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TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS OF
MEDICINE IN BANGLADESHBY
JASIM UDDIN CHOWDHURY
BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (BCSIR) LABORATORIES,
CHITTAGONG-4220, BANGLADESH
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Area-147570 Sq.Km.Population- 140 mTribals- 27
CHT- 13Chakma, MarmaArea-1.32 m hect.Peoples- 12 m
Northern Dist - 7Santal
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TRADITIONAL PRACTIONERSAyurvedic & Unani :
• Recognized- 6000
• Institutionally Trained 1000
• Unregistered 10000
Homeopathic :
• Registered 25000
• Unregistered 20000
Modern practitioners(Prescribe TM) 500
Traditional/Folk remedies
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Traditional Drug Producers
• Ayurvedic 161
• Unani 261
• Homeopathic 76
• Others (Street vendors) 100
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Institutes of Traditional Medicine
• Homeopathic Medical Colleges 321000
• Unani Medical Colleges 10 60• Ayurvedic Medical Colleges 6
30• Govt. Unani & Ayurvedic
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Major Producers
• Hamdard Laboratories 133
• Sadhana Ousadhaloy 150
• Shakti Ousadhaloy 138
• Ayurvedic Pharma Ltd. 135
• Human Drugs Ltd 28
• National Pharma 16
• Kundeswari 48
• Mujaher 39
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Major Medicinal Plants
• Adhatoda vasica Holarrhena antidysenterica• Aegle marmelos Mentha spicata• Aloe indica Nigella sativa• Azadirachta indica Paederia foetida• Cassia senna Saraca indica• Cinnamomum verum Tamarindus indica• Curcuma longa Terminalia arjuna• Gmelina arborea T. belerica• Hemidesmus indicus T. chebula
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Selected Plants for some diseases
Constipation Indigestion
Aegle marmelos Carica papayaPlantago ovata Paederia foetidaCassia senna Zingiber officinaleCarica papaya Centella asiaticaTerminalia chebula
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Contd...
Parasitic infections
• Ananas sativus• Azadirachta indica• Curcuma longa• Embelia ribes• Glycosmis arborea• Terminalia chebula
Piles
• Terminalia chebula• Aloe indica• Cassia fistula• Carica papaya
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Contd...
Scabies
• 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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Contd...
Teeth & Gum Diseases
• Azadirachta indica
• Murraya koenigii• Psidium guajava• Syzigium aromaticum
Urinary problems
• Aloe indica
• Kalanchoe pinnata• Tinospora cordifolia• Tribulus terrestris
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Contd...
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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Contd...
Cardiac problems
• Allium sativum• Terminalia arjuna• Nerium indicum• Thevetia neriifolia• Urginea indica
Hair tonics
• Wedelia chinensis• Foeniculum vulgare• Lawsonia inermis• Emblica officinalis• Vitex negundo• Allium cepa
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Major Animals used
• Ill Fishes Arthritis/Rheumatism
• Jackels meat ,, ,,
• Cockroach Asthma
• Pigeon Tonic
• Fish/Chicken Vitality
• Lizard oil Rheumatism
• Animal skin Epilepsy
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Major Animals used
• Sheep's milk Tonic
• Pure Ghee Carbuncles/boils
• Honey Preventive/Cough,cold
• Sparrow Aphrodisiac
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Major minerals/metals used
• Rock salt as ingredient/digestive
• Lime stone Scorpion sting
• Copper sulphate Antifungal
• Common salt ORS
• Potassium nitrite as Ingredient
• Laundry soap Gastric pain
• Sulphur Skin diseases
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Traditional Medicine Resource
• Crude Drug market
• Wild habitat
--Forest floor
--Homestead & Fellow land
• Cultivation
• Import
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Abundantly available Plants• Acalypha indica• Achyranthes aspera• Adhatoda vasica• Aegle marmelos• Allium sativum• Alstonia scholaris• Ananas sativus• Azadirachta indica• Calotropis gigantea• Carica papaya
