An Economy based on Tradition!

It has been rightly said:

... if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles ...

- Sun Tzu

It is encouraging that Ayurvedic, Uniani and Siddha formulations are being recorded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) into what they call a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL). Now at least with the European Patent Office the TKDL database would be available for establishing prior art.

Then why is it that we have failed to establish our economic growth on traditional knowledge. We should not only guarantee healthcare but also formulate an insurance coverage on such systems of medicine so as to encourage people to adopt these systems and help the economy grow. Yet these systems are considered to be "unproven systems" under all the insurance coverages that we come across today. Besides even stem cell research based cure is excluded from such coverage!



Reference:

India logs over 2 lakh traditional medical formulations