Monthly Archives: November 2012
Research on Ayurveda Science
In the recent years there is much activities and enthusiasm seen for the research in Ayurveda. Not only practitioners and followers of Ayurveda but Governments and lay public show interest in and expect wonderful results from these efforts....
How Rich are We in Ayurveda?
(1) In 18th century: When Jang Bahadur Rana – the founder of Rana dynasty- visited Great Briain, a traditional healer was along with him “as a Doctor” for his health care. (as said by one of the Ayurveda physicians)
(2) During Second World...
Management of traditional medicine: problems and potentialities
Traditional Medicine (TM) as a term refers to a way of protecting and restoring health that existed before the arrival of modern medicine. As the term implies, the approaches to health belong to the traditions of each country, and have been...
Intellectual Property Rights for Indigenous medical knowledge
Indigenous medical knowledge (IMK), also termed as folk, rural, tribal knowledge and time and often criticized in the name of science as primitive and non-scientific, in fact, is a scientific knowledge because community has handed it down several...
WTO and TRIPS impact on traditional medicine
Nepal’s location in the centre of the Himalayan range places the country in the transitional zone between western and eastern Himalaya. Nepal is rich in both biological and cultural diversity. Although the country represents only 0.1% of the...