The term "traditional medicine" refers to ways of protecting and restoring health that existed before the arrival of modern medicine with medicinal plants being the world's oldest known health-care products. As the term implies, these approaches to health belong to the traditions of each country and have been handed down from generation to generation. Traditional systems in general had to meet the needs of the local communities for many centuries, so it should be prioritized when situations of conflict come into play. Traditional medicine is based on "a wholistic/holistic approach to life", equilibrium between the mind, body and the environment with an emphasis on health rather than on disease. For its wholistic approach, traditional medicine highlights the importance of prevention, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and avoiding certain risk factors. From this point of view, traditional medicine contributes to improving the quality of life of those who suffer from minor illnesses or from certain incurable diseases. Designed by the constitutional definition of health, this pathway goes beyond the mere absence of disease and introduces a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.
