Transcript TRADITIONAL PRACTIONERS

TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS OF
MEDICINE IN BANGLADESH
BY
JASIM UDDIN CHOWDHURY
BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (BCSIR) LABORATORIES,
CHITTAGONG-4220, BANGLADESH
Area-147570 Sq.Km.
Population- 140 m
Tribals- 27
CHT- 13
Chakma, Marma
Area-1.32 m hect.
Peoples- 12 m
Northern Dist - 7
Santal
TRADITIONAL PRACTIONERS
Ayurvedic & Unani :
• Recognized• Institutionally Trained
• Unregistered
Homeopathic :
• Registered
• Unregistered
Modern practitioners
(Prescribe TM)
Traditional/Folk remedies
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25000
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Traditional Drug Producers
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Ayurvedic
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Unani
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Homeopathic
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Others (Street vendors) 100
Institutes of Traditional Medicine
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Homeopathic Medical Colleges
Unani Medical Colleges
Ayurvedic Medical Colleges
Govt. Unani & Ayurvedic
Degree College
• Govt. Tibbia College
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Major Producers
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Hamdard Laboratories
Sadhana Ousadhaloy
Shakti Ousadhaloy
Ayurvedic Pharma Ltd.
Human Drugs Ltd
National Pharma
Kundeswari
Mujaher
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Major Medicinal Plants
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Adhatoda vasica
Aegle marmelos
Aloe indica
Azadirachta indica
Cassia senna
Cinnamomum verum
Curcuma longa
Gmelina arborea
Hemidesmus indicus
Holarrhena antidysenterica
Mentha spicata
Nigella sativa
Paederia foetida
Saraca indica
Tamarindus indica
Terminalia arjuna
T. belerica
T. chebula
Selected Plants for some diseases
Constipation
Indigestion
Aegle marmelos
Plantago ovata
Cassia senna
Carica papaya
Terminalia chebula
Carica papaya
Paederia foetida
Zingiber officinale
Centella asiatica
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Parasitic infections
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Ananas sativus
Azadirachta indica
Curcuma longa
Embelia ribes
Glycosmis arborea
Terminalia chebula
Piles
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Terminalia chebula
Aloe indica
Cassia fistula
Carica papaya
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Scabies
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Azadirachta indica
Lawsonia inermis
Cassia alata
Curcuma longa
Mesua ferrea
Polygonum
hydropiper
Diabetes
• Cephalandra indica
• Momordica
charantia
• Scoparia dulcis
• Allium sativum
• Catharenthus roseus
• Lagerstroemia speciosa
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Teeth & Gum Diseases
Urinary problems
• Azadirachta indica
• Aloe indica
• Murraya koenigii
• Psidium guajava
• Syzigium aromaticum
• Kalanchoe pinnata
• Tinospora cordifolia
• Tribulus terrestris
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Dysentery/Diarrhoea
• Aegle marmelos
• Centella asiatica
• Euphorbia hirta
• Holarrhena
antidysenterica
• Punuca granatum
• Kalanchoe pinnata
Cough/Cold/Bronchitis
• Adhatoda vasica
• Ocimum sanctum
• Citruses
• Acorus calamus
• Zingiber officinale
• Tylophora indica
• Euphorbia hirta
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Cardiac problems
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Allium sativum
Terminalia arjuna
Nerium indicum
Thevetia neriifolia
Urginea indica
Hair tonics
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Wedelia chinensis
Foeniculum vulgare
Lawsonia inermis
Emblica officinalis
Vitex negundo
Allium cepa
Major Animals used
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Ill Fishes
Jackels meat
Cockroach
Pigeon
Fish/Chicken
Lizard oil
Animal skin
Arthritis/Rheumatism
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Asthma
Tonic
Vitality
Rheumatism
Epilepsy
Major Animals used
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Sheep's milk
Pure Ghee
Honey
Sparrow
Tonic
Carbuncles/boils
Preventive/Cough,cold
Aphrodisiac
Major minerals/metals used
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Rock salt
as ingredient/digestive
Lime stone
Scorpion sting
Copper sulphate Antifungal
Common salt
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Potassium nitrite as Ingredient
Laundry soap
Gastric pain
Sulphur
Skin diseases
Traditional Medicine Resource
• Crude Drug market
• Wild habitat
--Forest floor
--Homestead & Fellow land
• Cultivation
• Import
Abundantly available Plants
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Acalypha indica
Achyranthes aspera
Adhatoda vasica
Aegle marmelos
Allium sativum
Alstonia scholaris
Ananas sativus
Azadirachta indica
