Measures taken by the Government for preservation of Ethnic and Tribal medicinal practices
A research council viz. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) of AYUSH ministry has been implementing a Tribal Health Care Research Programme (THCRP) which aims at collecting information on folk medicines / traditional practices prevalent in different parts of the country besides extending health care services to tribal population. Presently, the programme is being implemented through 16 peripheral institutes / units of CCRAS located in different part of the country. CCRAS through its peripheral institutes / units (viz. Itanagar - Arunachal Pradesh, Bangalore-Karnataka, Jhansi-Uttar Pradesh and Tari khet – Uttarakhand) is also conducting Medico-ethno Botanical survey at different regions across the country for documenting and publishing the same from time to time. The data regarding tribal medicine and practices documented so far are under the process of validation.
In addition, National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) under its scheme has also supported some R&D projects on ethnobotanical records to Assam, Karnataka, Mizoram, Manipur, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh on medicinal usage of local flora by tribal people.
The NMPB through FRLHT, Bangalore has developed a database on Indian medicinal plants which contain information about the habitat and therapeutic uses of more than 7,000 medicinal plants species. This database is in public domain for access to the existing information.
In addition, research councils of this ministry viz. CCRAS, CCRUM and CCRS are also engaged in survey, documentation of medicinal flora of different area of the country and publish the data from time to time.
To prevent misappropriation of the country’s traditional medicinal knowledge, Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration with CSIR has established a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) which entails transcription of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha codified texts into English, German, French, Japanese and Spanish. The database is shared with patent offices of other countries and forms part of their pre-grant searches.
In addition, the Government of India has established a National Institute “The North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) at Pasighat, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh under Ministry of AYUSH with the objective to survey, document and validates folk medicine practices, remedies and therapies prevalent in the region with a view to revitalize, promote and harness these local health traditions for the wellbeing of wider public especially living in North Eastern Region. The activities of the institute will also help in protecting the knowledge and resources of folk medicines in the North Eastern Region.
In addition, National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) under its scheme has also supported some R&D projects on ethnobotanical records to Assam, Karnataka, Mizoram, Manipur, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh on medicinal usage of local flora by tribal people.
The NMPB through FRLHT, Bangalore has developed a database on Indian medicinal plants which contain information about the habitat and therapeutic uses of more than 7,000 medicinal plants species. This database is in public domain for access to the existing information.
In addition, research councils of this ministry viz. CCRAS, CCRUM and CCRS are also engaged in survey, documentation of medicinal flora of different area of the country and publish the data from time to time.
To prevent misappropriation of the country’s traditional medicinal knowledge, Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration with CSIR has established a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) which entails transcription of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha codified texts into English, German, French, Japanese and Spanish. The database is shared with patent offices of other countries and forms part of their pre-grant searches.
In addition, the Government of India has established a National Institute “The North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) at Pasighat, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh under Ministry of AYUSH with the objective to survey, document and validates folk medicine practices, remedies and therapies prevalent in the region with a view to revitalize, promote and harness these local health traditions for the wellbeing of wider public especially living in North Eastern Region. The activities of the institute will also help in protecting the knowledge and resources of folk medicines in the North Eastern Region.
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