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Medicine word is derived from Latin Word Medicus.

As per definition available on net, Medicine is the science or, Practice of the diagnosis, Treatment & prevention of diseases.

There are many types of medicinal practice available for mankind. Most popular way of medicinal practice known to us is Allopathy. But Below are also medicine system practiced by healers & doctors. Some of them are also widely known and some are little known to us. But all of them has equally good for mankind .

Some of the known medicine systems are:-

1. Allopathy

2. Homoeopathy

3.Ayurvedic

4.Chromopathy

5.Yoga

6. Rajyoga

7.Magnetic Therapy

8.Acupressure

9.Acupunture

10.Water therapy

11. Urine Therapy

12.Unani

13. Reiki

14. Naturopathy

15.Chinese Medicine System

16.Faith Healing

17.Osteopathy

18.Wave therapy or, Taranga Therapy

19.Chiropractic

20.Physiotherapy

21.Music therapy etc.

Ayurvedic Medicines is a  system having historic root connected to Indian subcontinent.

The term “Ayurveda” combines the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). Ayurvedicmedicine, as practiced in India, is one of the oldest systems of medicine inthe world. Many Ayurvedic practices predate written records and were handeddown by word of mouth. Three ancient books known as the Great Trilogy werewritten in Sanskrit more than 2,000 years ago and are considered the main textson Ayurvedic medicine—CarakaSamhita, Sushruta Samhita, and AstangaHridaya.

Ayurvedic medicine (also called Ayurveda) is one of the world’s oldest medicalsystems. It originated in India more than 3,000 years ago and remains one ofthe country’s traditional health care systems. Its concepts about health anddisease promote the use of herbal compounds, special diets, and other uniquehealth practices.

As per Ayurveda, balance of 3 elemental substances ( the doshas - Sanskrit word) results in Health and imbalance results to  diseases or problems. these 3 elemental substances are called as:- Vata, Pitta and Kapha.

Homoeopathy is a very well-known and widely used medicinesystem in today’s world. Homoeopathy is founded by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796 (Approx.200 Years). Homoeopathy is based on doctrine of “like cures like” (similiasimilibus curentur), means  that a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people would cure similar symptoms in sick people.

Hahnemann believed the underlying causes of disease were phenomena that he termed miasms, and that homeopathic preparations addressed these. The preparations are manufactured using a process of homeopathic dilution, in which a chosen substance is repeatedly diluted in alcohol ordistilled water. Dilution typically continues well past the point where nomolecules of the original substance remain.

It is recognised by the World Health Organisation as thesecond largest therapeutic system in use in the world. While it is most popularin India and South America.

Before the medicines are decided upon, their curative powersare discovered by testing them out on healthy human subjects and carefullynoting emotional, mental and physical changes. This is termed a ‘proving’. Thisinformation constitutes the basis for ‘like cures like’, for a medicine’sunique symptom picture must match up with the individual’s unique expression oftheir disease, that is, the present and persisting symptoms of the disease.

In homeopathy two important principles are employed when prescribing medicines:  the minimum dose and the single dose. The use of the minimum dose is based upon theunderstanding that the Minimum & single dose stimulus of the medicine triggers the intrinsic healing response.

Following this principle, doctor give only enough medicine to initiate this healing response and also it has the advantage that it does not produce the gross side effects so often caused by conventional treatments.

Allopathy word derived from the greek word "Allos" means other or different and Plus Pathos means suffering / diseases.

So allopathic means "Other than the disease".

Allopathy concentrate on illness means it looks for the symptomps but not the causes. It has a same pill/medicine for same problem for everyone. It is problem based and it almost don't not focus on individuality of the patient.

Even it has pill/medicine for every side effect.

CHROMOPATHY

This is a therapy, in which a patient is exposed to coloredlight, environment, clothing or food as a vehicle for treating organic disease.Any form of sensory “therapy” in which a patient is exposed to specific coloursin the environment, in clothing or by lighting is chromotherapy. Chromotherapy,sometimes called color therapy, colorology or cromatherapy, is an alternativemedicine method.

Practitioners of ayurvedic medicine believe the body hasseven "chakras", which some claim are 'spiritual centers', and whichare held to be located along the spine. Therapists associates each of thechakras with a single color of the visible light spectrum, along with afunction and organ or, bodily system. According to this view, the chakras canbecome imbalanced and result in physical diseases, but application of theappropriate color can allegedly correct such imbalances.