It is good to note the recent announcement by the country’s indigenous medicine ministry AYUSH that India would test four Ayurvedic formulations to treat the corona virus.A very good initiative and better late than never ! It is a pity that why such an active study for a system with an age old history and efficacy is not being carried out till date, especially a system that is supposed to have the least side effects ! We have rich past in systems like Yoga, Ayurveda, Siddha etc.wWe are proud of all this but feel painful looking at the way these systems are not gathering the attention and interest they should. The main reason seems to be lack of active scientific research.Quite shockingly and stunningly,the investment and infrastructure needed for research may be much lesser compared to that needed for modern medicine.We are in a scientific world where everything is studied, experimented and calibrated and that is where the modern medicine has a superior edge which these systems too need to develop .An active research on these lines is the need of the hour and helps a lot at a critical juncture like this.
I feel this is a right beginning to pursue and extend these scientific studies besides COVID -19
to other dreaded diseases like cancer and AIDS to help the mankind at large and with proven efficacy,India is going to have a great say on the global platform on another vital scientific domain besides, space science, nuclear technology, and IT etc.The study should extensively be carried out by double blind studies, involving vast samples of population with a thorough data driven analysis !
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