Ayush

Kolkata-based Emami group, which manufactures many Ayurvedic based cosmetics, has entered into MoU with the Uttarakhand government, which will materialize the pioneering facility named ‘ayush gram’ at Bhawali sanatorium located in the scenic locales of Kumaon.

There was a tough fight between the communist China and democratic India over acquiring the patent for influenza medicine, which is prepared with the help of ‘Pudina’ (mint) and 'Kalamegha' (andrographis).

Today, the wellness and healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. But so far it is unregulated and prone to swindlers under the garb of this industry. Hence, Quality Council of India (QCI)’s National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Healthcare Providers, (NABH) has initiated a programme of accreditation of wellness centres in India. Gyms, spas, cosmetic and skin treatment centres will now get legal authorisation from QCI.

The widespread drift to traditional medication has made the Kashmiri government decide favorably on the development of Department of Indian System of Medicines (ISM). Mr. Sham Lal Sharma, the Minister for Health, Horticulture and Floriculture also said that the government has set apart Rs. 16 crore with the aim of nurturing medicinal plants essential for the conventional mode of treatment.

The implementation of alternative systems of medicine in AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries has earned the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), but with certain modifications. This announcement, which came on Thursday, ascribed the purpose of this approval to sustenance and mainstreaming of alternate medicine under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).  

Karnataka will soon have five Ayurveda research institutes. This was announced by Director of AYUSH GN Srikantaiah at a felicitation ceremony organised by Karnataka Rajya Ayurveda Padhavidharara Parishat, Ayurveda Prachara Parishat Trust and Vaidyavartha Prakashana in Mysore, on Sunday. 

While the vaccine for swine flu is still awaited officially, our very own homeopathy and other alternative therapies have come up with remedies from the kitchen to keep the flu at bay.
 
The faith of people seems to be reinstated in the alternative therapies of Ayurveda, Unani and homeopathy as IR Perumal, principal secretary of Health and Family Welfare Services, assured them that flu prevention is possible by building immunity with the consistent use of alternative remedies.

ESIC Hospital in Ludhiana has introduced AYUSH facility within its premises. This facility is meant for those patients who would prefer to get treatment under the alternative medical therapies like homeopathy and Ayurveda. 

In the recent past, it has been noticed that many clinics offer wrong Ayurveda treatments. Such clinics claim to cure all the diseases ranging from the recent pandemic, swine flu, to diabetes. This has raised an alarm in the Health Ministry and they are in the process of releasing new regulations. More essential than these regulations is the need to spread awareness about these therapies.

In a move that would get kudos from practitioners and believers in Indian systems of alternative medicines, especially Ayurveda, the Indian government has revealed that it is in a process that would allow the standardization of the practice and procedures of Ayurveda, especially Panchkarma globally.