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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2011, Article ID 151435, 6 pages doi:10.1093/ecam/nen071 Review Article Sustainable Traditional Medicine: Taking the Inspirations from Ancient Veterinary Science Sanjeev Rastogi1, 2 and Krishna Kaphle3 1 State Ayurvedic College Hospital, India 2 Department of Holistic Medicine, BMCRC, Vatsala Hospital, Tulsi Das Marg, Lucknow, India 3 Veterinary Teaching Hospital, IAAS, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Correspondence should be addressed to Sanjeev Rastogi, rastogisanjeev@rediff Received 4 March 2008; Accepted 10 October 2008 Copyright © 2011 S. Rastogi and K. Kaphle. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Rapid reduction in natural resources as a consequence to the expanded urbanization, global warming and reduced natural habitat posed a considerable threat to the sustainability of traditional medicine. Being completely dependent upon natural resources like herbs, minerals and animal products, traditional medicine would possibly rank first in order of extinction of heritage if an alternative way is not considered well in time. In reference to the use of animal products, Ayurveda presents some unique examples where animals are used without causing harm to them and so without posing a threat to their existence. In the current context, when natural resources are facing a threat to their existence, a revisit to these ideas may give us a new insight to refine our look at natural resources used in traditional medicine. 1. Need of Sustainability in Traditional ingredients, which are either