9^th International Conference & Exhibition on Herbal & Traditional Medicine October 09-10, 2023 Dublin, Ireland

Session 1: Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicine (also herbalism) is the study of the botany and use of medicinal plants. Plants have been the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine is still widely practiced today. Modern medicine makes use of many plant-derived compounds as the basis for evidence-based pharmaceutical drugs. Products made from botanicals, or plants, that are used to treat diseases or to maintain health are called herbal products, botanical products, or phytomedicines. A product made from plants and used solely for internal use is called an herbal supplement. The scope of herbal medicine is sometimes extended to include fungal and bee products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts. The investigation or utilization of restorative herbs to anticipate and treat maladies and afflictions or to advance wellbeing and mending. Home grown medication is additionally called as Botanicals, Phytotherapy.

Related Associations

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 2: Herbal Cosmetics

The herbal cosmetics are the preparations containing phytochemical from a variety of botanical sources, which influences the functions of skin and provide nutrients necessary for the healthy skin or hair. The use of natural excipients to deliver the bioactive agents has been hampered by the synthetic materials. However advantages offered by these natural excipients are their being non-toxic, less expensive and freely available. The performance of the excipients partly determines the quality of the medicines. These products range from proteins, vitamins, minerals, pure compounds and natural based used in capsules, tablets to foods that contain fortified bioactive ingredients.

Related Associations

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 3: Traditional  Medicine

Traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness. Traditional medicine is, therefore, used mainly to distinguish the ancient and culture-bound healthcare practices, which existed before the application of science to health matters in official modern scientific medicine or allopathy.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 4: Modern Medicine

Integrative prescription/ Modern medicine is recuperating focused pharmaceutical that assesses the entire individual (body, psyche, and soul), including all parts of way of life. It accentuates the restorative relationship and makes utilization of all proper treatments, both traditional and option. The field of integrative wellbeing reaffirms the significance of the relationship amongst expert and patient, concentrates all in all individual, is educated by proof, and makes utilization of all proper helpful methodologies, medicinal services experts and callings to accomplish ideal wellbeing and recuperating. Basically, integrative wellbeing and drug offer prescribed procedures for ideal wellbeing and mending.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 5: Ethnomedicine

Ethnomedicine is a related study of ethnic groups and their use of drugs. Ethnomedicine is distinctly linked to plant use, ethnobotany, as this is the main delivery of pharmaceuticals. Ethnomedicine deals with the interdisciplinary studies between medicinal plants and its uses in different cultural for their therapeutic values. It is based on the combination of the chemical, biological, and pharmacological sciences, which have been considered as a useful tool for natural product based drug discovery.

Related Association:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 6:  Naturopathic Medicines

Naturopathy is an Alternative treatment method it includes Herbal treatment, Diet therapy and Homeopathy. Natural treatments re-establish the body's inborn capacity to heal itself without the adverse impacts of conventional drug. Naturopathy is distinct primary health care system that mixes cutting edge logical information with customary and normal types of prescription. Naturopathic Medicine emphasizes all encompassing, preventive care by concentrating on prevention, optimal health and wellness.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 7:  Holistic Medicine

Holisitic Medicine is a form of healing that considers the whole person -- body, mind, spirit, and emotions -- in the quest for optimal health and wellness. According to the holistic medicine philosophy, one can achieve optimal health -- the primary goal of holistic medicine practice -- by gaining proper balance in life.

Holistic medicine practitioners believe that the whole person is made up of interdependent parts and if one part is not working properly, all the other parts will be affected. In this way, if people have imbalances (physical, emotional, or spiritual) in their lives, it can negatively affect their overall health.           

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 8: Acupuncture

The methods of acupuncture are based on the belief that the body contains patterns of energy flow referred to as qi. Proper, unimpeded flow of qi is believed to be essential for the maintenance of proper health, and needles applied to specific acupuncture points are believed to help correct and balance that flow. Due to its ability to stimulate the central nervous system, acupuncture has the potential to significantly affect the perception of back and neck pain.                                                       

Needle therapy includes the inclusion of to a great degree of thin needles through your skin at key focuses on your body. A key segment of customary Chinese medication, needle therapy is most ordinarily used to treat torment. Conventional Chinese prescription clarifies needle therapy as a system for adjusting the stream of vitality or life drive — known as qi or chi (CHEE) — accepted to course through pathways (meridians) in your body. By embeddings needles into particular focuses along these meridians, needle therapy specialists trust that your vitality stream will re-adjust.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 9:  Ayurveda

Ayurveda is an ancient Alternative healthcare system of natural and holistic medicine, it is created from Vedas. All Ayurveda writings are composed in Sanskrit, When translated from Sanskrit, Ayurveda means “the science of life” (the Sanskrit root ayur means “longevity” or “life” and veda means “science”). Ayurveda analyse the disease by heartbeat, tongue, discourse, touch, appearance, vision, pee, and stool.

