Traditional knowledge patents: New guidelines or deterrents?
Bhushan Patwardhan
The Indian Patent Office (IPO), on November 8, 2012, has announced new guidelines for issuing patents based on traditional knowledge (TK). [1] The IPO already has patent laws in place, and the new gui...
Approaches to pre-formulation R and D for phytopharmaceuticals emanating from herb based traditional Ayurvedic processes
DB Anantha Narayana
Botanicals constitute a large part of the drugs from the traditional medicine (TM) and ethno medicine (EM) known for their history of safe use (HOSU). Phytopharmaceuticals having a base of such origin...
Basti: Does the equipment and method of administration matter?
Manohar S Gundeti, Ashwinikumar A Raut, Nitin M Kamat
Basti is one of the five procedures of panchakarma in Ayurveda. Classically, it is advocated in the diseases of vata. It is mainly of two types viz. asthapana and anuvas...
