Myanmar traditional medicine system especially written by outstanding myan. The world health organization also recognized traditional medicine as a vital healthcare resource in developing countries and has encouraged governments to adopt policies to officially. Medical hall traditional chinese medicine shop george town malaysia. This emerged as a delicate, useful and important subject of community health in preventive, curative and rehabilitative aspects. Ministry of health and sports welcome to ministry of. Here is the collection of books shared by many vistors by online and by post. Traditional medicine in yangon experience day trip exo. The healing art of traditional medicines in myanmar researchgate.
Learn all about the ancient practices of traditional medicine in myanmar with this guided insiders tour of yangon. Vice president u myint swe calls for development of human. Role of new generation in promoting traditional medicine of. Traditional medicine is thriving myanmar despite recent reforms in the countrys health care system. Medicinal plants have been used for many years in myanmar burma as they are believed to be an effective method of treatment. We have seen strong evidence that myanmar traditional medicine has been practiced since the time of tagaung, sri ksetra, and bagan, and we published the book milestones of traditional medicine in myanmar in august, 2019 after collecting a record of the hidden history of myanmar traditional medicine. The role of traditional medicine has played an important part in myanmars history. Myanmar traditional medicine medical company facebook. Traditional medicine treatments have been followed in myanmar for generations and continue to be popular even today, though more in remote rural areas. We also would like to say thanks to all vistors who sent and shared books at our bookshelf. The who regional office for southeast asia has published this book in order to present to the governments. This outstanding book introduces and teaches how to apply the ancient wisdom and traditions of the healing that comes through food according to chinese medicine. In myanmar, while precise data on the number of people who use herbal medicines is not available, herbal medicine, which relies on plants and.
This year the health ministry increased spending on public health, bringing more affordable. Republic of the union of myanmar providing affordable traditional. Traditional medicine has been used for generations in myanmar, and recently. According to the book entitled milestones of traditional medicine in myanmar, there is a record of successive eras dated back thousands of. The myanmar government used the language of conservation to assert that traditional medicine was an important national heritage that needed to be protected and conserved not only for its role in maintaining the health of the people for centuries, but because it was now threatened by the rise of scientific biomedicine. See more of myanmar traditional medicine on facebook. Myanmar traditional medicine has flourished over thousand of years and becomes a distinct entity for which it has to be taken pride. Traditional medicine in asia world health organization. Natural medicines in myanmar myanmar travel essentials. Although the use of modern medicine has dramatically. Union catalogue of myanmar health science libraries. East meets west in the kitchen with the nourishing treasures of chinese medicine. Books set in or about myanmarburma score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
A combination of four traditional medicine practices alchemy, hotcold balance, astrology and ayurveda concepts are used to heal patients. A glance at traditional medicine in myanmar myanmar insider. Traditional medicine is widely practiced in myanmar by the majority of the. In total, 16,292 medical doctors and 36,054 nurses working at 1,4 hospitals.
A rich heritage of traditional medical knowledge and the use of plants as. This is a stall with a wide range of herbs and roots used as herbal medicine. Jica traditional medicine project in myanmar burma library. The belief in turning to nature to heal and cure, is strong in nearly all asian na tions, and in myanmar, even more so. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.