Health camp for pilgrims

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ALLAHABAD: The Regional Research Centre (Unani) under Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, government of India, organised a special health camp-cum-exhibition at Magh Mela for the pilgrims and Kalpvasis. The camp was inaugurated by Dr Asha Bhargava, additional director family and welfare department, on Sunday. Nearly 500 patients of arthritis, asthma, gynaecological disorders, common diseases etc were examined during the camp. Dr D N Tiwari, deputy chairman, planning commission, Chattisgarh; Dr K K Tiwari; Dr Saad Usmani, principal, State Unani Medical College; and Dr SAM Meesum were present on the occasion, among others.


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Alternative Medicine Gaining Ground In Malaysia


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By V.Sankara Subramaniam
SHAH ALAM, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- Alternative medicine is increasingly gaining acceptance among Malaysians in not only maintaining good health but also in treating ailments.
In Malaysia, the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the Indian Ayurveda and Siddha medicine are respectively the most common alternative remedy to conventional medicine for the Chinese and Indian communities.
The president of the Malaysian Society for Complementary Medicine (MSCM) Dr Lee Chee Pheng remarked that no one wants to fall sick and the side effects of conventional drugs were pushing the society towards herbal medicine that is relatively harmless.
"Based on the market demand, TCM is the fastest growing industry in the world," said Dr Lee when met at the recent 4th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo 2010 in Bangalore, India.
Dr Lee led a nine-member team from MSCM to the event considered the world's biggest on complementary and alternative healthcare. It was organised by India's Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil) and the Government of Karnataka.
GREATER CHOICE FROM ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Concurring with Dr Lee, Dr. V.M. Palaniappan a leading practitioner of alternative medicine and author of numerous books on the subject noted that the ancient Ayurveda and Siddha medicine too have been gaining popularity in Malaysia with many Ayurvedic centres cropping up over the last decade.
"I have a strong feeling that Ayurvedic system is fast picking up in Malaysia, and I will not be surprised if more people begin to seek remedies through this method.
"One of the reasons why people opt for alternative medicine appears to be the presence of undesirable side effects of chemical-based drugs used in modern medicine," said this former academician with Universiti Malaya.
Another reason for people seeking treatment using alternative method is the cost factor. It is a lot cheaper," said the pioneering founder of an evidence and science based alternative medicine called Ecological Healing System (EHS).
Dr Palani observed that in general people spend lots of money to manage their health through conventional methods, yet often end up suffering without any solution to their health woes.
TRADITIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE ACT
Nevertheless, at present alternative medicine in Malaysia is still at infancy and awaiting guidelines to regulate the sector and integrate alternative/complimentary medicine into the National Healthcare System.
The Health Ministry is to introduce the TCM Act, which is expected to be effective by this year, that would provide guidelines to better regulate TCM practices in Malaysia.
Once the TCM Act is implemented, all TCM practitioners will have to register with the ministry before they can offer their services.
But this has created some uneasiness among the practitioners like pointed out by Dr Lee and Dr Palani.
Both related that the practitioners were very much concerned of the upcoming TCM Act as they were not clear on its content.
"Is it going to restrict the growth of TCM practitioners? Who is going to instruct and train new practitioners? Who is going to decide as who is scientific and who is not? The TCM Act appears to talk only about the science behind the treatment method and the like. One should remember that the traditional medicine originates from the kitchen," he said.
Commenting further on the matter, Dr Palani pointed out the qualities of the conventional medicine could only be evaluated by their practitioners and researchers and the same goes to the traditional medication.
"Moreover the subject is very complex. The alternative medical practitioners can only judge by the end-results," he added.
As such, he said, proponents of conventional medicine should not be the one to evaluate the qualities of alternative medicine.
Dr Palani is thankful that the government is liberal in allowing the Ayurvedic and several other traditional medical systems to be practiced in Malaysia.
"Due to the many similarities in the climatic conditions, food and culture between Malaysia and India, the Ayurveda as well as the Siddha systems may suit the people of Malaysia very well", he said.
RESEARCH INTO AYURVEDIC MEDICINE AND SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT
In developing alternative medicine here, Dr Lee noted that India is willing to cooperate with Malaysia to explore the potential of our natural herbs.
In this respect Dr Lee invited the National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) in Bangalore, India, to undertake joint research on natural herbs with the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia.
"Many use traditional medicine in Malaysia. However, adequate research and development appears to be still lacking."
Dr Lee felt that the government so far has given encouragement and support for research works to tap the potential of TCM but have yet to extend the same to the Indian medicine like Ayurveda.
"I hope the government will give a helping hand to develop Ayurvedic traditional system of medicine as well," he said.
Meanwhile, V. Devindran the head of Technical Team of LITNA (M) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Bigcorp-A Berhad, during the congress said Indian companies specializing in Ayurveda pharmaceutical formulations have shown interest in conducting research and trials on health products to treat common diseases affecting Malaysians.
"We have already conducted research and clinical trials on testing gymnema sylvestre, a plant used in India for treating diabetes. We are in the final stage to launch our company's Gymnema Extract in softgel capsules by this year. We hope the gymnema capsules will give a solution to treat diabetes," he added.

