5th volume of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia releas

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss today released the 5th volume of Ayurveda Pharmacopoeia of India at a function here.

The Ayurveda Pharmacopoeia consists of 93 monographs of single Ayurvedic drugs used in different formulations. The book is a guide for Ayurvedic pharmaceuticals to maintain the quality of their products and provide a baseline for scientists who want to know about different single drugs used in Ayurveda.

Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh was among those present on the occasion.

The volume incorporates the work by Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee comprising experts of various inter-related fields and different laboratories engaged in standardising these drugs.

At present about 1,000 single drugs and 8,000 compound formulations are used in the Ayurveda system including drugs of plants, animal and mineral origin both single and compound formulations.