The deputy director of Ayush and CEO of SMPB under the directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. T Bendangtula, stated that remedy to most of the ailments can be taken care at home by availing resources in the kitchen and that only emergency cases should to be taken to hospitals.
Speaking at the national seminar on recent advances in herbal drug research in reference to Ayurveda and Pharmacovigilance of ASU and H Drugs on Saturday at Hotel Saramati in Dimapur, Dr. Bendangtula stated that people were ignorant of the available resources for treatment of minor ailments.
She shared that recently people have come to understand that a single system of medicine is not able to take care of the whole kind of diseases or ailments that mankind are facing. With the realisation that there has to be an alternative to tackle all kinds of diseases, she stated that people have now begun to believe in herbal medicines.
She added that even the cosmetic industry has taken full advantage of the word ‘herbal,’ saying that any product that comes with herbal and organic tags makes it attractive to customers.
She expressed that people are going back to natural products in finding remedy to their ailments despite all the technology and pharmaceutical advancement made in the medical sector.
“Before the advancement of technology, it was nature that was taking care of people and there is so much benefit,” she said.
She informed that the Ministry of Ayush has a major role to play since 90% of the medicines are derived from the plant kingdom.
“If we advocate healthy living, the percentage of sickness can drastically go down,” she added.
Short speeches were also delivered Dr. Lanusunep, deputy director of RCFC-NER, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam; Dr. Ravindra Singh, assistant director (Chem.) in CCRAS, New Delhi; and Archana Moni Das, principal scientist and associate professor and head of Chemical Sciences and Technology Division CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam.