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NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 8, 2003: After losing the patents of neem, bitter gourd and basmati rice, the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) have now decided to strengthen the Indian claim about its traditional knowledge in this area and also help in countering the attempts of other countries to acquire a patent on Indian system of medicine. Most Ayurvedic drugs prevalent in India have not been patented and no effort has been made towards standardizing these drugs according to the international standard of World Health Organization, pointed out Dr. N. Singh, director of the International Institute of Herbal Medicine. At a time when the world is witnessing a paradigm shift in health culture, with more and more people turning to herbal remedies because of harmful side effects caused by synthetic chemical medicines, the need of the hour is to adopt an integrated approach that combines the best of the great Indian herbal heritage with the modern scientific knowledge for revitalizing herbal medicine, Dr. Pushpangadan said.

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