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Ayurveda 2009, the International Ayurveda Exhibition and Symposium organised by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) was held at the BMICH from May 23-25, with many Sri Lankan and international participants.

The exhibition was ceremonially declared open by Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake on May 23, in the presence of local and foreign dignitaries. The Prime Minister mentioned that developing local industries such as Ayurveda is a priority of the government; he would extend his fullest support to make Ayurveda a key contributor to the GDP.

Chairman of Ayurveda 2009, Mr. Asoka Hettigoda mentioned that NCCSL was extremely proud to hold the Ayurveda 2009 as the First International Exhibition since the liberation of Sri Lanka from the menace of terrorism. He expressed his gratitude to President Rajapaksa for restoring peace to Sri Lanka.

He also mentioned that the Ayurveda sector can play a vital role in the development of the North and the East. The President was committed to meeting the challenge of popularising the concept of Ayurveda health services, the growing of Ayurvedic herbs, etc., which would also help in the generation of revenue. The President of NCCSL, Mr. Lal De Alwis, mentioned that NCCSL initiated the promotion of the Ayurveda industry by first organising Ayurveda 2007 and, in its efforts to further strengthen the industry, has organised Ayurveda 2009.

Exhibitors from eight countries, including Sri Lanka, India, Germany, UK, China, and Japan, ranging from the largest companies to small and medium sized  enterprises, totaling 130 companies, participated at Ayurveda 2009. The best of Sri Lankan Ayurveda companies which produce traditional cosmetics and  spa and branded Ayurvedic products; Ayurveda health resorts; foreign natural product companies; natural beverage companies; Yoga and meditation centres; booksellers of Ayurveda, meditation and Yoga; medicinal plant growers and sellers; were some of the participants  at the exhibition.

Ayurveda 2009 also had several special exhibits highlighting the marvels of indigenous medicines and the efficacy of the ancient arts of meditation, Yoga, etc.

Source: AyurvedaNews.com

In a unique initiative in the field of spinal injury treatment, two completely different forms of medicine practitioners have joined hands for the benefit of the general public. Ayurveda Palms and Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC), which have been using two different practices of Ayurveda & Allopathy respectively, have tied up to offer a new and effective way of treatment for spinal and orthopaedic ailments.

The treatment in the simplified form would mean patients undergoing advanced spinal and orthopaedic surgeries as they normally do at the ISIC hospital, followed by a range of natural and external therapy using natural ingredients and strict dietary measures of Ayurveda Palms for speeding up the rehabilitation and recovery process. In other words, Ayurveda Palms which uses the methodology of applying herbal pastes and yogic therapies, would help the patient recover faster with the help of the ayurvedic therapies that are economically more feasible and can be as effective as allopathic medicines. This technique is found to be more useful to the patients who prefer nature based solutions to their spinal ailments. It can also be useful in patients who are not fit to undergo a surgery.

“With its (Ayurvedic treatment) proven results in all kinds of pain which include pain in the back, neck & knee, arthritic and joint pains, headache, pressure sores and after surgery ailments etc., more and more patients are nowadays opting for this kind of supportive therapy,” says Dr. Chitra Kataria, Head-Department, Rehabilitation, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre.

“At ISIC, we are constantly looking for new ways to improve the treatment. Our experience suggests that while advanced surgeries are essential for treating spinal ailments, the natural form of medicine like ayurveda speeds up the rehabilitation and recovery process. Our association with Ayurveda Palms is an effort to amalgamate Western Science and Indian traditional medicine system, in order to cure the patient,” says Dr. HS Chhabra, Medical Director, Indian Spinal Injuries Center.

The idea behind such a combination is that not all patients would like to undergo the treatment through the allopathic process. As a result of this initiative, the patient could choose between the ayurvedic and allopathic treatment after the surgery according to his/her wishes.

Source: AyurvedaNews.com

Ayurveda is one of the most ancient systems of medicine in the world, its antiquity going back to the Vedas in India. Many thinkers believe that Ayurvedic knowledge-base represents the world view of its time although India is the principal holder of this knowledge-base where it grew and flourished through the ages. Ayurveda has continued to be in unbroken practice for thousands of years and even now is responsible for health care coverage of over 70 percent of the Indian population.

Currently Ayurveda is one of the six official systems of Medicine in India. The recent years have shown tremendous resurgence of interest in study and practice of Ayurveda world over because of its unique pro nature holistic approach and safe cost effective green pharmacy.

It is estimated that there are nearly 450000 registered practitioners of Ayurveda in India and there are about 250 Ayurvedic colleges / Institutes with approximately 12000 UG and 1200 PG Annual Admission seats. There are over 8000 licensed pharmacies manufacturing classical and branded Ayurvedic medicines with a reflected domestic annual turnover of Rs.10, 000 crores and an export of over 1000 crores. In spite of this huge infrastructure the whole sector continues to remain sick and unorganized and is still out of the main stream of the health care delivery system of this country in contrast to our neighbor country China where the traditional Chinese medicine is well placed as mainstream Medicare. All this warrant a concerted effort at all levels to raise the status of Ayurveda and its main streaming.

There have been several Associations and Organizations active quite for some time in this sector. Ayurveda Mahasammelan and National Integrated Medical Association are the two major professional organizations at all India level representing two different ideologies and are associated with two different kinds of Ayurvedic practitioners. Both these Associations have done commendable service to the cause of Ayurveda and Ayurvedic practitioners within their own vision.

The likeminded mainstream practitioners of Ayurveda who feel that Ayurveda should adopt a rational progressive outlook with scientific temper and should gradually transform itself into a strong evidence based holistic science of health care and medicine, have joined hands to launch an Association of Ayurvedic Physicians of India at national level. This Association is now registered wide Reg. no. 437 / 2008-09 dated June 17, 2008 and it was formally inaugurated in Varanasi on Nov.14.2008 with the undersigned as its first and founder President.

Source: http://aapiindia.org/