Ayush

ABDM was announced by our Hon’ble PM from the Red Fort on 15 august 2020 and was run as pilot project in the UTs since then. On 27th September 2021 the mission was rolled out in all states of the country.

After a full week of controversy, on 1-07-2020 the Ayush Ministry told that the kit could be sold all over India. But, AYUSH Ministry allowed Patanjali to sell this kit only as an immunity booster not as a 'cure' of Corona Virus.

The traditional healing stream must be positioned and promoted for health and general wellbeing or otherwise called paramedical purpose. Today what we need is paramedical support in large quantity.

Had there been no such health awareness as created by PM Modi, COVID 19 would have found India its last and only destination.

Even after creation of a separate ministry for AYUSH in 2014, the system remains clueless and direction less and is struggling for survival.

FSSAI granting licence to several herbal ingredients such as Thippili powder, Kasturi manjal and Mudakathan as food supplements being objected by some Siddha experts, seems quite bizarre.

Integrated health care approach should not be confused with permission to AYUSH vaid to prescribe certain allopathic drugs.

Government of India, especially the Ministry of AYUSH must clearly define and differentiate AYUSH from proven science by limiting and describing AYUSH as ancient traditional wisdom and not proven science.

The paramedical tag if is given to AYUSH and its role is defined well, not only we can eliminate cross pathy and medication health fraud but also we can re-invent the significance and relevance of AYUSH to our society.

AYUSH belongs to our tradition, culture and civilization. AYUSH came as an extension of our sacred divine practices to offer health and wellness to people.