Ayurvedic physicians prescribe individualized treatments, including compounds of herbs or proprietary ingredients, and diet, exercise, and lifestyle recommendations. Ayurvedic products are made either of herbs only or a combination of herbs, metals, minerals, or other materials in an Ayurvedic practice called rasa shastra.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 10: Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry

Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy which are identified with the therapeutic plants. Pharmacognosy is the examination of medications from consistent sources. The American Society of Pharmacognosy describes as "the examination of the physical, compound, biochemical and natural properties of pharmaceuticals, medicine substances or potential meds or solution substances of regular initiation and also the search for new prescriptions from typical sources. Phytochemistry is the strict sentiment the word the examination of phytochemicals. These are chemicals gotten from plants. In a little sense, the terms are consistently used to portray the broad number of discretionary metabolic blends found in plants.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 11: Pain Management

Needle therapy includes the inclusion of to a great degree of thin needles through your skin at key focuses on your body. A key segment of customary Chinese medication, needle therapy is most ordinarily used to treat torment. Conventional Chinese prescription clarifies needle therapy as a system for adjusting the stream of vitality or life drive — known as qi or chi (CHEE) — accepted to course through pathways (meridians) in your body. By embedding needles into particular focuses along these meridians, needle therapy specialists trust that your vitality stream will re-adjust. Conversely, numerous Western experts see the needle therapy indicates as spots invigorate nerves, muscles and connective tissue. Some trust that this incitement supports your body's characteristic painkillers and expands bloodstream.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 12: Homeopathy

Homeopathy, or homeopathic medicine, is a holistic system of treatment that originated in the late eighteenth century. The name homeopathy is derived from two Greek words that means "like disease". The system is based on the idea that substances that produce symptoms of sickness in healthy people will have a curative effect when given in very dilute quantities to sick people who exhibit those same symptoms. Homeopathic remedies are believed to stimulate the body's own healing processes. Homeopaths use the term "allopathy," or "different than disease", to describe the use of drugs used in conventional medicine to oppose or counteract the symptom being treated.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 13:  Ethnopharmacology

Ethnopharmacology is a related study of ethnic groups and their use of drugs. Ethnopharmacology is distinctly linked to plant use, ethnobotany, as this is the main delivery of pharmaceuticals. Ethno pharmacology deals with the interdisciplinary studies between medicinal plants and its uses in different cultural for their therapeutic values. It is based on the combination of the chemical, biological, and pharmacological sciences, which have been considered as a useful tool for natural product based drug discovery.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Session 14: Quality Control and Marketing of Herbal Products

Over the past decade, herbal medicine has become a topic of increasing global importance, with both medical and economic implications. In developing countries, as much as 80% of the indigenous populations depend on traditional systems of medicine and medicinal plants as their primary source of healthcare.

The global herbal supplements and remedies market is to hit $93.15 billion by 2015. According to research from Global Industry Analysts the global herbal supplement and remedy industry is forecast to exceed $105 billion by 2017.

Phytotherapeutic specialists are institutionalized home grown arrangements comprising of complex blends of at least one plant which contain as dynamic fixings plant parts or plant material in the unrefined or prepared state. A checked development in the overall phytotherapeutic advertises has happened in the course of the most recent 15 years.

Related Associations:

American Holistic Medical Association; European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association; European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK

Herbal medicines are a type of dietary supplements extracted from different parts of the plant extracts such as leaves, bark, seeds, berries, and roots. Herbal medicines are available in various dosage forms such as tablets, extracts, dried plants, and other forms.

With the slowdown in world economic growth, the Herbal Medicine industry has also suffered a certain impact, but still maintained a relatively optimistic growth, the past four years, Herbal Medicine market size to maintain the average annual growth rate of 11.53% from 107229 million $ in 2013 to 148774 million $ in 2016, Bis Report analysts believe that in the next few years, Herbal Medicine market size will be further expanded, we expect that by 2022, The market size of the Herbal Medicine will reach 216749 million $.

Market value of Alternative healthcare:

In Europe:

There is a strong market for herbal medicinal products in Europe. Germany and France are the area's market pioneers. In 2015, German buyers burned through €1.15 billion on self-pharmaceutical herbal medicinal products. In 2008, France held a share of 24% of the European market for herbal medicinal restorative items. The aggregate market size of France has fallen from that point forward, however the nation is as yet the number-two markets in Europe.

Interest for natural restorative items is developing in East European markets, for example, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Romania. Outside of the European Union, Russia is the primary showcase.

In Asia and Middle East:

The worldwide market for home grown medications at present stands at over US $ 60 billion every year and is developing consistently.

In China, traditional herbal preparations represent 30%-half of the aggregate therapeutic utilization.

In the US and Europe, natural solutions speak to a noteworthy share of the pharmaceutical market and are incorporated into the general restorative practice. Nonetheless, the market is exceedingly controlled and to a great degree hard to enter, as organizations need to finish through thorough tests before large scale manufacturing. In nations, for example, France, Germany, UK and India, herbal supplements alongside pharmaceuticals, are sold in drugstores.

There is additionally an expanded interest for herbal and botanical products in multi recipe and combo stuffed configuration, and additionally for chewable cases and tablets.

In America:

The global alternative & complementary medicine market was esteemed at USD 40.32 billion in 2015. Inferable from the expanding support by the masses, expanded use of conventional remedial strategies has an extension for impressive development in the coming decade. It was evaluated that over 60% of the worldwide populace utilizes a few or the other type of conventional pharmaceutical starting at 2015.

Worldwide Statistics (International): -

• International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR)
• International Society for Complementary Medicine Research
• Society for Ethnopharmacology
• Herb Society of America
• Indian board of Alternative Medicine
• Research council for Complementary Medicine
• International Veterinary Acupuncture Society
• International Cannabis and Cannabinoids Institute Center of Excellence
• Natural Health Products Research Society of Canada
• Australian Traditional Medicine Association (ATMS)
• British Acupuncture Council (BAcC)
• The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK
• European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association
• European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association National Association
• American Holistic Medical Association
• St. Louis Herb Society
• Herb Society of America
• Herb Society of Manitoba