[Attachment(s) from Dr. Chandramohan included below]
Dear All,
I am a qualified Ayurvedic physician and am the member secretary of the Ethics Committee of an institution conducting research and providing treatment.
It is a pity to see this situation. Everywhere it is taken for granted that any Herbal remedies can be prescribed by any one for any of the diseases. It is even more pathetic to know that studies of doubtful credibility conducted by laymen are reported and published in periodicals.
Herbal formulations without any basic references cannot be AYURVEDA. As per the 1945 Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1945, specific Ayurvedic text books are mentioned. Any drugs prepared and prescribed for the indications mentioned in these classics are only exempted from rigorous research because those medicines for the prescribed indications are is time tested.
However, MUSLI POWER as I understand is a New Chemical Entity (NCE). Thus, as per the said Act, it needs to go through all rigorous research including toxicity tests. This formulation cannot be called an AYURVEDIC medicine unless there is proper reference in any of the classics mentioned in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Incidentally, there is something interesting now running successfully in Karnataka. It is known as "SWARNA BINDU PRASHANA" which might soon come to any of your household. This is an age old practice where they used to add honey, ghee, vacha and gold rubbed together given to infants given once in life time. Now few big institutions have converted it into a business. They are advertising to give this to children between 0-16 years once a month on a particular day that is PUSHYA NAKSHATHRA continuously to increase the child's brain power, immunity etc. This is administered in hospitals giving 2-4 drops per child. Further, now they have even approached clinics in various places and have developed centres to administer the same. The charge varies from Rs.50, Rs100, Rs.250 per dose. From that 25% is given to the clinic. There is a booming business of 1000 to 1500 children being brought for this in few centres. When they approached me I shot the following questions which they could not answer.
The questions raised by me were as follows:
After asking these questions, I am facing threat from different institutions.
Ayurveda is facing a great threat from issues like this which has to be tackled. However, Who Will Bell the Cat ???
Dear All,
Please find attached a news paper cutting from the Kerala Koumudi dated 8 December 2010. It talks about the said study.
Note: Please find postings from Dr. Pradeep and Dr. Chandramohan.
Dr. Pradeepkumar writes:
Dear All,
I am a qualified Ayurvedic physician and am the member secretary of the Ethics Committee of an institution conducting research and providing treatment.
It is a pity to see this situation. Everywhere it is taken for granted that any Herbal remedies can be prescribed by any one for any of the diseases. It is even more pathetic to know that studies of doubtful credibility conducted by laymen are reported and published in periodicals.
Herbal formulations without any basic references cannot be AYURVEDA. As per the 1945 Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1945, specific Ayurvedic text books are mentioned. Any drugs prepared and prescribed for the indications mentioned in these classics are only exempted from rigorous research because those medicines for the prescribed indications are is time tested.
However, MUSLI POWER as I understand is a New Chemical Entity (NCE). Thus, as per the said Act, it needs to go through all rigorous research including toxicity tests. This formulation cannot be called an AYURVEDIC medicine unless there is proper reference in any of the classics mentioned in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Incidentally, there is something interesting now running successfully in Karnataka. It is known as "SWARNA BINDU PRASHANA" which might soon come to any of your household. This is an age old practice where they used to add honey, ghee, vacha and gold rubbed together given to infants given once in life time. Now few big institutions have converted it into a business. They are advertising to give this to children between 0-16 years once a month on a particular day that is PUSHYA NAKSHATHRA continuously to increase the child's brain power, immunity etc. This is administered in hospitals giving 2-4 drops per child. Further, now they have even approached clinics in various places and have developed centres to administer the same. The charge varies from Rs.50, Rs100, Rs.250 per dose. From that 25% is given to the clinic. There is a booming business of 1000 to 1500 children being brought for this in few centres. When they approached me I shot the following questions which they could not answer.
The questions raised by me were as follows:
- Where is the proper reference for this? Is it as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act ?
- Which authentic source has mentioned about PUSHYA Nakshatra ?
- Is there any study done in this line? Is there any publications ?
- What are the actual ingredients ?
- If swarna bhasma is used what are the precautions taken to assure there is no heavy metal poisoning?
- What are the measures taken for standardization?
- Even if you assume that there is some reference what is the need to administer this in a hospital or a clinic with medical supervision?
After asking these questions, I am facing threat from different institutions.
Ayurveda is facing a great threat from issues like this which has to be tackled. However, Who Will Bell the Cat ???
Dr. K. R. Chandramohan Nair writes:
Dear All,
Please find attached a news paper cutting from the Kerala Koumudi dated 8 December 2010. It talks about the said study.
The Original Posting and the responses received so far is available at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/KeralaAIDS/message/379
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