Twitter storm planned to save Unani medicine

Demanding simply therapy for the Unani system of medicine within the newly fashioned National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM), a Twitter storm is being organised on Thursday by the All India Unani Conference and the Aligarh Muslim University’s A.K. Tibbia College.

“The Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine are like brothers. But in the NCISM Act 2020, the Unani system is being meted out step-motherly treatment,” stated Dr. Khalid Siddiqui, former director-general, Central Council for Research of Unani Medicine (CCRUM).

Urging an modification to the Act, Dr. Siddiqui stated, “The Unani system has considerable presence in the country and abroad but has been clubbed with the regional systems of Siddha and Sowa Rigpa in the Commission.”

Appealing for an unbiased board, honest distribution of sources, and acceptable illustration within the Commission, Dr. Siddiqui stated they’d method the members of a Parliamentary Committee.

He harassed that the Unani system, which has round 60 schools, 100 hospitals, and round 1,500 dispensaries throughout all States, had been subsumed with the Siddha and Sowa Rigpa programs, which have solely a regional presence with a number of schools and dispensaries.

The appointment of an Advisory Committee for the Ministry of AYUSH, he added, was a welcome step, “but this does not have a representative from the Unani system”.

Raising issues amongst practitioners and college students of the Unani system, earlier this month, a seminar was organised within the AMU’s Tibbia College, which has been the nucleus of analysis and training in Unani medicine within the nation.

“We hope that the honourable Prime Minister’s credo of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ will be translated into action by giving Unani System its due,” stated Prof F.S. Sheerani, Dean of the college of Unani medicine. “The Unani system might have developed in Greece but today, its roots are in India and has a global presence,” he stated.

“The Ministry of AYUSH has unilaterally permitted Ayurvedic post graduates of surgery to perform surgical procedures, totally ignoring the right of Unani post graduates in surgery with similar course content and training,” stated Dr .Mohammed Mohsin, affiliate professor and convenor of the seminar.

Underlining the function of Unani docs in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Mohsin stated Unani docs throughout the nation had contributed rather a lot within the prevailing pandemic, and a lot of docs had misplaced their lives.

“Unani medicine can have a substantial effect in boosting immunity and reducing mortality, particularly when used in proper dosage and without adulteration,” he stated, including that, opposite to the favored notion, the Ministry of AYUSH’s kadha (medicinal brew) had substances which can be utilized in each the Unani and Ayurveda programs.

Prof. Sheerani stated a plea had been made with the federal government for organising an All India Institute of Unani Medicine and offered the case of Tibbia College, which has been the premier institute. “We also demanded celebration of 100 glorious years of Maseehul Mulk Hakeem Mohd Ajmal Khan, after whom the college has been named,” he stated.