Modern Medicine, a gift of Ayurvedic and Avicenna Gone are those days when doctor use to compound medicine and give it to their patients to treat various illness, today the science is developing like nothing, we are talking of bio-medical and state-of-art equipment which identify and cure illness without having one single medication, except some pain killers to overcome some pain. But still today specialized compound medication are in high demand, especially if you travel to Asian countries like Sri Lanka and Malaysia where they have traditional herbs to treat various pains, wipeout birth marks and make you and your skin look fresh and light.

Compound medication is losing its edge due to unprofessional treatment by pharmacist having little or no knowledge about specialized treatment; it comes after years of experience on how to compound medicine that works better than the commercial medication.

Compound medication was discovered in India and was called as Ayurvedic (adapted from Sanskrit). The name "Ayurveda" is made up of two words, ayur and veda referring to life and knowledge respectively. Together they mean "the science of life and longevity". This practice was discovered 1000s of year ago. Local doctors (Vedh) use to research using various herbs to overcome a wide variety of illnesses. Later, this method was adopted by the Germans and even the largest German company was named after Wyeth (Ayurvedh ? Medicine).

Avicenna the founder of modern medicine gave the thought of rightly calculated mixture/compound of medicine to make it into a pill which is easy to swallow and is quick in action.

Now let's analyze the difference between the modern compounds and the traditional compounds of medicine. In this era the medicines are made solely with the help of medical research and all the elements that are added in the mixture are all chemical; thus adding the element of side effects in the medicine which include allergies, nausea, head aches and various other side effects. Whereas on the contrary all the traditional compounds are made with the help of a vast variety of herbs, plants and vegetation mixed together in a proportion to treat the ailment. These medicines are not accompanied by any sort of side effects since it does not carry any chemical element in them.

Some decades ago the trend of medicines shifted towards the modern scientific medicines completely excluding the importance of the herbal medicines. Thus the results were disastrous. But recently, the scientists have realized the value of herbal medicines and they have been busy to shift the trend back to medicines made out of flora. This really does not mean that they will completely abandon the discoveries of the new age medicines but they are busy finding a moderate path where both the medicines can be utilized moderately, benefiting the entire world.

Still today compound pharmacies are well known for its specialized treatment world over