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eCAM 2008 5(3):243-245; doi:10.1093/ecam/nen014
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Second World Ayurveda Congress (Theme: Ayurveda for the Future)—Inaugural Address: Part II

R. A. Mashelkar

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

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   Ayurvedic Research: Scientific Questions to Address
 
At the Science Congress we held here in this same Pune University Campus, Noble laureate Professor Richard Ernst lectured on work using the latest advances and tools in high-resolution solid-state NMR, to gain understanding of the Chinese system of Acupuncture at the molecular level. He referred to papers in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Science (1). You see, while western scientists are scientifically probing the ancient practices of the East, our own Indian research is invariably focused on the West's leftover problems. That is unfortunate: it is a great, great pity indeed.

As I have said, Ayurveda is the ‘Science of Life’. The period 600 B.C.–800 A.D. has been called the ‘Ayurvedic period’ (2). At that time, developments in Ayurveda led to fundamental advances in chemistry, and in our ancient forms of botany and zoology, as well as its own discipline of medicine. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   CSIR Involvement: The New Millenium Indian Leadership Initiative
 

   Intellectual Property and Ayurveda
 

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