Indian And Chinese Doctors Join Together To Prove The Efficacy Of Herbal Drugs

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Indian and Chinese doctors will collaborate to prove through clinical

trials the efficacy of some traditional herbal drugs that have for

generations been known to cure but for which there is no scientific

evidence.

 

"The protocol of the first such collaboration has been approved by

the board members and the final draft report is soon to be submitted

to the government for seeking funding," said Ranjit Roy Chaudhury,

chair of the Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) board of

trustees and US-based non-profit organisation INCLEN Inc.

 

"The project protocol has been signed and we will soon be ready to

submit it to authorities for seeking funds," Chaudhury told IANS.

 

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is among the

organisations looked at for funding. The first joint clinical

research will bring together a number of Indian institutes, including

the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

(PGIMER) Chandigarh, the ICMR, the INCLEN Trust, and the Centre for

Evaluation of Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine.

 

The Chinese collaboration will be led by Ji-Yao Yang of Shanghai

Medical College attached to Zhangshajn Hospital at Fudan University

in Shanghai.

 

While not accepting or rejecting the claims of traditional herbal

medicinal cures, a large team of specialists, including V.S Mathur, a

professor of pharmacology and advisor to Chaudhury, and PGI Director

K.K. Talwar, will make efforts to scientifically test the efficacy

and safety of herbal drugs

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