Indian public health standards for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy facilities: An assessment

Can the recent public notice by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy be helpful in combating the irrational use of herbal drugs?

Government of India, released a public notice (K.11025/01/2015‑DCC9AYUSH0‑Part) for the consumers and the stakeholders of Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani (ASU) drugs for promoting the safe use of these drugs. It states that these drugs are regulated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and rules there under. Furthermore, it states that these drugs containing potential hazardous constituents of ...

Contribution of world health organization in the global acceptance of Ayurveda

Amongst the mandates of United Nations, health of mankind is the thrust area of UN through World Health Organization (WHO). Planning and execution of policies for mainstreaming of traditional medicines (TRM) of respective countries along with conventional system of medicine (allopathy), first in the country of origin followed by the international arena, is the priority agenda of operations of W...

World Conference on Indian Systems of Medicine: Ayu 2012

Previously, a number of world conferences have been arranged separately by the Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani and Siddha medical fraternities, but this conference will discuss important issues related to all these ‘Indian Systems of Medicine’ under one roof for the very fi rst time. Academicians, scientists, pharmaceutical company representatives, and policy makers from all fraternities wil...

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Biomedicine: A springboard for Integrative Medicine

He suggests Ayurveda, Yoga Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) module to be introduced for MBBS course and the relevant biomedical subjects to be taught to AYUSH graduates. It raises two important issues. • AYUSH is like a cocktail. Unless crosstalk occurs between the ingredients of AYUSH, AYUSH module is not conceivable • Medicine is an applied discipline. Any knowledge area, unl...