Calotropis gigantea
Carica papaya
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Cassia alata
Cassia fistula
Centella asiatica
Cephalandra indica
Coriandrum sativum
Curcuma longa
Cyperus rotundus
Eclipta alba
Emblica officinalis
Euphorbia hirta
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Mentha spicata
Mikania cordata
Mimosa pudica
Momordica charantia
Moringa oleifera
Ocimum sanctum
Paederia foetida
Phyllanthus niruri
Piper betel
• Psidium guajava
• Scoparia dulcis
• Solanum
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xanthocarpum
Terminalia arjuna
T. chebula
Vitex negundo
Zingiber officinale
Rare & Threatened Medicinal Plants
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Abroma augusta
Abrus precatorius
Acorus calamus
Andrographis paniculata
Boerhavia diffusa
Dioscorea prazeri
Gloriosa superba
Hemidesmus indicus
Hydnocarpus kurzii
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Kaempferia galanga
Kaempferia rotunda
Ocimum gratisimum
O. basilicum
Plumbago indica
P. zeylanica
Rawolfia serpentina
Tinospora cordifolia
Zingiber purpureum
Medicinal Plants Exported
• Abroma augusta
• Adhatoda vasica
• Andrographis
paniculata
• Cyperus rotundus
• Emblica officinalis
• Mimosa pudica
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Saraca indica
Taractogenous kurzii
Terminalia arjuna
T. belerica
T. chebula
Zingiber officinale
Medicinal Plants Imported
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Acacia arabica
Acorus calamus
Aloe vera
Anethum graveolens
Asparagus racemosuss
Atropa belladona
Berberis vulgaris
Cassia senna
Cinnamomum verum
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C. tamala
Cuminum cyminum
Elettaria cardamomum
Ferula asafoetida
Glycerrhiza glabra
Hydnocarpus kurzii
Juglans regia
Mesua ferrea
Myrstica fragrans
Imported Plants
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Ocimum basilicum
Pimpinella anisum
Piper nigrum
P. longim
Pluntago ovata
Rawolfia serpentina
Rosa damascena
Santalum album
• Solanum nigrum
• Strychnos nux-
vomica Swertia
chirata
• Syzigium
aromaticum
• Tribulus terrestris
• Withania somnifera
R & D Institutes
Institutes
Major Fields
BCSIR Laboratories,
Chittagong
Ethnomedicobotany, Conservation,
Phytochemistry, Pharmacology,
Antimicrobial, Herbal Formulations
BCSIR, Dhaka
Phytovhemistry, Tissue culture
Botany Deptt., Dhaka Univ.
Ethnobotany, Tissue culture
Pharmacy Deptt., Dhaka Univ. Phytocheemistry, Antimicrobial
Chemistry Deptt, Dhaka Univ.
Phytochemistry, Bioactivity
screening
Contd.
Jahangirnagar University
Chittagong University
Ethnopharmacology,
Phytochemistry
Ethnobotany, antimicrobial
IPGMR
Pharmacological screening
BIRDEM
Antidiabetic
BFRI, Chittagong
Ethnobotany
Bangladseh National
Herbarium
Ethnobotany, Biodiversity
Contd.
DEBTEC, Dhaka
Hamdard Laboratories
ACME laboratories
Bangladesh Neem
Foundation
Tissue culture,
conservation
Product evaluation,
Plantation
Anticancer screening
Production & research
Major Achievements
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Amlaki syrup from Emblica officinalis
Tea-cola from tea wastes
Bel ORS from green Aegle marmelos
Scopolamine hydrochloride from Datura
fastusa
• Diosgenin from Costus speciosus
• Oil from Mentha arvensis
Contd.
• Menthol crystal from M. arvensis oil
• Neem tooth powder, paste, soap from
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Hair tonic from indigenous plants
Basak Tea from Adhatoda vasica
Antifungal fraction from plant
Selection of active Antidiabetic plant
POLICIES AND MEASURES BY DIRECTORATE OF
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH MINISTRY
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Drug Evaluation
Adverse reactions
Supply management
Quality assurance
Packing & labeling
Control of
advertisement
• Penalty for manufacturing
& sale of substandard
drugs
• Penalty for unauthorized
import
• Penalty for unperomited
production.
NODAL AGENCY
BCSIR LABORATORIES, CHITTAGONG
(MAIN STATION)
BCSIR, DHAKA
BCSIR, RAJSHAHI
FUNCTIONS OF NODAL AGENCY
Establishment of Website
Collection of Traditional information's
Market survey of Traditional Medicines
Documentation of Traditional knowledge
Budget preparation & creation of budget provision
Formation of an Expert committee
Arrangement of seminars and workshops
Requirements of Technologies
• Establishment of Hospitals with the
Institutes dealt with traditional medicine
• Documentation of traditional knowledge
• Improvement & standardization of
traditional products
• Training of traditional practitioners
• Establishment of clinical trial system
Requirements of Technologies
• Checking of abuse/misuse of traditional
medicines caused by street vendors
• Information & communication technology
• International cooperation
• Formulation technology
• Analytical facilities etc.
BCSIR LABORATORIES, CHITTAGONG