A facade of challenges before ayurveda

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It is now possible to live 20 years longer than in 1920 and 10 years longer than in the 1930 s.All thanks to breakthrough success in the field of medical research. Last 100 years have been perhaps the most remarkable and unique years in the history of modern medicine. In fundamental sciences discovery of double helix and completion of human genome projects have been achieved that had no parallels. Causes of early deaths, crippling disorders, genetic abnormalities have been identified. In diagnostics, technologies like MRI and PET scan added feathers ever to our caps. In surgeries, bypass, transplant and prosthetics changed longevity and quality of life it is through this research, all of this have been possible. Again this has helped to determine disorders and their impact on the person and society, thus developing appropriate treatments to improve the individual’s quality of life. This scenario is prevailing not only in the arena of medicine but also in other fields too. Western or modern medical science is fast developing but this has not been the scenario in our field of Ayurveda as the ongoing research is on snail’s pace inIndia .The outcomes of Ayurvedic research have not yielded so much fruitful results as the real laboratory based research is still awaited. This paper examines the trends and challenges of traditional medicine in India. Although the paper is on India, references are drawn from other Asian countries like China and Japan to buttress the growing demand for traditional medicine. The paper concludes that to minimize the current distrust between modern and traditional doctors and to achieve the objective of regulation, standardization and cooperation, both traditional and modern doctors must acknowledge their areas of strengths and weaknesses from which they operate and be genuinely concerned about the difficult but necessary task of being human. The present challenges are globalization of Ayurveda in the domestic as well as international market and industrialization of Ayurvedic drug sector INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (October, 2017) 5(10) A FACADE OF CHALLENGES BEFORE AYURVEDA Mahajan Roshi 1 , Dogra Jyoti 2 , Tiwari Aditya Nath 3 1 Medical Officer Ayurveda, Deptt. Of ISM, J and K, India 2 Medical Officer Ayurveda, Deptt. Of ISM, J and K, India, 3 Associate Prof. Ch Brahm Prakash Ayurvedic Charak Sansthan, New Delhi, India Email: roshimahajanmd@gmail.com ABSTRACT It is now possible to live 20 years longer than in 1920 and 10 years longer than in the 1930 s.All thanks to breakthrough success in the field of medical research. Last 100 years have been perhaps the most remarkable and unique years in the history of modern medicine. In fundamental sciences discovery of double helix and completion of human genome projects have been achieved that had no parallels. Causes of early deaths, crippling disorders, genetic abnormalities have been identified. In diagnostics, technologies like MRI and PET scan added feathers ever to our caps. In surgeries, bypass, transplant and prosthetics changed longevity and quality of life it is through this research, all of this have been possible. Again this has helped to determine disorders and their impact on the person and society, thus developing appropriate treatments to improve the individual’s quality of life. This scenario is prevailing not only in the arena of medicine but also in other fields too. Western or modern medical science is fast developing but this has not been the scenario in our field of Ayurveda as the ongoing research is on snail’s pace inIndia .The outcomes of Ayurvedic research have not yielded so much fruitful results as the real laboratory based research is still awaited. This paper examines the trends and challenges of traditional medicine in India. Although the paper is on India, references are drawn from other Asian countries like China and Japan to buttress the growing demand for traditional medicine. The paper concludes that to minimize the current distrust between modern and traditional doctors and to achieve the objective of regulation, standardization and cooperation, both traditional and modern doctors must acknowledge their areas of strengths and weaknesses from which they operate and be genuinely concerned about the difficult but necessary task of being human. The present challenges are globalization of Ayurveda in the domestic as well as international market and industrialization of Ayurvedic drug sector INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (October, 2017) 5(10) A FACADE OF CHALLENGES BEFORE AYURVEDA Mahajan Roshi 1 , Dogra Jyoti 2 , Tiwari Aditya Nath 3 1 Medical Officer Ayurveda, Deptt. Of ISM, J and K, India 2 Medical Officer Ayurveda, Deptt. Of ISM, J and K, India, 3 Associate Prof. Ch Brahm Prakash Ayurvedic Charak Sansthan, New Delhi, India Email: roshimahajanmd@gmail.com ABSTRACT It is now possible to live 20 years longer than in 1920 and 10 years longer than in the 1930 s.All thanks to breakthrough success in the field of medical research. Last 100 years have been perhaps the most remarkable and unique years in the history of modern medicine. In fundamental sciences discovery of double helix and completion of human genome projects have been achieved that had no parallels. Causes of early deaths, crippling disorders, genetic abnormalities have been identified. In diagnostics, technologies like MRI and PET scan added feathers ever to our caps. In surgeries, bypass, transplant and prosthetics changed longevity and quality of life it is through this research, all of this have been possible. Again this has helped to determine disorders and their impact on the person and society, thus developing appropriate treatments to improve the individual’s quality of life. This scenario is prevailing not only in the arena of medicine but also in other fields too. Western or modern medical science is fast developing but this has not been the scenario in our field of Ayurveda as the ongoing research is on snail’s pace inIndia .The outcomes of Ayurvedic research have not yielded so much fruitful results as the real laboratory based research is still awaited. This paper examines the trends and challenges of traditional medicine in India. Although the paper is on India, references are drawn from other Asian countries like China and Japan to buttress the growing demand for traditional medicine. The paper concludes that to minimize the current distrust between modern and traditional doctors and to achieve the objective of regulation, standardization and cooperation, both traditional and modern doctors must acknowledge their areas of strengths and weaknesses from which they operate and be genuinely concerned about the difficult but necessary task of being human. The present challenges are globalization of Ayurveda in the domestic as well as international market and industrialization of Ayurvedic drug sector INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL Mahajan Roshi Et Al: A Facade Of Challenges Before Ayurveda IAMJ: OCTOBER, 2017 3763 Keywords: Ayurvedic , Standardization, Regulation,Globalization,Industrialization INTRODUCTION Each country has a unique Traditional Medical