| Revival of the Indigenous basis of health veterinary
care and conserving medicinal flora |
Health and veterinary care in
India has never properly reached backward areas. The
indigenous systems of medicine, which have been the mainstay
of the community, have been neglected in government policy and
hence suffered a decline. On the other hand, it is likely that
patents on medicines and globalization will push drug prices
even further out of the reach of ordinary people, making their
access to health care even worse than before.
The only way to establish a
system of affordable (and holistic) health care is to build on
the foundation of traditional healing using medicinal plants
and indigenous practices.
For the revival, of indigenous
basis of health, we are trying to restore access to medicinal
plants, encourage the planting of herbal gardens and make
available locally produced herbal formulations at reasonable
cost.
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