Ayurvedic medical therapy is fast catching up in the United Arab Emirates (uae). The newly inaugurated Ayurvedic Herbal Health Centre, the first complete ayurvedic institution in the uae, has

the recent eu directives, which aim to monitor the quality of traditional herbal medicines entering the European market, have sparked off a lively debate in India. One school of thought fears the

Patents are welcome only if the traditional rights of people are protected

There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use

HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that Unani medicines have the potential to cure a host of diseases

A proposal to set up ayurvedic centres in hospitals across the country to treat cancer patients is on the anvil

the government and manufacturers of ayurvedic drugs have decided to work together to increase the demand for Indian ayurvedic cures in the international market. This decision was taken during a

The use of plant materials for preparations of ayurvedic tonics has been known since ancient periods. The use of digestive candies and health tonics are at great demand in India. Further, the enormous use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in developing countries has been of serious concern because of their persistant nature. Herbal products prepared using parts of the plants for human consumption used as drugs, tonics, toiletories, cosmetics etc may also contain significant level of OCP residues.

The Delhi high court has allowed two associations of medical practitioners who do not follow allopathy to become party to a petition seeking a ban on quacks in the capital. The two associations

Panchakarma , an ayurvedic treatment, holds the key to Bhopal gas victims recovery

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