Centre grants Rs 45 crore for upgrading & establishing Unani medicine facilities 

Funds will be also used to set up fundamental Unani research centre at Hyderabad

Stealing what is ours

Home truths

Quacks and Medics

Ayurveda: Hurdles of practising traditional medicine are limiting its potential

Medical pluralism can potentially help achieve universal health coverage

Traditional Indian medicinal practices now safe

Barriers under pestle

There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use

Simply Put: Patanjali’s magic COVID-19 pills

THE MONEY MAKERS

AYUSH dispensaries in Delhi don’t have half the essential medicines: CAG

The CAG raps the department for staff crunch, space crunch and inadequate medical facilities

The hesitant growth of surgery in Bengal

Rapid strides in Western medicine and surgery relegated Indian medical systems to the back seat, especially because of brahmanical abhorrence of …

The mushroom of the royal

Nature has bestowed Kashmir with extraordinary climatic conditions and forest cover, apt for different mushroom varieties including gucchi (…

Patanjali doesn't want to share benefits of centuries-old medicine system

Ramdev's corporate behemoth Patanjali's claim that Indian firms do not have to share benefits for using bio resources is troubling

Ayurveda: Regulation of this alternate system of medicine is urgently needed on many fronts; here is why

Ayurveda’s popularity has arisen since the pandemic; but many still equate ‘natural’ and ‘traditional’ with ‘…

Traditional cures back in vogue

Ancient health care systems such as ayurveda are gaining popularity once again as people become wary of allopathy and the hazards it involves.

Separate ministry for AYUSH to revive traditional medicine

Before this, AYUSH was a department under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Take Unani medicines seriously

HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that …

The wisdom of indigenous healers

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COVID-19: Patanjali drugs get go-ahead from govt but key questions unanswered

AYUSH ministry says drugs only for immunity, Patanjali claims patients’ recovery

Many links missing in Patanjali’s claims of COVID-19 drugs

AYUSH ministry halts sales but experts question other government agencies too