Imphal, Jul 9 : The number of persons who have collected the Damdawi plant potion prepared at Chawlein Medicine Research Agency, Saikot village in Churachandpur district has crossed 3.2 lakhs despite the state government`s intention to prevent mass consumption of the potion.
A state high level meeting which was held on June 21 jointly presided by three Cabinet ministers and attended by a number of experts, scientists from various institutions and doctors from the state has already discussed the issue of restricting the prevailing mass distribution of the Damdawi potion because of the possibile health hazards and side effects of the unbranded medicine.There is yet no scientific proof of the authencity of the Damdawi potion and due to the failure of the state government to take a proper decision over the usage of the potion during the last meeting, there has been no change in the distribution of the potion at Saikot village. Numerous patients, mainly suffering from cancer, even from the neighbouring states have been turning up to collect the potion.
The state government has been unable to take any initiative for proper scientific analysis of the plant which was officially confirmed as a species of Croton Caudatus Geiseler, a variety of Euphordiaceae plant. On the other hand, the serious efforts of a team of researchers of Manipur University life sciences department headed by Prof. Potsangbam Kumar Singh, ethno botany and plant physiology laboratory of MU, resulted in the Botanical Survey of India, Shillong listing the plant under ACC No. 96367 of the BSI Shillong on June 10.
In the meantime, according to L Hamhoite Hmar, secretary of the Chawlein Medicine Research Agency at Saikot, though there has been official announcement made during the high level meeting that there could be possible side effects of the potion, so far as per record maintained by the agency more than 70 percent of sick persons, including cancer patients, have reportedly acknowledged they were healed from their sickness after consumption of the potion as per the dose prescribed by the founder Chawlein Damdwi.
The secretary further disclosed that the agency always welcomed any approach made by research institutions for the scientific study of the Damdawi plant, but as far as his agency was concerned, it would go along with the life sciences department of Manipur University as the agency had signed an agreement with the department during May for the scientific analysis of the plant which would take upto three months.
The secretary further said it was not their responsibility for any complaints of side effects after consuming the Damdawi potion which they bought from the market, as the agency never sold Damdawi potion to anyone before February this year.
A state high level meeting which was held on June 21 jointly presided by three Cabinet ministers and attended by a number of experts, scientists from various institutions and doctors from the state has already discussed the issue of restricting the prevailing mass distribution of the Damdawi potion because of the possibile health hazards and side effects of the unbranded medicine.There is yet no scientific proof of the authencity of the Damdawi potion and due to the failure of the state government to take a proper decision over the usage of the potion during the last meeting, there has been no change in the distribution of the potion at Saikot village. Numerous patients, mainly suffering from cancer, even from the neighbouring states have been turning up to collect the potion.
The state government has been unable to take any initiative for proper scientific analysis of the plant which was officially confirmed as a species of Croton Caudatus Geiseler, a variety of Euphordiaceae plant. On the other hand, the serious efforts of a team of researchers of Manipur University life sciences department headed by Prof. Potsangbam Kumar Singh, ethno botany and plant physiology laboratory of MU, resulted in the Botanical Survey of India, Shillong listing the plant under ACC No. 96367 of the BSI Shillong on June 10.
In the meantime, according to L Hamhoite Hmar, secretary of the Chawlein Medicine Research Agency at Saikot, though there has been official announcement made during the high level meeting that there could be possible side effects of the potion, so far as per record maintained by the agency more than 70 percent of sick persons, including cancer patients, have reportedly acknowledged they were healed from their sickness after consumption of the potion as per the dose prescribed by the founder Chawlein Damdwi.
The secretary further disclosed that the agency always welcomed any approach made by research institutions for the scientific study of the Damdawi plant, but as far as his agency was concerned, it would go along with the life sciences department of Manipur University as the agency had signed an agreement with the department during May for the scientific analysis of the plant which would take upto three months.
The secretary further said it was not their responsibility for any complaints of side effects after consuming the Damdawi potion which they bought from the market, as the agency never sold Damdawi potion to anyone before February this year.
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