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Preference Towards Homeopathy Among People in Salem, Tamil Nadu
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AUTHOR(S)
V. Vetriselvan, Dr. G. Yoganandan
KEYWORDS
Awareness, Homeopathy, Medical, Perception, Practices, Preference, Public,
ABSTRACT
In today’s scenario, people prefer to take different types of medicines in order to cure their disease. Ancient medicines that were followed years ago are again come into practice and has gained importance among the public. Homeopathy is one the traditional medicine that has reached people especially young generation. Since it does not have any severe treatment and free from side effects most of them prefer to undertake homeopathy. This study was an attempt to explore to what extent the public is aware of homeopathy and its popularity among them. The study was carried out in Salem district of Tamil Nadu with the sample size of 400 general public. The tools used for the study were descriptive analysis and weighted average method. The study concludes that large number of people now prefers homeopathy treatment. The detail of the survey including more population had positively given a better idea of the preferences of the public.
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