint DF Due: Mar 13, 2019 at 11:59 PM Describe the difference between one key viewpoint in Western medicine and either traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurevedic Medicine, or Chiropractic Medicine. Minimum 250 words.Share a separate comment regarding a peer's post; designate as such. Please specify in subject line if this is your submission or your reply. Dashboard Calendar To Do Notifications nbox

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Because of their unique effects and relatively low side effects, herbal medicine has been gaining popularity all over the world. Quality control is a challenge to ensure safety, efficacy and batch-to-batch consistency of herbal products due to the complexity of phyto-chemical constituents. Generally it is believed that the risk associated with herbal drugs is very less, but several reports on serious reactions are indicating the need for development of effective regulatory guidelines and quality control system for authentication, isolation and standardization of herbal medicine. At the same time, however, the lack of harmonized international regulatory guidelines in regard to the manufacturing of herbal medicines represents a major obstacle in achieving required quality assurance of herbal products worldwide. The safety of herbal medicines is a global concern and national health authorities have developed mandates to ensure the safe use of herbal medicines. Standards for medicinal plants are being developed worldwide but as yet there is no consensus as to how these should be adopted. The quality and safety of herbal medicines has become an issue for the regulatory authorities. The guidelines on the assessment of quality, safety, efficacy and knowledge on traditional medicine and alternative medicine are the main aspects to develop evidence base validation of traditional medicines. Proper validations of herbs need to used in traditional medicine need to be made for their promotion and development.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda is the traditional Indian System of Medicine that deals with the life of an individual. It is the science of life which is meant not only for curing the diseases but also for prevention of the occurrence of illnesses. Ayurveda is unique in the sense it keeps the healthy people healthy and cures the ill healthy.

The term Ayurveda originated from the two words 'Ayu' meaning life and 'Veda' meaning science. Ayurveda defines life as the combination of Shareera (body), Indriya (sense organs), Satwa (mind) and Atma (soul).

Origin and history

Ayurveda is the life science existing from time immemorial, before the vedic period. The practice of ayurveda as a treatment science is mentioned mainly in Rig-Veda and Atharvaveda. Ayurveda is mentioned as the upaveda of Atharva Veda. Rishi Brahma had memorised this science and advocated it to a chain of saints Prajapathi, Ashwini devas, Indra, Athri and others. This life science which is more than 6000 years old and was constituted for the management of illness of not only human beings but also for the other living entities like animals and trees.

It is a well-known fact that traditional medicines from Ayurveda always played important role in meeting the global health care needs. They are continuing to do so at present and shall play major role in future also. The system of medicines which are considered to be Indian in origin or the systems of medicine, which have come to India from outside and got assimilated in to Indian culture are known as Indian Systems of Medicine. India has the unique distinction of having six recognized systems of medicine in this category. They are Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Yoga, Naturopathy and Homoeopathy.

The safety and efficacy of traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicines, as well as quality control, have become important concerns for both Health Authorities and the public. Traditional medical knowledge has two potential values, one as an easy accessible and low cost source of medicines for primary health care.

There are 30,000–70,000 plant species being used in this world as a medicine there is an enormous potential for the development of novel products. Experimental evidence is needed and not only historical evidence of safe use since ancient times.