4th National Symposium on Traditional Medicine 2016 on “Healthy Women for Wealthy Nation”
The 4th National Symposium on Traditional Medicine 2016 on “Healthy Women for Wealthy Nation” was organized by the Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka on 3rd June 2016. The aim of the symposium is to encourage academics, medical officers, young researchers, and students to collaborate with traditional practitioners in multi-disciplinary fields who are being practised in the area of promoting maternal and child health. It will also provide a venue for participants to openly discuss and learn more about the role of Ayurveda, Unani and the traditional system of medicine in maintaining women’s and children’s health in the 21st century.
Theme: “Healthy Women for Wealthy Nation”
The basic premise of the Ayurveda/ Unani system of medicine is keeping a state of balance between us and the environment. Our environment includes our work, family, people, seasons, place of residence, travels, hobbies, sports, diet, sleep, sex and so on. Everything interaction with our environment can influence positively or negatively in our health. Healthy women are always considered fertile soil in the Ayurveda/ Unani system of medicine and the health of the entire civilization depends heavily on the health of its women. There are detailed descriptions in the Ayurveda / Unani system of medicine on antenatal, natal and post-natal care of the mother and child. Also, these systems have very effective management for subfertility.
Many chronic, metabolic, hormonal, and degenerative diseases do not have effective solutions in modern medicine. In Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine, these conditions have very effective time-tested remedies which are natural and holistic at the same time free with minimal effects.
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