1. INTRODUCTION The scope of alternative medicine has been increased with increase of human diseases worldwide. The new avenues of treatment by natural medicine have been increased and a shift towards the alternative medicine has been seen, according to WHO 20001. All the fruits created by God are beneficial to human, among them Papaya has large medicinal and nutritional values1. Papaya belongs to Caricaceae Family of plants, commonly available in Pakistan, mostly cultivated in India,North America,and tropical countries of south asia2.The whole papaya and its fruit, leaves, stem and seeds are full of nutritional and medicinal components like calcium, folate, iron, vitamin C, Chymopapain, papain and lot of other elements. Papaya is commonly used for the treatment of chronic indigestion,fever,diarrhea,boils,for hypertension and as antioxidant.anticancer,for anti fungal,anti-ulcer,and having the properties of anti HIV,anti-malarial and for management of diabetes and for other diseases2. …show more content…
Papaya contains high amount of Carbohydrate 9.81g (as per 100 g of Papaya) ,Antioxidants like Vitamin C 61.8mg, Vitamin A 55µg and vitamin B1 Thiamine,B2 Ribofalvin,B3Niacin, Vitamin B6 total 0.528mg; the minerals( calcium, magnesium, potassium and iron total 297mg); folate and fiber1.8g3-12-13. Studies on Papaya seeds suggests that it is a good source of iron and vitamins, indicates the nutritional and functional properties of the
Murray, Michael T., Joseph E. Pizzorno, and Lara Pizzorno. "The Healing Power of Nuts and Seeds." The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods. New York: Atria, 2005. N. pag. Print.
Alternative medicine could attractiveness to metaphysical beliefs so will the medical care however on milder and additional scientifically primarily based approach. nonetheless the information applied in medical care still cannot hide the actual fact that it tends to take hold non-scientific
In today’s world, many people assume that the latest medical technology and treatments are always the best option. However, all over the world, different techniques for curing diseases and aliments are being used. These methods fall under the category of complementary and alternative medicine.
For roughly 30 years the Puna District of Hawaii had been a safe haven from the devastating effects of the papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). Suddenly, in the early nineties, 95% of Hawaii's second largest crop became threatened when PRSV arrived in the Puna District (Gonsalves et al. 1998). Researchers at the University of Hawaii and Cornell University had anticipated that this day would come, so in preparation they began developing a PRSV resistant papaya using newly developed genetic engineering techniques. The initial fruit of their labors was "SunUp", a transgenic papaya created using biolistics to insert the coat protein genes from PRSV into a non-transgenic variety of papaya known as "Sunset". As a result of the insertion, SunUp has resistance to PRSV. The next step was "Rainbow", an F1-hybrid derived by crossing the transgenic SunUp papaya with the non-transgenic "Kapoho" papaya. Rainbow combines the PRSV resistance of its transgenic parent with the yellow flesh, preferred by consumers, of its non-transgenic parent.
Nowadays, complementary alternative medicine is very popular in the United States. It is widely used by adults and children. National health statistic reports done in 2007 shows that 38.3% of adults and 11.8% of children use some form of alternative medicine (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016). But why is this happening? Why is it becoming so popular? Why are more people turning to it? Many times, this is because conventional medicine has not work and they want to try an alternative. That is the case of the author of this paper.
For many centuries, humanity has been on an eternal quest for cures and treatments for many chronic conditions. At the present time, conventional medicine is mostly performed by doctors and other health care professionals, with the extensive use of pharmaceutical drugs, surgery or radiation treatments for disease treatment. Conversely, even though not as popular, complementary and alternative medicine and treatment options are slowly gaining popularity and becoming an addition to traditional medicine.
Pumpkin helps you have healthy hair and glowing skin. It has vitamins B C and E just to list a few. Pumpkin is a very good source of vitamin c , it helps protect skin from wrinkles and skin cancer. Pumpkin has enzymes and alpha hydroxy acids. There is zinc on pumpkin seeds which helps heal skin. It treats dull skin , pigmentation and aging skin. Pumpkin seeds boost the energy levels off your body. Some people say that pumpkin is called brain food. Pumpkin seeds are used to help fight against depression in seven countries.
