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Ayurveda Go To Index Page West taking to Yoga, Ayurveda: Ramadoss New
Delhi: The West is fast adopting the Yoga and Ayurveda, the country's
traditional medicinal system, and giving up Alopathy, Union Health Minister
A. Ramdoss said today while inaugurating the "Arogya-2004", a six-day
comprehensive health fair. The fair focuses on Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturoparthy,
Unani, Siddha and Homeopathic systems of medicines. "The current popularity
of traditional Indian Systems, particularly Ayurveda and Yoga, has crossed
the territorial barriers and there is ample demand generated in foreign
countries. The use of Yoga exercises and meditation techniques is spreading
very fast in USA and European countries. We have to harness this situation
with strategic approach and planning," said, Ramdoss, while inaugurating
the fair. The fair is not all about medicines. There is whole range
of beauty products, health foods like herbal tea, drinks, and even biscuits.
Also, one can avail free consultations by the specialists. Live Yoga
demonstrations with on-the-spot guidance are also part of the show.
Visitors too are finding the fair quite useful even as on display and
for sale are various herbs, roots, herbal and Ayurvedic medicines for
Diabetes, cancer, heart problems, leprosy, paralysis, and arthritis.
"I am enjoying the exhibition and getting all the information which
is otherwise not available. This is a great platform to get lot of information
on natural therapies," said Neera, a visitor. Radha Singh, another visitor,
said: "It is great. They have got lot of new avenues open, new drugs
that have come up. It's great to see what is happening." Several books
and informative material are also on display. Sale of medicinal plants
and know-how on cultivation of medicinal plants are the added feature
of the fair. Over the next six days, about five lakh people are expected
to visit the unique fair.
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