scholarly journals Malaysian traditional medicine: the usage of marine resources as a treatment and complementary medicine for heart disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6S) ◽  
pp. 816
Author(s):  
M. A. S. A. Halim ◽  
H.S. Salleh ◽  
W.N. Mohamed ◽  
N.H.N. Mat ◽  
Y. Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
Marine Resources

scholarly journals EXPERIENCE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES IN COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIORS

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
Eza Kemal Firdaus ◽  
Widyawati Widyawati ◽  
Cristantie Effendy
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Conventional Medicine ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Integrative Health ◽  
Integrative Healthcare ◽  
Negative Impacts

Background: Chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, COPD, and DM, are the main causes of death worldwide. Nearly half of all global deaths are caused by such diseases. Complementary medicine and integrative health are believed to have great potential in providing benefits to public health. This research aims to determine the experience of patients with chronic diseases in seeking for complementary medicine and integrative health. Method: This research is a qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The data collection method used is the in-depth interview with 8 patients with chronic diseases (heart disease, cancer, COPD, and DM). Result: In this study there were 5 themes found related to the experience of patients with chronic diseases in the behavior of seeking complementary medicine and integrative healthcare which includes economic factors and doubts to the conventional medicine, as well as the values of traditional medicine that were being the reasons in the process of seeking complementary medicine and integrative healthcare. Seeking the Complementary medicine and integrative healthcare is strongly influenced by support of family, community, and social media. That suggest more positive than the negative impacts after undergoing the complementary medicine and integrative healthcare. Participants perception that traditional medicine is better than the conventional one. Closed minded participants to seek to doctors after undergoing the traditional medicine. Conclusion: Besides as a medical treatment, the use of traditional medicine for patients with chronic diseases also manifests the beliefs of patients that need to be facilitated by providing assistance hoping that possible dangerous risks can be avoided.

Traditional medicine exemplified by traditional Chinese medicine

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-117
Author(s):  
Fulong Liao ◽  
Tingliang Jiang ◽  
Youyou Tu
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Access To Care ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Arsenic Trioxide ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Safety And Efficacy ◽  
Traditional Fields ◽  
Different Cultures

Traditional (often synonymous with complementary) medicine can be defined as the knowledge, skill, and practices, based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, which are used in the maintenance of health and the prevention, diagnosis, improvement, or treatment of illness. These practices are found in almost every country, and demand for them is increasing. For individual patients, when of proven quality, safety, and efficacy, traditional medicine contributes to the goal of ensuring that all people have access to care that they feel they need. For medical science, investigators in traditional fields have discovered new medicines with which to combat important diseases, including the sympathomimetic ephedrine, the antimalarial artemisinin, and arsenic trioxide used in the treatment of promyelocytic leukaemia.

scholarly journals Complementary use of topical bitter melon for atopic dermatitis

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dai Park ◽  
Nguyen P. Tran ◽  
Jerald M. Duncan ◽  
D. Betty Lew
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Skin Disorder ◽  
Momordica Charantia ◽  
Bitter Melon ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
Comparison Trial ◽  
Pruritic Skin

<em>Momordica charantia</em> (bitter melon) is popular in systems of traditional medicine to treat a variety of diseases including atopic dermatitis, which is an inflammatory, chronically relapsing skin disorder characterized by dry, scaly, pruritic skin. While there is growing community interest in adopting bitter melon as a complementary medicine, there are no clinical studies looking at its use for atopic dermatitis. Here we report a case of a 6-yearold female with severe refractory atopic dermatitis that responded to treatment with topical bitter melon in an open half-side comparison trial.

Mexican Traditional Medicine: Application of a Traditional and Complementary Medicine System to Improve Opioid Use Treatment in Latinos

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya R. Sorrell
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Integrative Health ◽  
Improve Health

Background: Initially considered a primarily rural, White issue, opioid use and overdose rates have risen faster for Latinos (52.5%) than for White, non-Hispanics (45.8%) from 2014 to 2016. With an estimated 45% to 65% of Latino immigrant families using Mexican traditional medicine (MTM) practices before seeking Western medical services, these practices could be used as a method to increase access to care and improve outcomes. Practice Model: Although not well known, MTM is founded on a defined set of theoretical tenets that comprise a whole medical system as defined by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Whole medical systems are characterized as complete systems of theory and practice that develop independently and parallel allopathic medicine. Classifying MTM as a whole medical system to encourage further research and utilization of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) practices could help improve health outcomes for Latino patients. Specific T&CM practices that could be used in opioid treatment integration to decrease stigma and increase treatment utilization are then discussed. Conclusion: Incorporating T&CM practices will allow more effective, culturally competent and culturally sensitive health care provision for Latino immigrants in the United States to decrease stigma, improve health care outcomes, and address disparities in opioid use treatment.

