Need for a Holistic Approach to Health Care

Abstract

Due to the complacency of the practitioners of herbal and natural health traditions, the commercial interests found a lucrative opportunity in the drug business. Neglecting the principle of cure, emphasizing just one or two aspects of the therapeutic property of drugs and excelling in chemical standardization, the suppressive approach to medication has been able to overwhelm the other branches of a holistic medical system. The need of the hour is a health care system where there is ample scope for traditional herbal and natural health care supported by professional holistic health centres.