The Ayurveda is our ancient wealth and we should preserve it at all cost, said former bureaucrat C M Bhandari while addressing a seminar organised on the occasion of National Ayurveda Day here on Thursday. The day is also celebrated as Dhanvantari Jayanti. Addressing the gathering, Bhandari said that it is a pity that we have drastically changed our lifestyles and things have taken such a turn that nowadays we get an urge to do things which we normally used to do during our childhood. Bhandari emphasized a need to develop every village as center for Ayurveda.
He said that the rural population can be linked to Ayurveda by providing some training for employment generation. Industrialist Dr S Farooq said that the nature has cure for every thing and it provides treatment for every ailment. He said that a person can remain healthy by intake of food which is in sync with the season and area.
The secretary health, Bhupendra Kaur Olakh said that one can remain away from many maladies by making Ayurveda a part of our lifestyle. She said that the Government provided many opportunities to developed entrepreneurship in Ayurveda and elaborated the schemes of the Government in this regard.
Olakh said that with the help of these schemes twin purpose of promoting Ayurveda and employment generation can be achieved.
Speaking on the occasion, the Rajpur road MlA, Rajkumar said that Ayurveda need promotion and new research. He said that this system of medication has cure for many diseases.
Giving an example of dengue he said that people have understood the use of papaya and Giloe extract in treatment of dengue.
A technical session was also organised on the occasion in which many Ayurveda experts shared their knowledge of the subject.