Centre for Traditional Medicine and
Research, a Chennai based NGO organized a seminar on the topic 'Admirable
ISM drugs and Formulations' on 25th May 2012 at Madras Christian College. Dr. T.Thirunarayanan Secretary of CTMR said about 60 Siddha, Ayurveda physicians,
Botanist, Research Scholars participated in the seminar which looked critically at the rationale of Tradional Indian System of Medicine formulations
Dr.K.Manikavasagam,
director National Institute of Siddha, delivered the Inaugural address and
stressed the need for better understanding on the pharmaceutics of Traditional
medicine and this seminar is in that direction. He recalled the collaborations
with CTMR in various activities including establishment of Medicinal Plant
Garden and Museum in the
Institute.
Dr.D.Narasimhan
of the Centre for Floristic studies Madras
Christian College
in his presidential address highlighted how Siddha and Botany are interdependent
particularly as most drugs are from plant sources and how ethonobotany has
emerged as an important area for development of low cost drugs for many
ailments.
The
Lead speaker was Vaidya. S.Usman Ali, with over 50 years in the field of ISM
pharmacognosy, pharmaceutics and ISM pharmacology who highlighted the
significance of certain ingredients in formulations which enhance
bioavailability of drugs or prepare the site of action in the system, which
greatly reduce the quantam of drug required per dose.
Dr.S.Rajkumar
highlighted the Problem of Iron deficiency anemia and explained how different
Iron based formulations of Siddha medicine address different associated
clinical conditions.
Participants in their feedback mentioned that it was a very informative seminar and wished more patronage for this kind of analytical debates.
