Lok Sabha Question No. 939 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Utilisation of Ethno-Medicinal and Traditional Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 939 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## UTILISATION OF ETHNO - MEDICINAL AND TRADIT IONAL PLANTS

## 939. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote research in traditional and e -medicines in the country;
- (b) the types of traditional medicinal plants found in the North Eastern States of th along with their medicinal value;
- (c) the St ates where most of the ethno or traditional medicines are found across the country
- (d) the details of agreements/MoUs signed with foreign countries for research and develo of traditional medicines?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) to (c):    The Research Councils viz. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicine  (CCRUM),  Central  Council  for Research in Siddha (CCRS) under the Ministry of AYUSH have been established to promote research in traditional & ethno medicines in the Country. The Government h as also established North  Eastern  Institute  of  Folk  Medicine,  Pasighat,  Arunachal  Pradesh  as  a  premier  res Institute in all aspects of Folk Medicine knowledge with linkages & collaboration with research Institutions.

The Government is d ocumenting Local Health Traditions and Ethno Medical claims in a structural  format  through  Medico - Ethno- Botanical  Survey  Programme  (MEBS)  and  Tribal Health Care Research Programme (THCRP) in 17 States which includes North Eastern State and published the E thno medicinal claims in a prescribed validated document from time to tim However, the details of Sikkim published in the monograph entitled 'Medico - Ethno- Botanical Exploration of Sikkim Himalayas' covering 430 plant species of medicinal importance which includes 160 traditionally used drugs.

Around  400  Medico - ethno  botanical  study  were  conducted  by  Siddha  Medicinal  Plants Garden,  Mettur  Dam,  Tamilnadu since  1971  to  till  date  and  have  recorded  and  documented around 800 ethno medical claims from different tribal communities/ vaidyas of Tamilnadu.

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) constituent laboratories namely, -Central  Inst itute  of  Medicinal  &  Aromatic  Plants  (CSIR - CIMAP),  Lucknow;  CSIR- Indian Institute  of  Integrative  Medicine  (IIIM),  Jammu; CSIR - Institute of  Himalayan  Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur; CSIR -National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR - NBRI); and CSIR - N orth  East  Institute  of  Science  &  Technology  (NEIST),  Jorhat  are  pursuing  R&D  o medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) including traditional medicinal plants.

- (d) : The details of agreement of the MoUs signed  with  foreign  countries  for  research  and development of traditional medicines are given below: -
1. National Centre for Natural Products Research (NCNPR), University of Mississippi, USA.
2. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, UK.
3. College of Ho meopaths of Ontario (CHO), Canada.
4. United States Pharmacopoeia Convention.
5. Universidad Maimonides, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
6. Medical Research Infrastructure and Health Services fund of the Tel Aviv Sourasky medi Institute (TASMC), Israel.
7. The  Governors  o f  the  University  of  Alberta  as  Represented  by  the  Integrative  Heal Institute Located in Edmonton, ALBERTA.
8. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
9. Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States (HPCUS) on 23.02.2017.
10. Scientific Society for Homoeopathy (WissHom), Germany.
11. Federal University of Rio De Janerio (FURJ), Brazil was signed.
12. European Academy of Ayurveda (Birstein), (REAR) Germany.
13. Centre for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem Isr ael.
14. National Institute of Integrative Medicine (NIIM), Australia
15. College of Medicine (UK).
16. Medical University of Graz, Graz Austria.
17. State Educational Establishment 'Tajik State Medical University named AbualiIbn Sino'.