Chia seed is a good source of vitamin "B", calcium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and copper. As a source of protein chia, after ingestion, is digested and absorbed very easily, this is as rapid transport to tissues and utilization by the cells.
They contain numerous antioxidants and fibers that can help in the treatment of many digestive conditions, including dysentery, gastric ulcers and acute diarrhea.
It is surprising to know the number of health benefits that Pumpkin Seeds can offer considering its nutrient value. Due to the increased magnesium content, there are very helpful to the cardiovascular system. They also contain nutrients and chemicals that aid brain functions and relieve stress and depression.
Over the centuries, several treatment methods have been utilized by humans for remedy diseases when they caught. Two of them are modern medicine and traditional medicine. Traditional medicine, which is also called alternative treatment, is older than modern medicine. This effective treatment had been used for many centuries before modern medicine was found. On the contrary, modern medicine has been used since the 1900’s (Lyons). In this system, drugs’ tests are carefully done in the safe laboratories, and their side effects are identified before they are given to the patient. Moreover, the effects of the pills are written on the leaflets which are found in the drug packages to warn the patients for these effects. However, sometimes the side effects are not blocked, so people have to take another pill to get better. It makes people take more chemicals into their bodies. Even traditional medicine, give its place to the modern medicine when its beginning times, it is used efficaciously like modern medicine at the present time. In course of time, people will gain reliance on traditional medicine again, since alternative medicine is more efficient and powerful in order to get better and soothe the diseases than modern medicine. In fact, in traditional medicine, there are fewer drugs, side effects, holistic therapy that people can be availed.
Herbal remedies’ qualities are widespread availability, lower cost, effective for chronic conditions. Herbal remedies are the use of plants or plant extract to treat a person’ overall health. Herbal treatments are prominent for developing countries for instance, “in Africa up to 90% and in India 70% of the population depend on traditional medicine to help meet their health care needs” (Wachtel-Galor & Benzie, 2011), due to their low cost and availability. Herbal remedies have gained attention in the past decades, and expanding their uses due to the increased interest of natural therapies (Wachtel-Galor & Benzie, 2011). Herbs used on the remedies grow in the wild throughout the world, therefore making it easy to
http://www.susantannermd.com/articles/benefits-of-natural-medicine.html#.VivAwH6rS00 In a perfect world, alternative medicine and conventional medicine would find ways to co-exist. Helping people balance the benefits of using both. If the world we live in could only find the proper remedy in using both approaches to overall healing, we would have longer life spans. However, today’s society does not allow these medical treatments to co-exist and Americans tend to pick one form of treatment over the other. WORKS CITED Harter, Leona.
Over the centuries, ancients made use of several treatment methods. Two of them are modern medicine and traditional medicine. Alternative medicine is older than modern one. That effective therapy has used for many centuries on the patience when modern medicine has not occurred in the world. Because it has improved in China, it can be called Traditional Chinese Medicine. In contrast, modern medicine has been in used since 1900’s. In this system, drugs’ testes are done in safety laboratories with care and nicety, and their side effects are located before they are given to the patient. However, sometimes the side effects are not blocked so, people have to take another pill to get better. It makes people to take more chemicals into their bodies. Further, modern medicine has splendid efficacy on the fatal diseases. Even, alternative medicine which people’s ancestors utilized stayed in the background when modern medicine has just found, it works at the present time efficaciously. ****** Therefore, using alternative medicine is more helpful to get better than modern medicine because there are fewer drugs, side effects; there is placebo effect and holistic therapy.
Modern medicine is finally starting to accommodate traditional medicine, though traditional medicine is still overlooked or regarded as a primitive form of treatment, providing nothing but placebo effects. According to the American National Cancer Institute, modern medicine is: