Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (KD/MB)

Mangalore, Jun 4: Ayurvedic treatment and Yoga are essential to keep away from various physical and mental disorders, which are the result of modern-day way of life, said MLA Yogish Bhat here on Sunday June 3.

He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long seminar organized by the Indian Traditional-folk Ayurvedic doctors to educate people on the endangered medicinal plants and herbal species. Very often the rich traditional medicinal value and heritage of India have been plagiarized by the Western world, Bhat pointed out.

Noted journalist Prof V B Arthikaje called upon the people to find measures to preserve the rich, indigenous medical knowledge and set up stalls both to sell Ayurvedic books and display rare and effective medicinal herbs.

M Dinesh Nayak of Sasya Sanjeevani, an organization aimed at protecting medicinal herbs and plants, gave a lecture on ‘Endangered plant species of medicinal value’. He said that the Western Ghats housed about 60-70 plants which could possibly be the cure for many diseases including cancer. To get benefits for the future generation these plants should be protected and methodically grown, he emphasized.