More Than Just A Gastroenteritis - Bottle gourd (Lagenaria Siceraria) Toxicity Diagnosed in the Emergency Department

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wey Ting Lee ◽  
Guoyi Geoffrey Ng ◽  
Dong Haur Phua
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
Early Recognition ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Bottle Gourd ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Lagenaria Siceraria ◽  
Rare Presentation

Abstract BackgroundBottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is sometimes used in complementary medicine practice for the treatment of chronic ailments. It belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. However, there have been reports of toxicity due to consumption of bottle gourd juice leading to severe abdominal upset and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. As emergency physicians we need to be aware of such complementary medicine induced haemorrhagic gastroenteritis as possible etiology of gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Case presentationWe present a case of a 41-year-old gentleman who presented to the emergency department (ED) with multiple episodes of vomiting, hematemesis and diarrhoea after consuming bottle gourd juice. The patient was resuscitated and stabilized with fluids, proton pump inhibitors and antiemetics. He was subsequently admitted to General Medicine ward for further management. He continued to receive symptomatic treatment in the ward and underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) during his hospitalization stay. His symptoms improved and he was discharged stable five days later. ConclusionEarly recognition of this rare presentation of bottle gourd toxicity is important in our local context especially where traditional medicine is widely prevalent nowadays. Treatment is supportive. Public awareness of dangerous effects from the consumption of bitter bottle gourd juice and complementary medicine without proper consultation with practitioner plays a crucial role to prevent further cases. Physicians need to advise patients on the use of traditional medicine and their potential side effects.

Plants with Hypotensive, Antiatheromatous and Coronarodilatating Action

1979 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 197-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Petkov
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Ischemic Heart Disease ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Coronary Spasm ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Atherogenic Diet ◽  
Ischemic Heart ◽  
World Health ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Health Organization

However great the success in the therapy of hypertension, atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease has been gained today by recent efficient drugs, the definite healing of patients is not yet attained. The late discovery of reserpine, such an efficient drug of plant origin against hypertension, convinced so far reluctant scientists to consider the chemical compounds of the plant world. With respect to this traditional medical knowledge, it seems to define more accurately the specificity of these healings-sometimes recommended unspecifically for a whole branch of medicine. This experimental verification should not use inconsiderably the present-day classification of diseases; there should be an awareness that conventional experimental methods in pharmacology are often unsuitable for revealing the real biological activity of one or another medicinal plant. The interest in the mellennial empirical field of health care is acknowledged by the World Health Organization which promotes research and development of traditional medicine, along with investigations into its psychosocial and ethnographic aspects. These studies cover a number of plants growing in Bulgaria that have a healing effect in hypertension, atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease according to the data of traditional medicine. Using screening methods, extracts and chemically pure substances were investigated; extraction was done with solvents such as water, ether, chloroform, dichloretan, ethanol, methanol, and acetone. Most of the experiments were carried out on anesthetized cats, rabbits and dogs. The substances tested were applied mainly intravenously, and in some experiments orally. Chronic experiments were also carried out on wakeful dogs with induced hypertension, on animals fed on an atherogenic diet, and on animals with induced arrhythmia and coronary spasm. Data are presented of clinical examination of some plants of active substances isolated from them. Major results of these studies are presented for the following plants: Garlic; Geranium; Hellebore; Mistletoe; Olive; Valerian; Hawthorn; Peucedanum arenarium; Periwinkle; Fumitory. For another 50 plants growing in Bulgaria and in other countries the author presents his and other investigators' experimental and clinical data about hypertensive, antiatheromatous and coronarodilatating action.