• Cassia alata• Cassia fistula• Centella asiatica• Cephalandra indica• Coriandrum sativum• Curcuma longa• Cyperus rotundus• Eclipta alba• Emblica officinalis• Euphorbia hirta
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Contd.• Mentha spicata• Mikania cordata• Mimosa pudica• Momordica charantia• Moringa oleifera• Ocimum sanctum• Paederia foetida• Phyllanthus niruri• Piper betel
• Psidium guajava• Scoparia dulcis• Solanum
xanthocarpum• Terminalia arjuna• T. chebula• Vitex negundo• Zingiber officinale
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Rare & Threatened Medicinal Plants
• Abroma augusta• Abrus precatorius• Acorus calamus• Andrographis paniculata• Boerhavia diffusa• Dioscorea prazeri• Gloriosa superba• Hemidesmus indicus• Hydnocarpus kurzii
• Kaempferia galanga• Kaempferia rotunda• Ocimum gratisimum• O. basilicum• Plumbago indica• P. zeylanica• Rawolfia serpentina• Tinospora cordifolia• Zingiber purpureum
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Medicinal Plants Exported
• Abroma augusta• Adhatoda vasica• Andrographis
paniculata• Cyperus rotundus• Emblica officinalis• Mimosa pudica
• Saraca indica• Taractogenous kurzii• Terminalia arjuna• T. belerica• T. chebula• Zingiber officinale
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Medicinal Plants Imported
• Acacia arabica• Acorus calamus• Aloe vera• Anethum graveolens• Asparagus racemosuss• Atropa belladona• Berberis vulgaris• Cassia senna• Cinnamomum verum
• C. tamala• Cuminum cyminum• Elettaria cardamomum• Ferula asafoetida• Glycerrhiza glabra• Hydnocarpus kurzii• Juglans regia• Mesua ferrea• Myrstica fragrans
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Imported Plants
• Ocimum basilicum• Pimpinella anisum• Piper nigrum• P. longim• Pluntago ovata• Rawolfia serpentina• Rosa damascena• Santalum album
• Solanum nigrum• Strychnos nux-
vomica Swertiachirata
• Syzigiumaromaticum
• Tribulus terrestris• Withania somnifera
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R & D Institutes
Institutes Major FieldsBCSIR 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, Bioactivityscreening
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Contd.Jahangirnagar University Ethnopharmacology,
PhytochemistryChittagong University Ethnobotany, antimicrobial
IPGMR Pharmacological screening
BIRDEM Antidiabetic
BFRI, Chittagong Ethnobotany
Bangladseh NationalHerbarium
Ethnobotany, Biodiversity
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Contd.
DEBTEC, Dhaka Tissue culture,conservation
Hamdard Laboratories Product evaluation,Plantation
ACME laboratories Anticancer screening
Bangladesh NeemFoundation
Production & research
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Major Achievements
• 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
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Contd.
• Menthol crystal from M. arvensis oil
• Neem tooth powder, paste, soap from Azadirachta indica
• Hair tonic from indigenous plants
• Basak Tea from Adhatoda vasica• Antifungal fraction from plant
• Selection of active Antidiabetic plant
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POLICIES AND MEASURES BY DIRECTORATE OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH MINISTRY
• Penalty for manufacturing & sale of substandard drugs
• Penalty for unauthorized import
• Penalty for unperomitedproduction.
• Drug Evaluation
• Adverse reactions
• Supply management
• Quality assurance
• Packing & labeling
• Control of advertisement
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NODAL AGENCY
BCSIR LABORATORIES, CHITTAGONG(MAIN STATION)
BCSIR, DHAKA BCSIR, RAJSHAHI
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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
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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
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Requirements of Technologies
• Checking of abuse/misuse of traditional medicines caused by street vendors
• Information & communication technology
• International cooperation
• Formulation technology
• Analytical facilities etc.
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BCSIR LABORATORIES, CHITTAGONG