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Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine, (Ayurveda), the traditional medical system of India and Nepal, is the third largest herbal medicine system in the world today. Ayurvedic doctors treat more than 80 percent of the people on the Indian subcontinent and go through extensive training that can last as long as 12 years. Some use the title M.D. (Ayur.) when they come to English speaking countries, while those who have passed the accreditation process of the American Ayurvedic Association are given the title D.Av. Diplomate in Ayurvedic Health Sciences.
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Despite the popularity of herbalism in the West, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, herbal medicine had begun to fall out of favour with the medical profession, which considered it to be unscientific and imprecise. In Britain, professional herbalism survived only through the establishment of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in 1864, which is still flourishing today, and is the oldest register of practising medical herbalists in the world.
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[One] resolution taken by the WHO, supports herbal medicine as being of "great importance" to the health of the individual and their communities. It is estimated that 80 percent of the world's population relies on traditional medicines for a significant part of their health care.
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