Guwahati, Oct 8 : North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) has organised a two days training workshop for trainers on traditional healing practices in Northeast India” at IIBM, Khanapara, Guwahati.
About twenty four resource persons from different Institute and Universities of India and more than fifty traditional healers of Northeast India participated in the workshop.Dr Rama Shankar, Officer Incharge of NEIFM welcomed all the participants and delegates.The workshop was inaugurated by lighting lamps by Verghese Samuel, Joint Secretary, Department of AYUSH.
SK Chadha, IFS, Director AYUSH was the guest of honour where he elaborated the importance of NEIFM and also the importance of traditional folk medicine and its deep rooted cultural, anthropological, social and spiritual linking in the treatment of local people of remote and inaccessible areas of India.
Dr GG Gangadharan, Jt. Director, FMRI, Mumbai, Dr RC Srivastava, Jt. Director, BSI, Itanagar, Prof SK Borthakur, GU Assam and many other scientists have presented the research papers in the workshop. Dr DS Kalita, Principal, Ayurvedic College, Guwahati emphasized the urgent need of conservation of medicinal plant wealth of NE India.
The traditional healers from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,Tripura and Sikkim have displayed the medicinal plants and medicines used in their localities. Traditional healers participating in the workshop has discussed about their difficulties like transportation, collection of drugs from forest areas and establishment of mini dispensaries in different areas and methods for the solution of their requirements were recorded for future programme of the institute.
About twenty four resource persons from different Institute and Universities of India and more than fifty traditional healers of Northeast India participated in the workshop.Dr Rama Shankar, Officer Incharge of NEIFM welcomed all the participants and delegates.The workshop was inaugurated by lighting lamps by Verghese Samuel, Joint Secretary, Department of AYUSH.
SK Chadha, IFS, Director AYUSH was the guest of honour where he elaborated the importance of NEIFM and also the importance of traditional folk medicine and its deep rooted cultural, anthropological, social and spiritual linking in the treatment of local people of remote and inaccessible areas of India.
Dr GG Gangadharan, Jt. Director, FMRI, Mumbai, Dr RC Srivastava, Jt. Director, BSI, Itanagar, Prof SK Borthakur, GU Assam and many other scientists have presented the research papers in the workshop. Dr DS Kalita, Principal, Ayurvedic College, Guwahati emphasized the urgent need of conservation of medicinal plant wealth of NE India.
The traditional healers from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,Tripura and Sikkim have displayed the medicinal plants and medicines used in their localities. Traditional healers participating in the workshop has discussed about their difficulties like transportation, collection of drugs from forest areas and establishment of mini dispensaries in different areas and methods for the solution of their requirements were recorded for future programme of the institute.
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