An Evaluation on Medical Education, Research and Development of AYUSH Systems of Medicine through Five Year Plans of India
Introduction: Indian system of medicine has its origin in India. The system is currently renamed as AYUSH, an acronym for Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy. These are the six Indian systems of medicine prevalent and practiced in India and in few neighboring Asian coun...
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| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/7793/18194_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(RSAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Indian system of medicine has its origin in India. The
system is currently renamed as AYUSH, an acronym for Ayurveda,
Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy. These are
the six Indian systems of medicine prevalent and practiced in India
and in few neighboring Asian countries.
Objective: The primary objective of this review was to gain insight
in to the prior and existing initiatives which would enable reflection
and assist in the identification of future change.
Materials and Methods: A review was carried out based on the
five year plan documents, obtained from the planning commission
web portal of Govt. of India, on medical education, research and
development of AYUSH systems of medicine.
Results: Post independence, the process of five year planning
took its birth with the initiation of long term planning in India. The
planning process embraced all the social and technology sectors
in it. Since the beginning of five year planning, health and family
welfare planning became imperative as a social sector planning.
Planning regarding Indian Systems of Medicine became a part of
health and family welfare planning since then. During the entire
planning process, a progressive path of development could be
observed as per this evaluation. A relatively sluggish process of
development was observed up to seventh plan however post
eighth plan the growth took its pace. Eighth plan onwards several
innovative development processes could be noticed. Despite the
relative developments and growth of Indian systems of medicine
these systems have to face lot of criticism and appraisal owing to
their various characteristic features. In the beginning the system
thrived with great degree of uncertainty, as described in 1st five
year plan, however has progressed ahead with a vision to be a
globally accepted system, as envisaged in 11th five year plan.
Conclusion: A very strong optimistic approach in spreading
India’s own medical heritage is the need of the hour. The efforts
are neither completely insufficient nor sufficient enough; hence a
continuous endeavor for the revival and dissemination of India’s
own medical inheritance for the welfare of the society at large is
highly desirable. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |