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How can we save Ayurvedic medicines from getting extinct?

Started by : Bindu Narayan, Product Development Manager, Care Biomedicals   04 06 2010 11:27:32 +0000
Industry : BiotechnologyFunctional Area : India(Markets)
Keywords : ayurveda medicinal plants ayurvedic herbs
Activity:  47 views;  last activity : 07 06 2010 20:18:09 +0000

It seems the traditional Ayurvedic medicine could face an uncertain future as 93 percent of the wild plants used in the practice are threatened with extinction due to overexploitation. The Botanical Survey of India recently prioritized 359 wild medicinal plant species and conducted an assessment throughout the country to determine their health. The news wasn't good. Of the 359 species, 335 were categorized as critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or near-threatened.

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The survey used criteria and categories established by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for its Red List of Threatened Species. 95% of plants used in Ayurvedic medicine are collected from the wild, and about two-thirds of that harvest uses "destructive means" that can damage or kill the plants.

So users, what should the government do to save Ayurvedic medicines from getting extinct?
 
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Learn farming of the Ayurvedic plants

idea posted by Bindu Narayan Product Development Manager, Care Biomedicals

To help keep these plant species from going extinct, the Indian government should initiate relocation of species from the wild, study how to domesticate them, and promote sustainable harvest protocols. Also, it should promote Ayurveda more and more and people should also try to live a natural life than a mechanical life
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Promoting Ayurveda

idea posted by Dr Ali Ahmad Independent Health Care Consultant, Hospital Management Consultant

Thanks for the referral Ms Bindu

I  think Ayurved is not very well marketed. Most of the people are not aware of the effects and cure which are available, a correct form of promotion is needed to make common man understand the benefits. A lot of people still think about Ayurved as some primitive form of medicine, which takes a lot of time to cure someone.
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kitchan

idea posted by narendra gemawat Freelancer, Hospitals

the best way to preserve is to make your kitchan a lab , spend more time to relax and cook there

the aurved live in our kitchan

learn cooking by spreading cooking as a hobby and science
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