[smc-discuss] an english word for this..

[Ark Arjun]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Hitha Venugopalan <hitha.v at gmail.com>wrote:

> ok, njan conventional pinavalikkunnu :) here are the definitions from
> web...
>
> *Conventional medicine:* Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical
> doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their allied health
> professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered
> nurses. Other terms for conventional medicine include allopathy and
> allopathic medicine; Western medicine, mainstream medicine, orthodox
> medicine, and regular medicine; and biomedicine.
>
> *Traditional medicine (TM) *refers to the knowledge, skills and practices
> based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different
> cultures, used in the maintenance of health and in the prevention,
> diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.
> Traditional medicine covers a wide variety of therapies and practices which
> vary from country to country and region to region. In some countries, it is
> referred to as "alternative" or "complementary" medicine (CAM).
>
> Traditional medicine has been used for thousands of years with great
> contributions made by practitioners to human health, particularly as primary
> health care providers at the community level. TM/CAM has maintained its
> popularity worldwide. Since the 1990s its use has surged in many developed
> and developing countries.
>
>
> Hitha
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Hari Vishnu <harivishnu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yea +1 to 'traditional' from me too.
>>
>> But I guess the best usage for the word can be said only from the context
>> you're referring to.
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traditional treatment എന്നു പല സ്ഥലതും ഉപയോഗിച്ചതു കണ്ടതായി ഞാന്‍
ഓര്‍ക്കുന്നു.

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