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Degree in oriental Medicines is a graduation course that is specialized for those who are interested in folklore medicines.

The term Oriental is used to refer the people from East and Southeast Asia (such as those from China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mongolia and Laos).

Folk or traditional medicine was originated from primitive man’s reactions or attitudes to natural events. Magic and witchcraft played an important role here. In these societies, where witchcraft and religious beliefs were of great importance, disease and health were explained by external factors penetrating and harming the body.

People’s efforts to find solutions to these diseases set up the basis of folk medicine. Consequently, in traditional societies opinions on disease and health were born as a part of folk culture. For this reason, practices related to this issue are the realm of anthropology, ethnology and sociology, while technical analysis falls under the disciplines of medicine and pharmacology.

Folk medicine is different rather than to modern medicine. Traditional medicine lives among the people as a part of their culture. In traditional societies, any information about a disease is shared by others. This information is passed through the generations. People learn popular medicine in the same way and they learn other cultural components.

Popular medicine perfectly harmonizes with cultural components. In most cases, the patient either recovers or dies. If he gets well, it is believed that the method of treatment used was a valid one, and this method becomes permanent.

However, the death of the patient does not mean that the method of treatment was unsuitable, only that the patient was beyond its scope.

This course includes 8 Parts of 8 terms.

I. Basics of Oriental Medicine.

II. Philosophy of Oriental Medicine.

III. History of Oriental Medicine.

IV. Physiology of Oriental Medicine.

V. Diagnostics on Ailments in Oriental Medicine.

VI. Treatments of Oriental Medicine.

VII. Pharmacology and Pharmacy of Oriental Medicine.

VIII. Practicals