Lok Sabha Question No. 213 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Patenting of Ayurvedic Medicines
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.213 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH MARCH, 2016 PATENTING OF AYURVED IC MEDICINES

## †*213. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK": SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

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

- (a) the percentage of population dependent on AYUSH system of medicine in t country;
- (b) whether th e Government proposes to spread as well as preserve the knowledg of Ayurvedic medicines available in manuscripts, ancient books and other sou and
- (c) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard including digiti rare books and patenting of traditional medicines?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to ( c):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 213 FOR 11 TH MARCH, 2016

- (a) National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has undertaken a survey on socia consumption in India on Health in its 71st round conducted during January -June 2014.  As  per  key indicators  released  recently  by  NSSO  for  the  71 st round,it  is estimated that about 6% of the people have received treatment from Indian Sys of Medicine (including Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha), Homoeopathy and Yoga & Naturopathy .
- (b) Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) is engaged in the studies related to revival & retrieval and digitization of Ancient A Manuscripts & Rare Books and they are being published from time to time, so 30 books retrieved from manuscripts have been published and are now available in the public domain. (Annexure-I)

Besides  this,  the  Council  has  surveyed  and  digitized  more  than  5000  Ayurv Manuscripts/Rare  Books  from  Odisha,  West  Bengal,  Bihar,  Andhra  Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Mad hya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir (Leh) etc.

- (c) Ministry  of  AYUSH  had  given  financial  assistance  to  31  institutes preserve  rare  and  precious  AYUSH  books  for  translation  &  publication  und Central Sector Scheme, Acquisition, Catalogu ing, Digitization and Publication of Text Books & Manuscripts (ACDP) implemented during 11 th Plan. The Centre for Traditional  Medicine  and  Research,  Chennai  has  collected  268  rare  siddha  p manuscripts  and  digitized.  Tamil  Valarchi  Kazhagam  Chennai  has  p ublished  8 volumes of Siddha medicines in Tamil (Annexure-II) .

As  far  as  Unani  system  is  concerned,  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Un Medicine (CCRUM) is also engaged in digitization of classical Unan book/manuscripts. So far 50 books manuscripts ha ve been digitized by the Council (Annexure-III) .

As far as patenting of traditional medicines is concerned, 'an invention which, in effect, is traditional knowledge or which is an aggregation or duplication o properties of traditionally known component or components' are not inventions and not patentable .

## ANNEXURE - I

## List of Books Published after retrieval from ancient Manuscripts & Rare Books

| 1.                            | Abhinav Chintamani Part I                                                                       |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2.                            | Abhinav Chintamani Part II                                                                      |
| 3.                            | Ashtang Sangrah (Cikitsa, Kalpa Sthana) Part 1B(Sanskrit)                                       |
| 4.                            | Ashtang Sangrah (Sutrasharirnidansthanam) Part 1A(Sanskrit)                                     |
| 5.                            | Ashtang Sangrah (Uttarasthana) Part -II(Sanskrit)                                               |
| 6.                            | Ashtang Sangrah (Uttarsthanam) Part II                                                          |
| 7.                            | Aupasargikatantrantargata Puyameha Vijnanam (Sanskrit & Engligh)                                |
| 8.                            | Basavarajiyam (English)                                                                         |
| 9.                            | Basavarajiyam (Hindi)                                                                           |
| 10.                           | Bhelasamhita                                                                                    |
| 11.                           | Chakradatta-Ratnaprabha [Special Volume of Bulletin of Indian Institute of History of Medicine] |
| 12.                           | Charucharya                                                                                     |
| 13.                           | Chikitsarnav (Poorvardh)                                                                        |
| 14.                           | Chikitsarnav (Uttrardh)                                                                         |
| 15. Dhanvantari Saar          | Nidhi (Sanskrit)                                                                                |
| 16. Nanavidh Vaidyam          | (Sanskrit)                                                                                      |
| 17. Netra Prakashika          | (Sanskrit)                                                                                      |
| 18. Netra Roga Nidanam        | (Sanskrit)                                                                                      |
| 19. Vinishcayaha              | Pathyapathya                                                                                    |
| 20.                           | Rasachandanshu                                                                                  |
| 21.                           | Raspradipika (Hindi & Sanskrit)                                                                 |
| 22.                           | Sabdachandrika                                                                                  |
| 23. Sahasrayoga (Sanskrit and | Hindi)                                                                                          |
| 24.                           | Sarabharajiyam                                                                                  |
| 25.                           | Shatashloki                                                                                     |
| 26.                           | Vaidya Manorama(H)                                                                              |
| 27.                           | Vaidyak Chikitsa Saar (Poorvardh)                                                               |
| 28.                           | Vaidyak Chikitsa Saar (Uttarardha)                                                              |
| 29.                           | Vaidyak Sangraha (Hindi)                                                                        |
| 30.                           | Vaidyaka Prayoga Vignanam                                                                       |

