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The Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi has said that the world over there is a paradigm shift from pure medical treatment towards integrated medicine, mainly because the prevalent approach of treatment plays more of a symptomatic role rather than ensuring a holistic cure. Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi was speaking at the awards distribution and closing ceremony of Arogya – 2004, here today.
The Minister said the heavy cost and adverse effects of drugs of chemical origin has led to the rising demand for less harmful and more natural therapies for improving overall quality of life and prevention of side effects. Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi said the Indian systems of medicine is becoming popular due to the need for natural medicines and inherent strength of systems like Homeopathy, Ayurveda-Siddha, Unani and Yoga to provide comprehensive health care. She said in this direction the Government has taken significant steps to integrate the AYUSH medicines into the National Health Care Programmes and Health Care Delivery System.
The Minister also gave away the first prize to Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal in the private participant category. The second prize in this category went to Sri Ayurveda Seva Sadan. Among the Government participants, the joint winner of the first prize were the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga & Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy. The Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine receive the second prize.
The Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare also released the first volume of “Homoeopathic Pharmaceutical Codex” for the Year 2002.
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