Ayurveda gets world wide attention : Governor.

December 5, 2005

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Ayurveda gets acceptance all over the world: Governor

Monday December 5 2005 00:00 IST

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Governor R L Bhatia, on Sunday, said the “green

medicine” approach was getting more acceptances among the people all over the

world because of the recent studies, which proved that polyherbal formulations

having different biological compounds were safer than synthetic medicines.

Inaugurating the fifth national congress on medicinal plants here, he said the

synergic action of polyherbal formulations of ayurveda, minimises or protects

from harmful side-effects of synthetically derived compounds, was the main

reason for the revival of interest in holistic health care approach based on

herbal drugs.

Stating that the preventive, corrective and curative approach was the strength

of ayurveda, he said the foreign invasion followed by colonisation during the

18th century had arrested the development of Indian systems of medicine, as it

failed to imbibe the fast development in other branches of science.

Bhatia said it also faced problems in evaluating the functioning of the system

on scientific basis. But attempts to evaluate and standardise the traditional

medicines with concept and parameters of modern medicines was conceptually wrong

and unethical.

Evaluation of traditional medicines had to be based on theoretical and

conceptual foundation of the Indian system of medicine, but may utilise the

advancement in scientific knowledge and tools, he added.

Stating that the global herbal drug trade runs in to billions of dollars and

projected to reach five trillion US dollar by 2050, the Governor said that

India, with her long tradition in the use of herbal drugs, would have been a

major beneficiary in the global drug market.

Suggesting that India with her vast biological resources, trained manpower and

technological capabilities should capture the opportunity, he pointed out that

technically advanced countries like Germany, France and Japan were exporting

billions of dollars worth herbal produce, which were scientifically validated.

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