## ANNEXURE - II

Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam produced as Siddha Medicine series of 8 volumes in Tamil, with groups of eminent scholars who have worked in this field.  The 8 volumes of Tamil are as follows:

1. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.1: Varalaru
2. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.2: Adippadaikal
3. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.3: Cirappiyal
4. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.4:  Vaatham Thotarpana Noykal Part-I
5. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.4:  Vaatham Thotarpana Noykal Part-II
6. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.5: Pittham Thotarpana Noykal
7. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.6: Kabam Thotarpana Noykal
8. Siddha Maruttuvam Vol.7. Kuzhanthai Maruthuvam

## LIST OF DIGITIZED MANUSCRIPTS & RARE BOOKS

|   SL | Acc.No.   | Author                             | Title                               | Language   | Digitized   |
|------|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------|
|    1 | 1058      |                                    | Nuskha Wafiya                       | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    2 | 1540      | Ghulam Mustafa                     | Tibb- e- Mustafai                   | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    3 | 1568      | Hamiduddin Nagori                  | Kitab - al - Ashaar Dar Ilm -o- Tib | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    4 | 1585      | Mirza Ibrahim Shirazi              | Kitab Minhaj Dar Tib                | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    5 | 1587      | Syed Mohd.Musharraf                | Tafreeh - ul - Hanan                | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    6 | 1596      | Mohd. Akbar Arzani                 | Mufarreh - ul - Quloob              | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    7 | 1597      | Mir Mohd. Zaman Tankanbi Velmi     | Tohfatul Momineen                   | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    8 | 1604      | Shah Arzani                        | Mujarrebat - e- Akbari              | Persian    | Digitized   |
|    9 | 2349      | Mohd. Hasan Khan Alvi              | Shafi - ul - Auja                   | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   10 | C - 1991  | Mohd. Qasim                        | Dastoor - ul - Atibba               | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   11 | C - 2029  | Mohd. Shareef Khan                 | Ilaj - ul - Amraz                   | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   12 | C - 1811  | Sultan Ali                         | Dastoori Ilaj                       | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   13 | 7077      | M. Zakariya Raazi                  | Kifaya -e- Mansoori                 | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   14 | 7078      | M. Akbar Arzani                    | Meezan - ut - Tib                   | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   15 | 7079      | M. Zakariya Raazi                  | Qarabadin Mansoori Farsi            | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   16 | 7099      | M. Akbar Arzani                    | Qarabadin Qadri                     | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   17 | 7759      | Ghani Haider                       | Al- Musamma Bit - Takhlees Masihai  | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   18 | 8230      | Mujeeb Yusufi                      | Ilaj - ul - Amraz ba Kitab Yusufi   | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   19 | 8231      |                                    | Ummul Ilaj                          | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   20 | C - 294   | M. Akbar Arzani                    | Qarabadin Qadri Farsi               | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   21 | 2358      | Akbar Husain bin Abdullah          | Lawam -e- Shabariya                 | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   22 | 10033     | Yusuf Yusufi                       | Risala Makool - o- Mashroob         | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   23 | 10032     | Mohammad Hakeem                    | Miftah - ul - Hikmat                | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   24 | 10380     | Hkm Mazhar Muzaffar Dehlvi         | Khulasat - ul - Aish                | Persian    | Digitized   |
|   25 | 10392     | Hkm. Momin Khan Bin Mohammad Zaman | Tohfat - ul -Momineen               | Persian    | Digitized   |

