Welcome we are glad you are here. We take a great pleasure in inviting you to the 2020 Annual conference on Traditional & Plant Medicine in Dubai, UAE. Our committee has worked to ensure varied sessions such as selected featured speakers, young scientist talks, Exhibition, and networking opportunities. It is based on the Theme: “Spreading traditions & supporting plants: Encouraging New Innovations in Treatment and Rehabilitation”

Market Outline

The worldwide natural medicine market is expected to grow on account of increasing consumer preferences. Herbal supplements have little or no side effects and are proven more effective than conventional supplements that’s the reason number of consumers increasing days by day. Increased demand for herbal and botanical products in multi-formula, combo packs and chewable tablets & capsules is one of the major factors driving the market growth.
Increasing cost of medicine, lower incomes, and cost of healthcare system, have constrained consumers to choose natural supplements that are a more advantageous, less expensive, and more secure choice to get help from afflictions, being mental or physical.

Traditional Japanese Medicine Trends: The Herbal & traditional products in Japan posted current value growth of 1% in 2016 to reach sales of JPY382 billion. While herbal & traditional cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies, herbal & traditional dermatological and herbal & traditional dietary supplements registered an increase in sales, all other categories posted a decline. Herbal/traditional dietary supplements remained the largest category, accounting for a 60% share of overall value sales.

Traditional medicine in Middle East According to one research in Abu Dhabi Traditional medicine broken down into four categories that are: the Prophet, Physicians, Arabs and Elders. This research was done at the Zayed Center for Herbal Research. The Medicine of the Prophet is also known as Teb Al Nabawi. This concerns Quranic references to healing, in addition to what the Prophet Mohammed practiced treating ailments. There is a very famous quote by Prophet Mohammad that is “Allah, the Exalted, has let no disease exist without providing for its cure, except for one ailment, namely, old age”. The Medicine of the Physicians also known as Teb Al Atebba. This category is the legacy of history’s greatest early physicians, upon which much of modern medicine is built. The Medicine of the Arabs also known as Teb Al Arab. This category overlaps with the Medicine of the Physicians, with the addition of techniques that originated in the region, including cupping or hijama. This technique involves removing secretions from the skin under vacuum suction, and patients find relief for many symptoms, including aches and pains,” says prof Barakat (the director general of Health Authority – Abu Dhabi).