The Director of Desert Medicine Research Centre (DMRC) Jodhpur and senior scientist of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) , Dr G S Tuteja has said that the Ayurvedic formulations have proved more effective than the iron folic acid tablets in treatment of Anemia. He was speaking at a seminar organised at auditorium of Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) here on Sunday.
He disclosed that the ICMR core group has given its approval to add Ayurvedic formulation in the technical mission 2035 for anemia. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has set up this mission to control anemia in the country. He said that the Ayurvedic medicine Sootshekhar and Seetopaladi have shown wonder results when given to the patients of anemia.
Tuteja said almost 80 percent of the women of the country suffer from Anemia and all the programmes aimed at controlling it have failed to yield desired results so far. He informed that iron folic acid medicines provide 30-40 percent benefit if regularly taken for three months but the ayurvedic formulation have shown 55- 60 percent benefit to the user and most importantly these medicines do not have any side effects also. The Former secretary Government of India, Vibha Puri Das praised the efforts of Vaid Balendu in the filed of Ayurveda.
Speaking on the occasion the Registrar of the Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Mritunjay Mishra declared that a research advisory committee of prominent scientists in the university would be soon set up. He said that the university would undertake a work plan for treatment of anemia.
The Secretary Science and Technology, Deepak Gairola said that all the research organizations and department should come together to from a working committee for the promotion of Ayurveda in the state.
The programme was attended by Director USERC Durgesh Pant, national president of young Ayurvedic practitioners Vikrant Patil of Pune, students and teachers of Ayurveda.