Climate change may be adversely affecting several native herbs in the country, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil told delegates at the centenary celebrations of the All-India Ayurvedic Congress in New Delhi.
President Patil said that the herbs, which were being threatened, should be properly categorized and called on the National Medicinal Plants Board and the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants to help in this process.
Health Effects of Global Warming
Greenhouse effect causes excessive heat to build up in the earth’s atmosphere causing global warming and affects the environment and health.
Greenhouse effect causes excessive heat to build up in the earth’s atmosphere causing global warming and affects the environment and health.
"The manufacturers need to pay full attention to purity, quality and pharmacopian standards of the drugs,” she said. President Patil also added that unless patents were sought, Ayurveda would not be accepted as Indian knowledge.
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