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    TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE

    MEDICIE ACT

    RA. 8423
    WHAT IS

    TRADITIONAL
    MEDICINE ?
    TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
    (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine)

    • Comprises medical aspects of


    traditional knowledge that developed
    over generations within the folk beliefs
    of various societies, including
    indigenous peoples, before the era of
    modern medicine.

    • Refers to medical system based on


    traditional, cultural practices of people.
    COMPLEMENTARY AND
    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

    Both terms refers to treatments, like herbs or


    acupuncture that are out of the medical
    mainstream.

    Refers to the use of a non- mainstream practice


    in place of conventional or allopathic medicine.
    COMPLEMENTARY
    • It is the standard treatment. Used together
    conventional or western biomedicine.
    EXAMPLE:

    Aromatherapy
    Acupuncture

    ALTERNATIVE
    • Used instead of standard treatment. It is
    used in place of conventional medicine.

    EXAMPLE:

    Ayurveda Medicine
    Chiropractic
    "TRADITIONAL AND
    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ACT
    (TAMA) OF 1997."

    It is a health care law passed on December 9,


    1997 sponsored by then senator Juan Flavier.
    THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACT ARE AS
    FOLLOWS:

    To develop and coordinate skills


    training courses for various forms
    of traditional and alternative health
    care modalities.
    THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACT ARE AS
    FOLLOWS:

    To promote scientific research and


    develop both traditional and
    alternative healthcare systems that
    directly impact public health care.
    THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACT ARE AS
    FOLLOWS:

    To promote and advocate the use of


    traditional, alternative, preventive
    and curative health care modalities
    that have been proven safe,
    effective, cost effective and
    consistent with government
    standards on medical practice;
    .
    THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACT ARE AS
    FOLLOWS:

    The goal is to establish ethical


    standards and guidelines for
    traditional and alternative
    healthcare practices, including
    manufacturing, quality control, and
    marketing of natural and organic
    products.
    THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACT ARE AS
    FOLLOWS:

    To formulate policies for the


    protection of indigenous and
    natural health resources and
    technology from unwarranted
    exploitation, for approval and
    adoption by the appropriate
    government agencies.
    WHAT CAN THIS ACT DO?
    This law sees to it that the government
    fulfills its responsibility in providing quality
    health care options to every Filipino through
    developing traditional and alternative
    medicinal methods and integrating them into
    the existing national health care system.

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