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Indian fast bowler Sreesanth has said he has made good progress in his recovery from the shoulder injury that forced him to miss the home Tests against Pakistan and selection for the Test leg of the tour of Australia.

“I am feeling good and the ayurvedic treatment I underwent at Coimbatore really helped”, Sreesanth said. “Though all the surgeons I consulted did speak about the need to undergo surgery, I thought I would try ayurveda and believe me, I have recovered well. I would have lost six months if I had undergone surgery but now I have gained some time and I am able to bowl, bat and even throw, which was a bit of a problem earlier on.”

Sreesanth had injured his right shoulder during the final ODI against Pakistan in Jaipur in November and consulted an orthopedic surgeon in Delhi. He was advised to undergo surgery, but decided against it and instead got in touch with an ayurvedic practitioner in Coimbatore.

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Indore, Dec 30: The department of AYUSH, ministry of health and family welfare, Government of India is organizing AROGYA, a comprehensive health fair on Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy from January 4-7 next year at Lalbagh Palace ground here.

Every year such a fair is organized in New Delhi to showcase the strengths, potential and the latest advancements made in India in the traditional medicine sector and Homoeopathy. The AROGYA fair showcases the advancements in clinical practices, research and documentation, manufacturing and the processes involved in these systems of medicines and also the medicinal plants sector.

This annual fair in Delhi attracts international researchers, manufacturers and processors and people from all walks of life who evince a great interest in the ancient and classical knowledge systems of Ayurved, Siddha and Unani medicines and wonderful therapeutic effects of yoga which is globally famous as drugless therapy system.

AROGYA fairs outside Delhi have so far been held at Chennai, Hyderabad and Dehradun. It is for the first time that such a fair is being organized in central India. The department of AYUSH in collaboration with the government of Madhya Pradesh and organizational support from FICCI has selected Indore as the venue for this prestigious event looking to its importance as a major commercial and industrial centre which is also a vibrant pharma manufacturing cluster. Major Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani manufacturing units are participating in the fair from all-over the country.

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Udupi, India, Dec 25: A workshop on Continuing Medical Education (CME) in clinical methods in dermatology “Ayurvision - 2007″ will be organized here from Thursday December 27 to Saturdary December 29 by the department of Ayurveda, Kasturba Medical College (KMC), informed a press release.

Mr. M S Kamath, head of the department of Ayurveda, Kasturba Medical College speaking to media persons here on Monday, December 24 informed that nearly 60 Ayurvedic practitioners from various parts of the country would be taking part in the workshop.

Lectures on various clinical approaches towards skin diseases will be delivered by different scholars both from Ayurveda and modern medicines, like J R Krishnamoorthy, Srinivas Achar, C Balachandran, Raghavendra Rao, H Sripathi, K R Ramachandra and Madhusudhan Kamath.

Further Mr. Kamath added that delegates would be taken to the hospital wards for a clinical discussion.

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Speaking at the inauguration of the buildings of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory (HPL) and Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) and PLIM’s workshop on WHO Guidelines for GMP of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU) Drugs and laying of Foundation Stone of PLIM Guest House at PLIM Campus today, the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said that the huge potential of our traditional systems is proven and hence there is no question why we cannot produce world class natural medicines. The Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi, Secretary (AYUSH), Smt. Anita Das, Dr. Salim Habayab, WHO Representative to India, Dr. D.R. Lohar, Director, PLIM and other officials from the Ministry and PLIM were present at the function.

The following is the summary of the Health Minister’s speech:

Quality control & standardization of ASU drugs has been the thrust area right from the day when these drugs were brought under the purview of Drugs & Cosmetics Act. Government have taken many initiatives from time to time to strengthen the drug standardization and quality analysis system and PLIM is known to have played a pivotal role in all these outcomes & achievements, which we can boast of in the area of development of drug standards.

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Ministry of Health, Department of AYUSH organized a National campaign on Ksharsutra technique of Ayurveda for the treatment of Fistula-in-Ano and piles in New Delhi in August 2007. The scientific presentation and research data made available at the campaign convinced the participants, specially the allopathic doctors to adopt Ksharsutra as a better management technique for Fistula-in-Ano. One of the major recommendations of the national campaign was to organize state level campaigns on Ksharsutra so that Ksharsutra centers are established in district hospitals, community hospitals and medical college’s hospitals. Task Forces have been constituted both at the National and State level to implement the programme in the States.

This initiative of Department of AYUSH is picking up very well and the first state level campaign was launched in Chattisgarh on 22nd November, 2007 at Raipur. The campaign-cum-workshop of Ksharsutra inaugurated by Chief Minister and was attended by Health Minister, Health Services officers and 35 allopathic doctors/surgeons and 120 Ayurvedic doctors and opinion makers. As a follow up action Chattisgarh has decided to set up Ksharsutra clinic in the existing district hospitals. The training programme for the trainers will soon be organized in the faculty of Ayurveda, BHU, Varanasi. State Medical College, Raipur and Ayurvedic College, Raipur have been identified as the State training centers of Ksharsutra for Chattisgarh State.
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What could be more miraculous for those with fractures who can be cured without painful surgery through Ayurveda? Sounds interesting!

A bone-healing centre in Tamil Nadu state is gaining popularity among orthopaedic patients who believe that traditional therapy has miraculous healing powers. A family runs the clinic located at Puttur, 100 km away from Chennai, for over 125 years, where the traditional doctors heal the patient.

Having satisfied with the therapy Hameed, one of the patients said, “I met with an accident two years ago and fractured my thigh. I immediately came for this treatment. I got treatment for six weeks and now I am cured and alright.”

This miraculous treatment has made the family a household name and patients not only from the State but also from the neighbouring States like Andhra Pradesh, Karnatka and Kerala regularly visit the clinic.

Gopala Raju who discovered a medicinal plant by chance set up the clinic in 1881. He experimented the medicine on a rabbit whose back was broken and after that started treating patients from nearby villages, which include mostly labourers from construction sites and poor children.

Subramaniyaraj, a doctor at the clinic said, “We are running the clinic for past 125 years, and I belong to the fifth generation. Our treatment is for 45 days and we apply herbs and eggs as medicines. After three bandages, the patient is cured.”

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New Delhi, December 4, 2007: H&B Stores Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dabur India Ltd., today unveiled the brand name for its specialty beauty, health & wellness retail business – ‘new-u’.

Addressing a media conference in Delhi, H&B Stores CEO Mr. Peter Baker said: “The Indian consumer has no doubt come of age. But the shopping experience in India has not kept pace with this change. Even though retail outlets have mushroomed across the country, most of them still do not offer Indian consumers the kind of shopping experience that people in the rest of the world are used to. With ‘new- u’, we are committed to bring that world-class shopping experience to India.”

The ‘new-u’ brand logo was also unveiled by Mr. Baker and Mr. Graeme Fraser, Head-Sourcing, Buying & Merchandising, H&B stores. “The logo has a contemporary design feel that reflects both the brands desire to offer the Indian shopper a totally new and modern retail experience. And, firmly emphasises the brands customer focus ‘about you’; meeting the emerging customer needs and expectations with unrivaled care and service available in India today” said Mr. Fraser.

The brand name and design ‘new-u’ reflects the essence and ambitions of H&B Stores – a brand which will cater to all the requirements of a customer on the beauty and health platform. It symbolizes the transformation that the stores will offer its patrons something new, engaging and innovative.
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