Bringing Ayurveda into healthcare system

BANGALORE: On Sunday, international delegates and representatives from more than 23 countries took a pledge at the 4th World Ayurveda Congress to support, promote and contribute towards the growth and sustenance of Ayurveda.

Representative countries included USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Italy, Greece, Nigeria, Kenya, Malaysia and Singapore.

Secretary General, Vijnana Bharati, India, A Jayakumar said the vision was to make Ayurveda an integral part of the healthcare system, not only in India but across the world.

“Ayurveda, representing various organisations and institutions, will work towards helping Ayurveda attain its rightful place in the world as a scientific form of health and overall wellbeing,” he said.

“Just like renewable energy has been taken seriously by countries the world over, there needs to be a conscious effort on our part to make ayurveda a global movement,” he said.

Relating from his experience, Dr Antoni Morandi from Italy, said when he switched from neurology to ayurveda “I at once had a feeling of being all alone”.

“The fire — Agni of transformation kept me going,” he said. “I want all of us to be connected and this pledge will serve as a glue to keep us linked and will instill strength and vigor in our mission to spread ayurveda.”

Safe stamp

Yet another figure from Germany, Dr Mark Rosenberg said ayurveda needed quality, measurement in and outside India so that people feel safe while opting for ayurveda for cure. “I feel that there was a need to focus on establishing a structure to ayurveda rather than the tourism aspect,” he said.