Perceptions of the Use of Marine Resources as a Traditional Medicine in Terengganu, Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 8777-8781
Author(s):  
Nik Hazimah Nik Mat ◽  
Hayatul Safrah Salleh ◽  
Yusnita Yusof ◽  
Wan Norhayati Mohamed ◽  
Muhammad Abi Sofian Abdul Halim
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Marine Resources

scholarly journals Pengetahuan dan Pola Swamedikasi Penggunaan Obat Tradisional dan Cara Pengobatan Tradisional Sebagai Terapi Komplementer di Wilayah Kerja Yandu Wredasari 07, Warungboto, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Wahyu Tusi Wardani ◽  
Muhammad Muhlis
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Complementary Medicine ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
Gelling Agent ◽  
Banana Peel ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Consecutive Sampling ◽  
Yogyakarta City

ABSTRAKMeningkatnya tingkat pendidikan, informasi dan kesadaran masyarakat akan pentingnya arti  sehat, mendorong masyarakat untuk melakukan swamedikasi. Termasuk swamedikasi menggunakan obat tradisional dan cara pengobatan tradisional sebagai terapi komplementer semakin meningkat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan dan pola swamedikasi menggunakan obat tradisional dan cara pengobatan tradisional sebagai terapi komplementer pada Yandu Wredasari 07, Warungboto, Umbulharjo, Kota Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional yang bersifat non eksperimen, Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah anggota Yandu Wredasari 07, Warungboto, Umbulharjo, Kota Yogyakarta dan memenuhi kriteria sampel yang ditetapkan oleh peneliti. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan tanpa acak (nonprabability sampling) dengan teknik pengambilan consecutive sampling. Responden yang pernah melakukan pengobatan komplementer dengan obat tradisional sebanyak 81,6%. 83,3% diantaranya merasakan tidak muncul efek samping obat selama menggunakan obat tradisional. Sedangkan Responden yang pernah melakukan pengobatan komplementer dengan cara tradisional sebanyak 39,5%. Hanya satu yang merasakan efek samping yaitu dari pijat tradisional, muncul warna agak biru, njarem dan linu linu.Kata kunci: Kulit pisang Ambon; Antibakteri; Gel antiseptic; Gelling agent; Na-CMC. ABSTRACTThe increasing level of education, information and public awareness of the importance of healthy meaning, encourages people to carry out swamedication. Including self-medication using traditional medicine and ways of traditional medicine as complementary therapies is increasing. This study aims to determine the description of knowledge and patterns of self-medication using traditional medicine and traditional medicine as a complementary therapy in Yandu Wredasari 07, Warungboto, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta City. This study was an observational study that was non-experimental in nature. The sample used in this study was a member of Yandu Wredasari 07, Warungboto, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta City and met the sample criteria set by the researcher. Sampling is done without random (nonprabability sampling) with consecutive sampling techniques. Respondents who had taken complementary medicine with traditional medicine were 81.6%. 83.3% of them felt there were no side effects of drugs while using traditional medicines. While the respondents who had done complementary medicine in the traditional way were 39.5%. Only one felt the side effects of traditional massage, appearing a little blue, njarem and rheumatic pain.Keywords: Ambon banana peel; Antibacteria; Antiseptic gel; Gelling agent; Na-CMC. 

scholarly journals Potentials of associated traditional knowledge on marine resources for economic and general well-being among coastal communities in Terengganu, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Arzaman et al. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Health Quality ◽  
Economic Well Being

This study was conducted to explore the potential of associated traditional knowledge on marine resources for the sustainability of economic and general well-being among coastal communities in Terengganu. Using a qualitative study, twenty-six interviews were conducted. The study used convenience and snowball sampling to identify the other potential participants who had knowledge and experience about the topic. The study used thematic analysis to identify the required themes according to the objectives. Drawing upon sustainable livelihood theory for data interpretation, the findings indicate that traditional knowledge of marine resources plays an essential role in achieving economic well-being for the coastal community in Terengganu. This is viewed from the aspect of increased living standards and improved health quality. Although exploration of traditional knowledge on marine resources is limited among the modern generation, the implications of this study highlight that identification of certain marine resources as traditional medicine for health problem solutions, selling fresh marine resources, and production of processed food from marine resources could offer ways to improve the economy of coastal communities. The study was carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic, which had limited the number of participants interviewed. Therefore, the sample size obtained is relatively small to find more significant results. Future studies can be expanded through quantitative approach methods among traditional medicine practitioners and other communities in different regions that use marine resources in their daily life.

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