Digital Commons Network^™

Consumer Behavior In Selection Of Buying Source Of Siddha Medicine In Tamilnadu, India From The Perspective Of Age, A. Krishnan, P. Bagyalakshimi, S. Ramya, R. Jayakumararaj

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

With the increasing usage of traditional medicines as complementary alternative therapy, possibilities that would ensure its successful integration into the public domain of health care services needs to be evaluated. India is one of the countries with rich traditional knowledge base. Its ethnic ethno-medical practices had paved way for the evolution of several indigenous systems of medicine. Siddha is one of the oldest systems of medicine in India. Siddha holds close association with nature and has been validated in the laboratory of life, even before the advent of formal modern western system of medicine. This paper discusses the interrelations between …