Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Comparative Overview Bhushan Patwardhan1,*, Dnyaneshwar Warude1, P. Pushpangadan2 and Narendra Bhatt3
1Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Pune Pune 411 007, India, 2National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow 226 001, India, and 3Zandu Pharmaceutical Ltd Mumbai 400 025, India
Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medicine (TIM) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remain the most ancient yet living traditions. There has been increased global interest in traditional medicine. Efforts to monitor and regulate herbal drugs and traditional medicine are underway. China has been successful in promoting its therapies with more research and science-based approach, while Ayurveda still needs more extensive scientific research and evidence base. This review gives an overview of basic principles and commonalities of TIM and TCM and discusses key determinants of success, which these great traditions need to address to compete in global markets.
Keywords: Ayurveda – Chinese medicine – complementary and alternative medicine – traditional medicine
*For reprints and all correspondence: Bhushan Patwardhan, PhD, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Pune, Pune 411 007, India. Tel/Fax: +91-20-25691758; E-mail: bhushan@unipune.ernet.in
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Ayurveda drug offers hope for osteo-arthritis
Ayurveda drug offers hope for osteo-arthritis
DECKS have been cleared and ethical approvals taken for the final phase of the multi-centric trial to test an ayurvedic drug formulation for the treatment of osteo-arthritis (OA). This unique trial is sponsored by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)s ambitious New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) project.
This purely herbal ayurvedic drug formulation, which does not use metals, is being tested at four places— Centre for Rheumatic Diseases (CRD) Pune, KEM Hospital and Swami Prakash Anand Ayurved Research Centre at Mumbai, Nizamuddin Institute for Medical Sciences (NIMS) Hyderabad and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
DECKS have been cleared and ethical approvals taken for the final phase of the multi-centric trial to test an ayurvedic drug formulation for the treatment of osteo-arthritis (OA). This unique trial is sponsored by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)s ambitious New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) project.
This purely herbal ayurvedic drug formulation, which does not use metals, is being tested at four places— Centre for Rheumatic Diseases (CRD) Pune, KEM Hospital and Swami Prakash Anand Ayurved Research Centre at Mumbai, Nizamuddin Institute for Medical Sciences (NIMS) Hyderabad and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
Music to treat ailments like asthma and diabetes - Health News - Webindia123.com
Music to treat ailments like asthma and diabetes - Health News - Webindia123.com
The serene and soothing effect of the classical music if played in a definite and researched pattern can cure not only diseases like asthma, spondylitis and diabetes but can also be helpful in removal of complications in the growth of child in mother's womb and normal child delivery.
The serene and soothing effect of the classical music if played in a definite and researched pattern can cure not only diseases like asthma, spondylitis and diabetes but can also be helpful in removal of complications in the growth of child in mother's womb and normal child delivery.
India to teach ayurveda in US- The Times of India
India to teach ayurveda in US- The Times of India
In a major step towards promoting Ayurvedic studies in the US and tapping its 40 billion dollars herbal market, India has cleared the proposal to send experts to teach Ayurveda in 10 American medical colleges.
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In a major step towards promoting Ayurvedic studies in the US and tapping its 40 billion dollars herbal market, India has cleared the proposal to send experts to teach Ayurveda in 10 American medical colleges.
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Kannur varsity begins new Ayurveda courses
KANNUR: The Parassinikkadavu Ayurveda Medical College, a unit of the Pappinissery Vishachikitsa Society, affiliated to Kannur University in the district here, has started BSc. Nursing (Ayurveda) and B.Pharm (Ayurveda) courses.The four-year course of BSc. Nursing, the first of its kind in the state, has 25 seats.It is also for the first time in the state that a B.Pharm Ayurveda course is being conducted by a college.The Gujarat Ayurveda University is the only other institution that runs a B.Pharm Ayurveda course now.The course is designed to meet the increasing requirements of the Ayurveda medicines sector, according to the principal of the Parassinikkadavu Ayurveda College.The courses are being conducted under the aegis of both the State Government and the Kannur University as there are no Ayurveda Pharmacy council and Ayurveda Nursing council at present to oversee the functioning of these courses.
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