DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF DIAGNOSTIC PATTERNS FOR VARIOUS DISEASES AMONG TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONERS IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT

Background: Ancestral therapeutic practice describes a group of health care practices and products with a long history of use. It frequently refers to medical knowledge and various diagnostic patterns to treat illness. Traditional practitioners means person who are member of a traditional community and have been practicing traditional knowledge and customary practice. Aim: The aim of the study is to investigate the prevalence and diagnostic patterns followed by traditional medical practitioners in Tirunelveli district. Method: It is a Descriptive study. Information’s are collected from the ten genuine traditional practitioners were interviewed face to face for the study to collect and gain knowledge about their diagnostic patterns. Conclusion: This documentation contributes primary data stored on the indigenous knowledge on diagnostic tools Followed by Traditional Practitioners. Discussion: In this study many important and useful information were collected from traditional practitioner’s diagnostic methodology.