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Homeopathy for covid-19: panacea or false hope?

Despite doubts over efficacy, the Ayush ministry has initiated clinical trials to explore the use of homoeopathy for covid-19 prevention and treatment

9 min read12 Jun 2020
Science

ICMR says rigorous research needed to prove efficacy of herbal drugs for diabetes

According to ICMR's draft guidelines for the treatment and management of type-2 diabetes, there is a common belief that all herbal drugs are safe and non-toxic which is not necessarily true

2 min read14 May 2018
Education

NMC Bill shouldn’t make bridge course for AYUSH practitioners mandatory: panel

NMC Bill proposes a provision for specific bridge courses that may be introduced for AYUSH practitioners to enable them to prescribe modern medicines at some level to cope up with shortage of doctors in rural areas

2 min read21 Mar 2018
Industry

Govt set to bar homeopathy doctors from selling drugs

Homeopathy doctors will soon be barred from selling medicines from the premises they are practising in, according to the new rules

2 min read10 Oct 2017
Politics

Govt approves setting up 100 AYUSH hospitals: Shripad Yesso Naik

The Centre has approved proposals for setting up of 100 Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) hospitals across the country

1 min read13 Jun 2017
Education

Centre grants Rs11 crore to IIEST for homeopathy research

Centre grants Rs11 crore to the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) for research on homeopathy under the 'Ayush' project

1 min read18 May 2017
Science

Homeopathy drugs in US to carry disclaimer there’s no evidence they work

US Federal Trade Commission has mandated disclaimer on homeopathy medicines that there is no scientific evidence that the product being bought works

2 min read29 Nov 2016
Politics

India’s non-MBBS healers

Those who claim yoga to be an integral part of Indian traditions must do a lot more to embed it into popular culture as currently it seems to be a hobby of the elite

3 min read22 Jan 2016
Opinion

Why astrologers, homeopaths and economic forecasts can’t be trusted

Charles Assissi on why the so-called science practised by astrologers, homeopaths and economic forecasts is fuzzy at best

7 min read5 Dec 2014
Politics

Ministry for traditional medicine a good idea

Traditional medicine systems either needs to be completely abolished, which in the current political context is unlikely, or strictly regulated

2 min read19 Nov 2014
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