The higher order Siddha medicines which are in the possession of a few traditional healers in Tamil Nadu would have to be subjected to scientific research to gain the acceptance of the community and the government bodies, according to R.S. Ramaswamy, Director-General of the Central Council for Research in Siddha , Ministry of AYUSH. , and A. Kumaravelu, Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, CCRS.

They were talking to newspersons on the sidelines of a two-day workshop on Higher Order Siddha Medicines (HOSM) organised by the Tamil Nadu Paramabariya Siddha Vaidhya Maha Sangam (TNPSVMS) which began here on Saturday.

Dr. Ramaswamy and Dr. Kumaravelu said that only after the bifurcation of the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and the establishment of the CCRS in 2010, the Siddha Council took up the initiative of research in HOSM. “We have to first collect the materials and the sources of medicines, document them and send them for analysis,” they said.............Read more

Source web page: The Hindu