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Allowing Ayurvedic practitioners to perform surgery sparks further controversy

December 8, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

AIIMS fire concept.

The proposal to permit Ayurvedic practitioners to perform surgery continues to garner controversy. The Resident Doctors’ Association at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has spoken out against the move and called for it to be scrapped.  The proposal to allow Ayurvedic practitioners runs the risk of “[encouraging] quackery” and “[poses a] hazardous […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: AIIMS, Ayurveda, AYUSH, doctors, surgery

AYUSH controversy continues amidst pandemic

November 12, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Ayurveda. AYUSH controversy illustration.

The Ayurveda, homoeopathy, naturopathy, siddha, unani, and yoga (AYUSH) controversy linked to COVID-19 continues, with accusations that the Ministry of AYUSH is promulgating alternative medicine therapies with no basis in scientific facts. The AYUSH controversy has been a fixture in some respects during this pandemic. As early as January, commentators ridiculed the AYUSH Ministry for […]

Filed Under: Featured, Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, Opinion Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, coronavirus, COVID-19, homoeopathy, naturopathy, siddha, unani, yoga

AIIA endorses Ayurveda for COVID

November 4, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Ayurveda. AYUSH controversy illustration.

The All India Institute for Ayurveda (AIIA) has endorsed the use of alternative medicine treatments for mild cases of COVID-19. The Delhi-based Institute claimed that Ayurvedic medicaments are useful if administered to individuals who present with moderate symptoms of the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or, simply, coronavirus. Claims are […]

Filed Under: Medicine and Research, News Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, coronavirus, COVID-19

Ayurvedic institutes in Gujarat given Parliament nod as institutions of national importance

September 17, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Ayurveda. AYUSH controversy illustration.

In a first, a proposed Ayurvedic institute in Gujarat is to be afforded the distinction of being considered an Institution of National Importance, following a vote by lawmakers in the Rajya Sabha. Lawmakers in the chamber passed by voice vote the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020, conferring upon a number of […]

Filed Under: Medicine and Research Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, Gujarat

Patanjali Ayurved claims to find the cure for COVID – but lands in hot water

June 24, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Patanjali Ayurved co-founder Baba Ramdev.

Patanjali Ayurved, a firm based in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, has claimed success with an Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of COVID-19 – but its claims have landed it in hot water with the Union Government.  The company launched ‘Coronil and Swasari’ yesterday, purporting the treatment to have a 100 percent success rate in curing COVID-19 (the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH

Ayurveda in Kerala’s fight against COVID

April 10, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Ayurveda. AYUSH controversy illustration.

The Kerala state government is reportedly to use Ayurveda in the fight against COVID-19.  Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seemed to confirm as much earlier this week, stating “we have decided to use Ayurveda in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. People would be classified into seven categories based on the possible spread of the virus, and […]

Filed Under: Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, coronavirus, COVID-19, homoeopathy, Kerala

AYUSH practitioners: Modi reaches out

March 31, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) practitioners to participate in efforts to tackle the disease – while also cautioning against promoting unproven cures.  Modi interacted with AYUSH practitioners via videoconferencing over the weekend and suggested that they could benefit the […]

Filed Under: Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, coronavirus, COVID-19, homoeopathy, Narendra Modi, naturopathy, siddha, unani, yoga

Ayurvedic biology course at JNU

November 29, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Ayurveda. AYUSH controversy illustration.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will offer a course in Ayurvedic biology, supported by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). The course will span five years, integrating Ayurvedic principles of traditional medicine with allopathic medical science. In the words of the Union Ministry of Science and Technology’s Engineering Research Board, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, Punjab

First AYUSH hospital to open its doors in Punjab

November 18, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

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Punjab will become home to its first AYUSH hospital, which will open its doors in the state’s Mohali district.  AYUSH refers an umbrella of alternative and traditional systems of medicine including Ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha, and homoeopathy. The inauguration of the AYUSH hospital took place in Zirakpur on November 14th, the foundational stone being […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, homoeopathy, Punjab

AYUSH services for every home

November 17, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Ayurveda. AYUSH controversy illustration.

The Centre has been keen to emphasise alternative and traditional systems of medicine. Minister of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Shripad Yasso Naik has repeatedly expressed enthusiasm for this push, advocating for AYUSH services for every home in India.  “I can say today that people are getting more and more interested […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Ayurveda, AYUSH, homoeopathy

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