26 AYUSH Information Cells have been set up in 24 countries, minister of State for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik informed Lok Sabha today. He stated that AYUSH Information Cells are set up in foreign countries under the aegis of Indian Embassies/ Missions and Cultural Centres set up by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
Naik asked the states to make necessary amendments in their respective Acts dealing with this issue so that AYUSH healthcare systems can be used in case of medical emergencies.
Shripad Yesso Naik was speaking at the inauguration of the two-day World Integrated Medicine Forum on Regulation of Homoeopathic Medicinal Products here.
If 2015 saw a marketing blitzkrieg to showcase yoga to the world, this year was about dedicating it and other AYUSH practices for treatment of diabetes.
North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy, the first institute established by AYUSH ministry in the northeast region, will be inaugurated at Shillong in Meghalaya tomorrow.
The guidelines specify 20 different kinds of ailments that can be included in a health insurance scheme.
AYUSH SL has also been developed by this council for the treatment of filarisis. Early this year, the council had also developed an anti-malarial drug AYUSH 64.
India's share in the global herbal medicinal market is a minuscule 0.5 per cent at USD 358.60 million and the estimated global market is around USD 70 billion
Acclaimed globally for his QbD-based drug delivery research, nanomedicine and advanced pharmacokinetics, Bhoop has contributed nearly 35 years of dedicated service towards pharmaceutical education and research.
His remarks came amid a row over advertisement of ayurvedic formulation AYUSH-82 which claimed to treat diabetes.
The AYUSH is trying to have an AIIMS like Centre on Ayurveda in all state capitals," Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik said during Question Hour.
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