ADVERTISEMENT“Harnessing the potential of traditional medicine would be a game-changer for health when founded on evidence, innovation and sustainability,” the WHO said, noting that traditional medicine formed part of the growing health and wellness industries. Around 80 percent of the world’s population is thought to use traditional medicine, such as herbal mixtures, acupuncture, yoga, ayurvedic medicine and indigenous therapies. Medicine of first resort“For many millions of people around the world, traditional medicine is the first port of call to treat many diseases,” Tedros told the ceremony. ADVERTISEMENT“Going forward, we must use technology to create a global database, repository of traditional medicine practices,” to help future generations. RELATED STORIESWHO taps traditional medicineCordillera as nature’s medicine cabinet‘Healing plants’ in PH offer alternative to prohibitive COVID medsChinese medical experts in PH studying traditional medicine for COVID-19 treatmentSubscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 20, 2022 06:26 UTC