Will the Minister of AYURVEDA, YOGA AND NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has developed ayurvedic medicine to treat chronic diabetes;
(b) if so, the details thereof including the test report and the results of the concerned CSIR research; and
(c) the proposal of Government for mass use of the medicine to control diabetes therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA,
YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a): Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) under the Ministry of AYUSH has developed an anti-diabetic formulation AYUSH-82 for the management of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) through its constituent laboratories namely CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP) and CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) has developed a formulation BGR34, to be used by patients of newly diagnosed diabetes only as a measure for management of the disease.
(b): The formulation BGR34 was developed after standardization and pre-clinical studies conducted jointly by CSIR-CIMAP and CSIR-NBRI.
(c): For mass use, the technology of AYUSH-82 has been commercialized to several pharmaceutical companies through National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi. The technology of BGR34 has been transferred after proper approvals to M/s AIMIL Pvt. Ltd.
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