Hyderabad: Around 90 per cent of “unsatisfied patients” in urban areas these days try traditional cures after being dissatisfied with allopathy.
Traditional medicines are primarily being sought for lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disorders and also for common ailments when they re-occur.
Experts however, say that the side effects of incomplete or rejected allopathy cases have to be dealt with first and the doctors have to be equipped with allopathic pharmacology.
While different streams are meeting and discussing the mindset of the society in conferences, they are not willing to disclose their methods of treatment.
Dr Gundu H.R. Rao, chief executive officer of Global Alliance of Traditional Health Systems said, “While every system may have the power to control a disease, they also have disadvantages.
To accept the disadvantage is not agreeable to most of them. If the traditional systems are to thrive in the present environment they must be open and accept the protocols that exist. This will also lead to innovation of new drugs.”
At the International Conference and Exhibition on Traditional and Alternative Medicine, the stress is on having open discussions about which system is better equipped to treat the increasing diseases.
Dr Rao said, “When there are so many options available, proper research and guidance can help people. Right now, medical treatment is like window shopping where the patients pick and choose what works for them.”
