DNA/Diligent Media
Friday, April 10 2015
New Delhi, India
With new herbal products being introduced in the market every other day, ayurveda experts have demanded a strong regulatory mechanism to ensure people are not misguided and land up in trouble.
According to the experts, it needs more people keep a check on the new herbal products coming into the market. Dr Kuldip Kohli, director of AYUSH in Maharashtra, said, "Every other day, a new herbal product is being introduced in the market which may have a rational or an irrational combination. People feel it is very easy to float their products in the market as there is no good regulatory mechanism to ensure that the product is safe for use."
Dr Kohli, who agrees that ayurveda has been a preferred choice of people for years, said that FDA has a very few drug inspectors to check on these products. "FDA needs to have more drug inspectors for ayurveda like they have for allopathy medicines," said Dr Kohli.
According to ST Patil, joint commissioner (drugs) of FDA, there is only one technical officer for ayurveda. Doctors say that people, especially the ones suffering from chronic ailments, rely on herbal products in the market.
"Such medicines are neither effective nor tested by any drug controller. Hence, it's not advisable for patients to buy them. People tend to discontinue their regular medicines and rely on ayurvedic ones that are not prescribed by an expert and land themselves in trouble," said Dr Tushar Rege, diabetic foot surgeon.
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