Ayurveda prevents swine flu, but no scientific data: minister
December 8th, 2009 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Ayurveda plays a “positive role” in preventing swine flu, which has claimed over 630 lives in India and infected around 20,000 people, but there is no scientific data to prove its efficacy, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare S. Gandhiselvan said swine flu is a recently reported condition caused by a new strain of the H1N1 virus.
He said no research study has been taken up in the matter by the research councils to determine the efficacy of ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy in tackling the disease.
“Though ayurveda has a positive role in prevention of swine flu, no scientific data is available to justify the claim of successfully treating the disease till date,” he said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared swine flu pandemic in June. In India, the first Influenza A (H1N1) virus case was reported May 16, while the first death occurred Aug 3.
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December 8th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
what does the minister mean by that? is ayurved not a science? if it is not, then what it is? arts or commerce? who is WHO to declare pandemics in India. who is to be blamed for no research work done by the councils. the fact is that ayurved has a definite stand in treating this disease. but the government doesn’t want to listen to it and implement it at least on trial basis. it always has excuses to give and they are always right. how? everyone knows it.