Question

Provide at least 3 salient points on traditional and alternative medicines act

Answer 1

Policy of the State to improve the quality and delivery of health care services through the development of traditional and alternative health care and its integration are.

a) Encourage scientific research and develop traditional and alternative health care systems that have social effect.

(b) To promote and advocate the use of traditional, alternative, preventive and curative health care modalities that had been proved safe, effective and consistent with government measures on medical practice;

(c) To develop and coordinate training courses for various forms of traditional and alternative health care.

Answer 2

"The three salient features of traditional and alternative medicine act are given below

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• It allows medicines to be made from herbs which have known medicinal properties.

• It promotes other forms of cure and thus helps in preserving the traditions.

• It ensures that the weaker sections of the society are self-employed.

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