Thirdly, there are many anecdotes of healing of various diseases by traditional methods where Orthodox Medicine seems to have failed. Fourthly, it is government policy to integrate Traditional and Orthodox Medicines as part of its overall health delivery system for maximum benefit. The differences in philosophical approaches of the two systems. The two systems work under different philosophies and that has made acceptability of TM by Orthodox Medicine practitioners difficult. Very little scientific knowledge is available on the safety and efficacy of traditional medical remedies.
Many traditional practitioners keep their information secrete as family assets.
They also do not trust that they can benefit from such shared information in the future. They fear the lost of their intellectual property. Again, though government has no objection to the spiritual component of Traditional Medicine practices and allows them to operate, their role in the integration process is not yet defined. Apart from few informal short training programmes as part of our Primary Health Care strategy, there are no established institutions for the formal training of Traditional Medicine practitioners. There is also no training programme for orthodox medicine practitioners in Traditional Medicine.