Abstract
The scientific field of pharmacology aims to give a thorough understanding of how medications affect the human body. In Malaysia, the bachelor's degree programme of traditional Malay medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Moxibustion and Tuina, Siddha medicine, homeopathy, chiropractic, and osteopathy contain two credit hours for the subject pharmacology. The student faces a time challenge to understand the broad concept of pharmacology and memorising some important drugs classification. Therefore, using mnemonic is an interesting method to develop and understanding and memorising drug classifications.
TopIntroduction
Traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) dates back to ancient times. It has changed to reflect many philosophical perspectives and cultural antecedents. The fusion of T&CM and Western medicine is still in its infancy in Malaysia. In Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, the first integrated hospital was founded in 2007. It offers cancer patients acupuncture, Malay massage, and herbal therapy. T&CM education in Malaysia has for 50 years been following China’s traditional Chinese medicine education curriculums. Currently, the Division of T&CM, Ministry of Health, and Ministry of Higher Education has approved 11 institutions to offer T&CM education. Students may major in Chinese herbal medicine (traditional Chinese medicine), acupuncture, or other T&CM clinical subjects, such as Tui-na, natural medicine, homeopathy, Malay medicine, Malay massage, ayurveda medicine, chiropractic, reflexology, aromatherapy, and Islamic medicine (Kim, 2017).