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By SC Mishra. The future of alternative medicine is bright. In a
developing country like India, alternative therapeutic systems have
a definite role to play in alleviating sickness - both chronic and
acute. The cost-effectiveness, efficacy, low toxicity, ease of administration
and relative safety (few adverse effects) renders them invaluable
as viable alternatives to conventional medicine. In fact, WHO has
assessed the total world market for alternative medicine at a whopping
Rs. 51,210 crore.
The market for herbal remedies alone is pegged
at $5 trillion with an annual growth of 11 per cent. Home to over
15,000 medicinal plants and one of the 12 leading bio-diverse countries
of the world, India is sitting on a veritable green mine. Awakening
to this tremendous potential, the government has announced a separate
national policy for the Indian Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy
(ISM&H) to boost and promote indigenous medicine. Plans are
also afoot to modernise the hospitals specialising in Indian Systems
of Medicine (ISM).
However, the lack of formulation and standardisation
is a major problem that plagues this fledgling industry. There are
as many as 4,000 recorded Ayurvedic formulations, combining different
herbs and metals. These need to be identified and analysed and put
through a series of tests before they can be released in the market.
Extensive R&D is under way in this field currently. What it takes
Like other forms of medicine, the minimum qualification for most
courses in traditional medicine is 10+2 with PCB (Physics, Chemistry
& Biology). However, for Unani, Siddha and Tibetan medicine,
arts and humanities students can also apply. Click
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