'Various steps being taken for increasing research in Unani'

Government is taking various steps to increase the volume of research in Unani medicine and develop safe and cost effective treatment for deadly diseases.
"The Government has taken steps to increase the volume of research in Unani system of medicines and develop safe and cost effective treatment for various deadly diseases.
"...Time bound research projects have been allotted under the Intramural Research policy, greater emphasis has been laid on undertaking collaborative research studies with reputed scientific organisations and allopathic hospital like AIIMS, New Delhi," Minister of State, AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
Elaborating on other steps, Naik said that randomised control trials in different non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, vitiligo have been carried out at different institutes under Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM).

He said that research projects on Unani medicine have also been awarded under the EMR scheme of AYUSH Ministry to different scientific institutions.
He said that CCRUM has conducted validaton of Unani pharmacopoeial formulations in ten diseases till now.

"Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), an autonomous organization under AYUSH Ministry, is engaged in the scientific validation of Unani pharmacopoeial formulations in various diseases since 2012.
"So far validation studies on 20 pharmacopoeial formulations in 10 disease conditions have been completed and in another 41 formulations in 27 disease conditions is in progress," he said.
The Ministry has established CCRUM with the mandate to undertake research and development of Unani Medicine through its 23 Central Research Institutes.