Plural medicine in Sri Lanka: Do ayurvedic and western medical practices differ?

Waxler-Morrison, Nancy

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(88)90377-2

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“…They are considered to be the backbone of traditional medicine and are widely used to treat acute and chronic diseases. Research on pharmacognosy, chemistry, pharmacology, and clinical therapeutics have been carried out on ayurvedic medicinal plants and many of the major pharmaceutical corporations have changed their strategies in favor of natural products drug discovery (Waxler-Morrison, 1988). The World Health Organization estimated that perhaps 80% of the world's inhabitants rely chiefly on traditional medicines.…”

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confidence: 99%

Acute oral toxicity ofPolyalthia longifoliavar.pendulaleaf extract in Wistar albino rats

Chanda

Dave

Kaneria

et al. 2012

Pharmaceutical Biology

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Acute oral toxicity ofPolyalthia longifoliavar.pendulaleaf extract in Wistar albino rats

Chanda

Dave

Kaneria

et al. 2012

Pharmaceutical Biology

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“…[27] Other recent studies[vii] also corroborate the fact that a sizeable section of college-educated Ayurveda doctors do deliver biomedical treatment. [2829] The term “integrative” medicine may legitimize such crossover and reduce Ayurveda to a mere degree devoid of knowledge base.…”

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confidence: 67%

What could ′integrative′ medicine mean? Social science perspectives on contemporary Ayurveda

Sujatha

2011

J Ayurveda Integr Med

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The paper attempts to critically engage with the idea of integrative medicine as a marker of pharmaceuticalization of Ayurveda in the recent decades. It examines what it means to say ‘integrative’ medicine using the metaphor of language from philosophy of science. Drawing upon fieldwork with Ayurveda practitioners, the paper also discusses the ramifications of integrative medicine in the current scenario in which there is no organizational parity between Ayurveda and biomedicine. The paper calls for a focus on Ayurveda for public health rather than the global health market.

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“…The five illnesses were selected for analysis which was cold plus flu, inflammatory problem, gastro intestinal problem, dermatological problem and urinary tract infection. Those are common illnesses of household in Sri Lanka 15,26,27 . Required sample size was calculated by using the formula: n=Z 2 x P(1-P)/M 2 (n= Sample size, Z = Standard Critical value for significance level which is 1.96 at 95% confidence level, P = estimated prevalence of health seeking behaviour in the study area, M = Margin of error = 1.5%).…”

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“…Later in 1997, Pouliot speculated that more than approximately 34% of the world's population may have been heavily reliant on medicinal plants 12 . The Ayurveda and western style treatments are two major formally structured health system existence in Sri Lanka as in India 15 . Both are delivered absolutely free of charge at the point of delivery 16 .…”

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Health seeking behavior and its determinants in Jaffna Sri Lanka

K¹,

Thavorncharoensap²,

Riewpaiboon³

2017

Pharm Sci Asia

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Health seeking behaviour depends on trust in the health services and cost of services. Determinants of health seeking behavior include socio-economic status, culture, politic and current health. During the past decades, health seeking behavior has changed from traditional to western medicine and from public to private hospitals. Estimating this change is necessary for public health planning and resource allocation. The purpose of this study was to explore the health seeking behavior and its determinants in a Jaffna community in Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The study was an analytical cross-sectional survey conducted in Sri Lanka at household level. The data were collected through face-to-face interview using a questionnaire. Estimated sample size was 724 families, which were selected by multistage stratified cluster population proportionate random sampling method.Descriptive statistics was applied to summarize the variables. Inferential statistics was used to find the relationship between treatment type, institution type and socio demographic characters. Multivariate logistic regression was applied for determinants of health seeking behavior. Among the sample, 467 families or 863 participants were ill due to 5 selected diseases during the previous month, resulting in the incidence rates of illness 240 cases per 1000-person-month. The highest and lowest incidence was observed in cold plus flu (119 per 1000-person-month) and urinary tract problem (1 per 1000-person-month), respectively. Majority of the patients received institutional treatment (55%) while self-medication was accounted for 45%. Western medicine, traditional medicine, and the mix of both treatments were used by 65%, 11% and 24% of the patients respectively. Type of illness is a significant factor predicting health seeking behavior (p<0.001). Western style treatment at government hospital was the most common health seeking behavior among the patients in this study while important determinant was type of illness.

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Plural medicine in Sri Lanka: Do ayurvedic and western medical practices differ?

Cited by 38 publications

References 16 publications

Acute oral toxicity ofPolyalthia longifoliavar.pendulaleaf extract in Wistar albino rats

Acute oral toxicity ofPolyalthia longifoliavar.pendulaleaf extract in Wistar albino rats

What could ′integrative′ medicine mean? Social science perspectives on contemporary Ayurveda

Health seeking behavior and its determinants in Jaffna Sri Lanka

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