The Union minister of state in charge of AYUSH, Shripad Yessa Naik on Thursday inaugurated the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH) permanent campus located near the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) at Mawdiangdiang, in Shillong.
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“We have to take this knowledge and use it in our modern system. We are trying to take and make it scientifically validated, based on ethno-botanical and scientific research with practical suitability for clinical practices,” he said.
“Northeastern region has different types of folks and traditional healthcare practices among different ethnic groups and tribes of the region. The permanent campus of NEIAH in Shillong will benefit the research of these traditional practices ,” he said.
Naik also said that the primary aim of the institute is to produce quality research. “It will provide quality research and inter-disciplinary translational research in plant-based medical sciences namely Ayurveda and homeopathy,” he said.
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