## Annexure - III

|   26. | 10393    | Hkm. Zakaullah Khan                                    | Multaqit Zakaiya Muntakhib Az Majmua……                                        | Persian   | Digitized   |
|-------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-------------|
|    27 | C - 3704 | Hkm. Mohammad Akbar Arzani                             | Qarabadeen - e-Zahoori                                                        | Persian   | Digitized   |
|    28 | 9245     | Hkm. Shifai (Imdad hussain Katib)                      | Qarabadeen - e- Shifai                                                        | Persian   | Digitized   |
|    29 | 1059     | Saeed Kazroomi                                         | Kitab - al - Mughni - Shareh Mojiz                                            | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    30 | 1061     |                                                        | Moalejaat Manuscript                                                          | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    31 | 1062     |                                                        | Falsafa Manuscript                                                            | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    32 | 3650     | Nafis - bin - Auz                                      | Shareh Asbab Wal Alamat                                                       | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    33 | 3658     | Ibn- e- Sina                                           | Al- Qanoon                                                                    | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    34 | 7760     | Mustafa Khan (katib)                                   | Qur'an - e- Karim                                                             | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    35 | C - 1828 | Abdul Ahad Sharfuddin Puri                             | Qadri Advia: Mamoolat -e- Matab                                               | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    36 | 10396    | Hanain Bin Ishaque                                     | Kitab Jalinoos Ghulooqan                                                      | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    37 | C - 2719 |                                                        | Tibbi Bayaz                                                                   | Urdu      | Digitized   |
|    38 | C - 2720 | Chander Mani                                           | Akseer- e- Chander: Risala Amraz - o- Dimagh                                  | Urdu      |             |
|    39 | C - 2727 | Chander Mani                                           | Tashreeh Dimagh Muwafiq Tehqeeq Atibba - e-Qadeem wa jadeed                   | Urdu      | Digitized   |
|    40 | C - 2728 | Mehboob Alam                                           | Nuskha- e- Jaat                                                               | Urdu      | Digitized   |
|    41 | 1718     | Abu Sahl Isa B. Yahya                                  | Kitab - ul - Miah                                                             | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    42 | C - 3982 | Abu al - Qasim Al- Zahrawi                             | Jarahiyat - i -Zahrawi                                                        | Urdu      | Digitized   |
|    43 | 372      | Ibn Sina                                               | Kitab Al -Irshadat                                                            | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    44 | C - 1889 | Al- Razi                                               | Majalla Ma'had Al - Muskhtutat Al - Arbia Rhaze's K. Al - Murshid Awl'l Fusul | Urdu      | Digitized   |
|    45 | 8805     | Mir Muhammad                                           | Tuhfa- Al- Muinin                                                             | Urdu      | Digitized   |
|    46 | 1510     | Jalaluddin Sayyuti                                     | Kitab Al - Rahma fi'I tibb wa Al- Hikma                                       | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    47 | 1846     | Muhammad Husayn b. Muhammad Hadi al - Aqili al - Alawi | Khulasa Al - Hikma                                                            | Persian   | Digitized   |
|    48 | 1859     | Robert Hooper                                          | Kitab Anis Al - Musharrihin                                                   | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    49 | 2120     | Amir Ahmad Rahmani                                     | Alfaz Al - Adwiya wa Ta'lif Sharifi                                           | Arabic    | Digitized   |
|    50 | 8608     | Ibn Qayyum Al - Jozi                                   | Kitab - Tib- un- Nabvi                                                        | Arabic    | Digitized   |

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