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Ministry of Indigenous Medicine

INDIGENOUS  MEDICINE IN SRI LANKA Sri Lanka is a country of rich heritage, of which one is indigenous system of Medicine practiced by the people since time immemorial. The traditional system of medicine called Desheeya Chikitsa is popularly known as the Indigenous system of medicine in Sri Lanka enriched with contributions of the Ayurveda system of medicine from North India, the Siddha system of medicine from South India and the Unani system of medicine of Arabs.

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VISION - THE MINISTRY VISION - THE MINISTRY OF INDIGENOUS OF INDIGENOUS

MEDICINEMEDICINE

A healthy and prosperous nation for contributing to the development of the

country through Indigenous Systems of

Medicine (ISM)

      

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MISSON - MINISTRY OF MISSON - MINISTRY OF INDIGENOUS MEDICINEINDIGENOUS MEDICINE

To achieve the quality of life To achieve the quality of life by contributing to physical, by contributing to physical,

mental, social, economic and mental, social, economic and spiritual well-being of the spiritual well-being of the

people of Sri Lanka by people of Sri Lanka by adopting professional adopting professional

excellence in Indigenous excellence in Indigenous Systems of Medicine (ISM)Systems of Medicine (ISM)

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The GoalImproving the health status

of the Sri Lankan people through best practices of

traditional, indigenous and other knowledge systems

while preserving the identity and strengthening the role

and contribution of the Indigenous Systems of Medicine (ISM) in the

National Healthcare System.

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OBJECTIVES - 1OBJECTIVES - 1To expand, re-structure, strengthen and To expand, re-structure, strengthen and rationalize the present Care Services rationalize the present Care Services network of the Government and Private network of the Government and Private Sectors as required ensuring the quality of Sectors as required ensuring the quality of Care Services with the object of enhancing Care Services with the object of enhancing the public confidence and client satisfaction the public confidence and client satisfaction regarding the Healthcare Services pertaining regarding the Healthcare Services pertaining to the Indigenous Systems of Medicine.to the Indigenous Systems of Medicine.

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OBJECTIVES - 2OBJECTIVES - 2To encourage the process of subjecting the staff To encourage the process of subjecting the staff to an excellent treatment to acquire a maximum to an excellent treatment to acquire a maximum health standard by strengthening the auxiliary health standard by strengthening the auxiliary services required for the providing of quality services required for the providing of quality services in the government and private sector.services in the government and private sector.

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OBJECTIVES - 3OBJECTIVES - 3To strengthen the ability of evidence based decision making for the development of health in Establishments, Departments and Bordeaux relating to Indigenous Medical field.

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OBJECTIVES - 4OBJECTIVES - 4To enhance the community and society participation in To enhance the community and society participation in the Healthcare Process through the expansion of the the Healthcare Process through the expansion of the understanding of clients regarding their rights and understanding of clients regarding their rights and responsibilities.responsibilities.

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OBJECTIVES - 5OBJECTIVES - 5To strengthen the management capabilities at Central, To strengthen the management capabilities at Central, Provincial and District level in a manner to enhance the use Provincial and District level in a manner to enhance the use of responsibilities and management capabilities and of responsibilities and management capabilities and capacities of the decentralized Care Services.capacities of the decentralized Care Services.

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OBJECTIVES - 6OBJECTIVES - 6To strengthen Research activities enabling the To strengthen Research activities enabling the contribution to a programme to ensure the quality contribution to a programme to ensure the quality of services and products pertaining to the of services and products pertaining to the Indigenous Systems of Medicine.Indigenous Systems of Medicine.

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OBJECTIVES - 7OBJECTIVES - 7To strengthen the partnership of the To strengthen the partnership of the Government and private sectors through Government and private sectors through the establishment of a regulatory the establishment of a regulatory structure for encouraging investment to structure for encouraging investment to make more efficient the services of the make more efficient the services of the Private Sector and to protect the quality Private Sector and to protect the quality of such services.of such services.

