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eCAM 2007 4(Supplement 1):3-4; doi:10.1093/ecam/nem134
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© 2007 The Author(s).
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

European Traditional Medicine – International Congress – Introductory Statement

Fabio Firenzuoli and Luigi Gori

Center of Natural Medicine, S. Giuseppe Hospital, Az USL 11, Empoli, Italy

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   Why European Traditional Medicine?
 
Traditional medicine (TM) is a large comprehensive term generally used to refer to systems such as traditional Chinese medicine, Indian ayurveda and Unani medicine, and to various forms of indigenous medicine, but also in Europe there is a very long history of traditional medicine that has a respectable historical and scientific dignity, and many European citizens still rely and trust in it for resolution of many minor and sometimes severe diseases. For all these reasons we decided to organize a congress based on the concept of European Traditional Medicine (ETM).

In Europe the dominant health care system is based on allopathic medicine, and also when TM has been partially or fully incorporated into the public health care system like in Tuscany, TM is still termed and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Interconnections between Traditional and Conventional Medicines

Connecting Traditional Medicine with Scientific Care


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