Reflection methods of "traditional medicine" in medical practice in the conditions of Kazakhstan National Public Health formation

Abstract

This paper is devoted to traditional medicine, its role and status in the modern health care and medicine. Traditional medicine is a form of existence and development of culture and medical knowledge having been forming over the centuries. The paper deals with the interactions of science and medicine, its integration possibility into the modern health care system, and the attitude of the state and the public to alternative methods of treatment. It describes definitions and methods of traditional medicine, the reasons for its preservation and popularity, specifies the historical and practical value of this phenomenon during the formation of the national health system in the Republic of Kazakhstan.