Socio economic determinants of ethno medicine: a case study of Rawalpindi

Abstract

Ethno-medicine is a field of medical anthropology which deals with study of traditional medicine preparations with written sources which are Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as those, whose practices have been orally transmitted over a time of centuries. It deals with the firm beliefs and the cultural practices in order to treat the disease which are not derived from modern medicine but is strongly bonded with healing. There is no society who lacks their traditional beliefs and practices for the cure of a disease. When we talk about comparison between ethno medicine and modern medicine then we can see that: Traditional medicine is more in accordance to religion and people having its knowledge are generally of old age while the modern medicine considers the disease only.