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OBJECTIVES - 8OBJECTIVES - 8To upkeep an efficient, reasonable and economical care To upkeep an efficient, reasonable and economical care service to the satisfaction of the clients by encouraging service to the satisfaction of the clients by encouraging the political leadership, policy makers, managers, the political leadership, policy makers, managers, advisors, evaluators and investors to develop such advisors, evaluators and investors to develop such Care Service by continuous utilization of quality Care Service by continuous utilization of quality information.information.

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OBJECTIVES - 9OBJECTIVES - 9To take steps to conserve and develop To take steps to conserve and develop hereditary and traditional knowledge and hereditary and traditional knowledge and practices of Indigenous Systems of Medicine.practices of Indigenous Systems of Medicine.

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OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVES - 10S - 10To improve, To improve, encourage and encourage and generate the financial generate the financial sources of all levels, sources of all levels, for strengthening the for strengthening the financial feasibility to financial feasibility to develop infrastructure develop infrastructure facilities as required facilities as required to maintain the Care to maintain the Care Services in the field of Services in the field of Indigenous Medicine.Indigenous Medicine.

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Rehabilitation Preservation Development Promotion Advancement

Scope of ActivitiesScope of Activities

of Indigenous Systems of Medicineof Indigenous Systems of Medicine

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Institutes under the Ministry of Indigenous Institutes under the Ministry of Indigenous MedicineMedicine

• Department of AyurvedaDepartment of Ayurveda • National Institute of Traditional National Institute of Traditional MedicineMedicine• Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurveda Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurveda Research InstituteResearch Institute• Ayurveda Medical CouncilAyurveda Medical Council • Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs CorporationCorporation• Homeopathy HospitalHomeopathy Hospital

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Health Institutions and Facilities

Category Government Provincial Council

Local Authorities

Hospitals 03 49 -

Central Dispensaries

01 159 -

Free Ayurvedic Dispensaries

- - 230

Medicinal Plants Gardens

06 - -

Total 09 208 230

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The Challenges Imbalance in the health delivery

system Insufficient attention towards

preventive services Human Resources Development Preservation of traditional

knowledge Inadequacy of legal instruments Inadequacy of scientific research Standardization of Ayurvedic Drugs Lack of National Policy for

cultivation of herbs Promotion of the herbal industry

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Traditional Medicinal Knowledge ManagementTraditional Medicinal Knowledge Management

• Implementation of Contributory pension scheme Implementation of Contributory pension scheme for Traditional ayurvedic practitionersfor Traditional ayurvedic practitioners

• Establishment of Traditional Research Hospital and Museum

• Implementing Grukula Programme to conserve the traditional knowledge

•Conducting Training programes for traditional practitioners

Identification of Traditional Practitioners who serve grate service to the Country

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Human Resource Development

The main arm of training in this sector is the National Institute of Traditional Medicine. This institute is conducting training programs for Traditional Physicians, Medical Officers, Other staffs and communities. There are 7 Divisions for training as follows ;

Traditional Medicine Division Management Development Training Division Drugs Production Development Training Division Medicinal Plant Division Community Health care Division Nutrition & School programs Division Information & Statistics Division

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Herbal Medicinal Product Development

Cultivation of medicinal plants and establishment of herbal gardens to make the medicinal plants freely available and taking the pressure off from the natural habitats of the medicinal plants

Preparation of legal frame work to restrict the valuable plants from Sri Lanka

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Regulatory Issues - Repealing the Ayurvedic Act no 31 0f 1961

- Establishment of Ayurvedic Medical Council

- Registration of traditional medical practitioners under ayurvedic medical practitioners

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Protection of Traditional knowledge - Implementing the programe to conserve the knowledge which come

from family heritage (Gurukula programme)

- Conserve Ola leaves in which secret formulas had written

- Publishing hand books on home remedies

- Conducting awaremess programe to make the people aware of using home remedies and

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