News in an Indian newspaper

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Dear Simoneji

This is a news item which has appeared in a leading English newspaper in India

"The Hindu"

Om Nama Shivaya

Vipin

 

"Multinationals eyeing patent on rudraksha? "

 

Rudraksha, used in the traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine, may be in for a

different treatment soon. A multinational pharmaceutical company is understood

to have initiated steps to gain patent rights over rudraksha, the seed of the

tree known as Elaeocarpus ganitrus, in botanical terms. Another international

jewellery firm has reportedly come up with diamond-studded rudraksha ornaments.

The rudraksha seed and its `pericarp' are used in Ayurvedic medicines for curing

psychiatric disorders, hypertension and gastrointestinal diseases. The tree is

generally found in the Himalayas, Nepal, Varanasi, Dehra Dun, etc. The medicinal

values of rudraksha are mentioned in Ayurvedic texts such as `Ashtanga

Hrudayam', according to Ayurvedic doctors.

The fully-grown fruit in dried form, known as bead, appears in multi-faces or

`mukhas' due to the dividing lines from one side to the other. The value of the

rudraksha depends on the number of faces it possesses.

Ancient sages had worn rudraksha beads and the practice has been followed by

prominent politicians, bureaucrats et al. The beads are believed to give peace

of mind and more inner strength. Subas Rai, a researcher at the Benaras Hindu

University, has published a book, `Rudraksha -- properties and biomedical

implications'. He had studied the magnetic properties, inductance and

capacitance of the beads.

According to Mr. Rai, ``electrical signals over the body surface vary from

region to region and differ for both halves of the body due to varying magnitude

of ionic currents involved in the functioning of different cell tissues, nerves

and organs. Fluctuation in these signals beyond certain limits results in

disease symptoms. Different electrical signals are used to cure many diseases.

Such bio-effects are mediated through sensory and other nerves. Rudraksha beads

as capacitors with body by virtue of giving output signals with amplitudes

specific to mukhi of the beads and to body organs helps the bio-system to attain

normal health condition''.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, Vipinji!

 

Rudraksham cannot be patented, because they are a natural product. However,

medications and other products created from rudraksham can be patented.

 

I am aware that a number of pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. and Europe have

been studying a particular chemical component of rudraksham with regeard to

neurological, anti-inflammatory, and anti-bacterial/anti-fungal applications.

 

Some Australian concerns have also been studying the medicinal properties of

quadongs (is that the correct word?) which are Australian varieties of

Elaeocarpus.

 

Thanks!

 

 

, vipin kannan

<vipinendran> wrote:

> Dear Simoneji

> This is a news item which has appeared in a leading English newspaper in India

"The Hindu"

> Om Nama Shivaya

> Vipin

>

> "Multinationals eyeing patent on rudraksha? "

>

> Rudraksha, used in the traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine, may be in for a

different treatment soon. A multinational pharmaceutical company is understood

to

have initiated steps to gain patent rights over rudraksha, the seed of the tree

known

as Elaeocarpus ganitrus, in botanical terms. Another international jewellery

firm has

reportedly come up with diamond-studded rudraksha ornaments.

> The rudraksha seed and its `pericarp' are used in Ayurvedic medicines for

curing

psychiatric disorders, hypertension and gastrointestinal diseases. The tree is

generally found in the Himalayas, Nepal, Varanasi, Dehra Dun, etc. The medicinal

values of rudraksha are mentioned in Ayurvedic texts such as `Ashtanga

Hrudayam',

according to Ayurvedic doctors.

> The fully-grown fruit in dried form, known as bead, appears in multi-faces or

`mukhas' due to the dividing lines from one side to the other. The value of the

rudraksha depends on the number of faces it possesses.

> Ancient sages had worn rudraksha beads and the practice has been followed by

prominent politicians, bureaucrats et al. The beads are believed to give peace

of mind

and more inner strength. Subas Rai, a researcher at the Benaras Hindu

University, has

published a book, `Rudraksha -- properties and biomedical implications'. He had

studied the magnetic properties, inductance and capacitance of the beads.

> According to Mr. Rai, ``electrical signals over the body surface vary from

region to

region and differ for both halves of the body due to varying magnitude of ionic

currents involved in the functioning of different cell tissues, nerves and

organs.

Fluctuation in these signals beyond certain limits results in disease symptoms.

Different electrical signals are used to cure many diseases. Such bio-effects

are

mediated through sensory and other nerves. Rudraksha beads as capacitors with

body by virtue of giving output signals with amplitudes specific to mukhi of the

beads

and to body organs helps the bio-system to attain normal health condition''.

>

>

> Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

>

>