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Cultivate herbs to reap profits, Unani researchers tell farmers
The All India Unani Tibbi Congress which will be holding a national seminar on Unani Medicine, here on November 8 and 9, will be highlighting the prospects in cultivating the herbs or medicinal plants in the State.
Hyderabad: The All India Unani Tibbi Congress which will be holding a national seminar on Unani Medicine, here on November 8 and 9, will be highlighting the prospects in cultivating the herbs or medicinal plants in the State.
The researchers from Unani will suggest that the government follow the Kerala model, where herbs are grown in farms. With most of the herbs available only in the wild, they will propose to the government to encourage farmers to grow herbs (cash crop), which could fetch them good income, as they are used in all kinds of traditional medicine including Ayurveda. This could be done through organic farming, they feel.
The congress will also highlight the effectiveness of Unani in curing various chronic ailments including paralysis, skin disorders and diabetes. A stream of medicine close to Ayurveda, the practitioners argue that the lack of awareness and government support and advent of allopathic medicine have pushed thousands of year old medicinal science to the brink. “The Unani strikes at the root cause of the ailment but takes some time and does not have side effects like Allopathic,” says Shahana Khan, a researcher.
According to her, getting genuine herbs has become a difficult task and is being sold at exorbitant prices where they are available. “Farmers in the State can take to growing them, as is being done in several places in Kerala including Kochi, Kottayyam, Munnar and parts of Karnataka. In Kerala, farming of herbs is directly encouraged by government and backed by robust private industry,” she explained.
During the two-day programme, several papers would be presented on clinical research, pharmacological research, drug standardisation, analytical chemistry, survey of medicinal plants, preventive medicine, gynaecology and obstetrics, history of medicine, literary research, fundamentals of Unani medicine and regimental therapy.
Researchers point out that the government can save crores of rupees by bringing in awareness amongst masses for both Unani and Ayurveda, developed in India. “Since the government and private companies have to pay thousands of crores in the form of patent and intellectual rights to foreign countries, developing its own traditional medicine would help save public money, while improving health conditions of people who have already lost most of the immunity due to allopathic medicine,” Shahana felt.
By Md Nizamuddin
