Originally published June 8 2005
Indian "alternative" medicines gaining worldwide recognition
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Union Department of Science and Technology in India is considering patenting India's traditional "alternative" medicine practices, such as naturopathy, homeopathy and yoga. Officials say because healthcare is becoming unaffordable – even in the United States – the world may need to turn to a different sort of medicine. Indian officials are seeking to make traditional Indian medicine globally acceptable by meeting WHO standards.
The Union Department of Science and Technology will look at patenting, standardising procedures and quality control for alternative (Indian) medicine, Secretary of the Department, V.S. Ramamoorthy, has said.
"Alternative systems of medicine is definitely in the view of the DST, but we recognise that it is a mandate of the AYUSH [Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy], a wing of the Central Government," Mr. Ramamoorthy said.
He was addressing a national workshop on the standardisation of traditional Indian medicine for global acceptability as per WHO guidelines.
In the last two decades, the system had gained recognition.
Thanks to the global pharmaceutical industry, traditional systems had been brought to the forefront.
Noting that health care was becoming unaffordable even in the U.S., he called for a strategy of adopting reverse pharmacology, which was different from the standard method of screening.
The five-day workshop was organised by the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (Deemed University) [SRMC & RI (DU)] in coordination with the Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University.
The Technology Transfer Division (Drugs and Pharmaceutical), DST, sponsored the workshop.
SRMC & RI (DU) emeritus professor G.P. Dubey said it was the most modern model of medical research and hoped that in due course they would have a new department for Indian medicine.
A. Hannah Rachel Vasanthi, organising secretary, said a memorandum of understanding was signed between SRMC, DST and Rumi Herbals for research on poly herbal formulation for the management of diabetes.
S. Thanikachalam, chairman and director of the Cardiac Care Centre at the Deemed University said the three-year project involved a cost of Rs.
1.15 crores, with the DST providing Rs.
81 lakhs and the industry the remaining sum.
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