Lok Sabha Question No. 1084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Kidney Day
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Upendra Singh Rawat, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sudheer Gupta, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1084 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  July, 2022

## KIDNEY DAY

1084 . SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI DHAIRYASHEELSAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

Will the MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently celebrated the 'Kidney Day' in the country (b) if so, the details thereof along with the programmes organized by the Ministry of AYUSH during the said celebrations. (c) whether the number of kidney patients have been rapidly increasing across the country and if so, the reasons thereof; (d) whether the Government is working on any plan/ policy/proposal towards developing a treatment for kidney diseases under AYUSH medicinal system and if so, the details thereof; and (e) whether any treatment is available for creatinine disorder under AYUSH medicinal system and other  such  ailments  related  to  the  kidney  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  research  being
- undertaken in this regard, discipline-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  &  (b)  World  Kidney  Day  was  celebrated  on  10  March,  2022.  This  day  iscelebrated  on    2 nd Thursday of March every year to create health awareness on risk factors, prevention, management of kidney related problem and promotion of healthy lifestyle through use of different social media platforms  such  as  Twitter,  Facebook,  Instagram,  Koo,  Sharechat,  Youtube  etc.  for  community awareness.

- (c)  The ICMR has takenup a multicentric task force project titled 'Multicentric study to find out prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD) in adults in urban Indian Population' and this study was  completed  in  2018.  This  cross-sectional  community-based  study  was  conducted  in  seven

cities  of  our  country  using  multi-stage  cluster  sampling  method.  The  prevalence  of  Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the present study combining all the study sites was found to be 9.4%.

(d) to (e):As per the information received from the Ministry of AYUSH, they have set-up different National Institutes and Research Councils related to each stream of AYUSH. These organizations are engaged in Research activities as well. Organizations wise action taken to develop treatment for kidney diseases are as under:

- (i) The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has taken up Clinical research  projects  to  evaluate  the  clinical  safety  and  efficacy  of  classical  Ayurveda formulations in the management of Urolithiasis as detailed under:
- I. Clinical  efficacy  of  Goksurachurna  and  Svetaparpati  in  the  management  of Mutrasmari (Urolithiasis)
- II. Clinical  evaluation  of  ShvadamstradiKashaya  and  HajarulayahudBhasma  in  the management of Mutrasmari (Urolithiasis)
- III. Clinical Evaluation of the Efficacy of VarunadiKwatha and ChandraprabhaVati in the management of Mutrasmari (Urolithiasis)
- IV. Clinical Evaluation of VarunadiKwathChurna and ApamargaKshara in the management of Mutrashmari (Urolithiasis)
- (ii) The National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai has informed that patients with chronic kidney disease are treated with herbs in Siddha System like Poonaimeesai (Orthosiphonaristatus), Mookirattai (Boerhaviadiffusa), Nerunjil (Tribulusterrestris), Karisalai  (Eclipta  alba),  Thaazhai  (Pandanusfascicularis)  etc.  An  institutional  research  is also carried out by NIS for early diabetic nephropathy with poly herbal siddha formulation namely  AavaaraiKudineer  that  is  found  to  reverse  the  Microalbuminuria  due  to  the onslaught of diabetes over kidneys.
- (iii) The Central Council for Research in Siddha, Chennai have also taken steps for treatment of kidney diseases as detailed below:
- i. A pilot open single arm clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of SirupeelaiKudineer in Diabetic Nephropathy.
- ii. Randomized  Controlled Trail of two Siddha drugs in the  management  of Urolithiasis (kalladaippu)- phase II
- iii. Development  of  Siddha  Treatment  Guidelines  for  non-communicable  diseases including Kidney disease comprising treatment protocol, diet and lifestyle modification.
- (iv) The  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Homeopathy  (CCRH)  has  taken  up  a  study  titled, Effectivenessof Homoeopathy with standard care vs Standard care alone in patients with chronic kidney disease on haemodialysis.
- (v) The  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicine  (CCRUM)  has  also  initiated  a clinical validation studies for the treatment of nephrolithiasis

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