Indian Muslims newsmakers last fortnight
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Noted social worker and RTI activist Ms. PARVEEN AMANULLAH, who was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Sahebpur Kamal Constituency, as a JDU candidate, was inducted into the Ministry as a Cabinet Minister for Social Welfare. She took oath of her office on 28 Nov. 2010 at Patna. She is a first-time member of the Legislative Assembly.
NADEEM AHMAD son of Abdul Hafiz of Kirana, Saharanpur secured the second place in All India CSIR Net Junior Research Fellow Scholarship Test for 2010.
SK MAHBOOB BASHA of Andhra Pradesh under 19 cricket team scored a 'perfect ten' in Cooch Behar Plate Group B match at Anantapur on 27 Nov. 2010 and in the process broke the 38 year old Andhra cricket Association records of VSV Prasad who claimed nine for 25 against Kerala in an under 25 match in Vijoyavada in 1972-73.. Off Spinner Basha bowled 27.3 overs on the trot and conceded 44 runs and picked all the wickets against Tripura.
Dr. ZOHRA AHMAD of Delhi secured the first position in Post-Graduate Entrance Exam of All India Institute of Medical Science held on 14 Nov. 2010. Dr Ahmad broke the trend in the sense that earlier only South India based candidates secured top positions.
The government of Rajasthan on 27 Nov. 2010 nominated LIAQAT ALI KHAN, Inspector-General of Police UMER DEEN KHAN an RAS officer, HAIDAR RAZA a Shia leader, Maulana ZUBAIR ALWARI and Maulana FAIYAZ religious scholars as new members to the Rajasthan Waqf Board quorum of eleven members. The newly constituted Board will elect new chairman from among themselves later in a fortnight.
Bihar ex-Congress Chief MAHBOOB ALI QAISAR, who resigned from the post after the polls debacle, was issued arrest warrant by Madhepura district SP on 28 Nov. 2010 for allegedly violating model code of conduct during the recent assembly elections in the state. Mr. Qaisar alongwith Ms Lovely Anand wife of jailed don Anand Mohan allegedly landed their helicopter without legal permission at a venue of an election meeting at Madhepura district on 4 October, 2010.
Founder and Manager of Deoband Unani Medical College Dr. QAMRUZZAMAN QURAISHI was elected to the Indian Medicine Board UP from the physicians constituency of Western Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Quraishi secured 1295 votes as against his other two rivals Dr. Liaq Hussain 67 votes and Dr. Javed Aktar Siddiqui 13 votes.
Secondary Education Directorate Bikaner Rajasthan on 25 Nov. 2010 reinstated the services of Mr. ABUBAKAR NAQVI president of Rajasthan State Primary and Secondary Teachers Union and State Secretary of Karamchari Samekit Mahasangh. It is interesting to note that he was dismissed for violation of moral code of conduct as he gave a call to vote in favour of Bhartia Janata Party.
Dr. ASLAM JAMSHEDPURI Head of the department of Urdu, Chaudhary Charan Singh University Meerut, was nominated member of UP Urdu Academy for a term of two years for the third time.
Director General of civil aviation NASIM AHMAD ZAIDI, a senior IAS officer of 1976 batch became the new civil aviation secretary after Mr. Madhavan Nambiar retired on Nov. 30 2010. Before the aviation he was posted as the representative of India with the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
SHAHZAD AHMAD of village Moghul Sarai, Saharanpur UP has secured fourth position in the PCS (Civil Judge Exam) 2010. He is an AMU alumni and his father is a teacher at Panwar Junior High School.
HASAN SHUJA of daily Sahafat and JALEES AHMAD of PTI/Bhasha were nominated to the Lok Sabha Press Advisory Council (Urdu) by Speaker Meera Kumar on 3 Dec. 2010. The Council has 27 members besides four designated members. The Council will be chaired by S. Sachitanand Murthi of Malayalam Manorma.
Dr. NIGAR SULTANA took over the charges of head of the department of Urdu, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh on 9 September, 2010.
Dr. ABDUL WAHEED KHAN former Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU was conferred an Honorary Doctorate by Wawason Open University, Penang, Malaysia. This Doctorate of letters Honoris causa has been conferred in acknowledgement and recognition of Dr. Khan as a self-made man, visionary, leader, educationist and achiever in education and global distance education in particular. Dr. Khan is presently President of Talal Abu Gazaleh Business University, Bahrain and senior Advisor to Arab Open University.
Dr. S. ASMAT ALI senior resident of JN Medical College, Department of surgery, Aligarh was nominated as a member of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. He will be presented with a memento in Glasgow later.
Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator and chief of state RJD Mr. ABDUL BARI SIDDIQUI was named the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly by the Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary on 3 Nov. 2010 Earlier Mr. Siddiqui had been elected leader of the RJD assembly party unopposed, a post that was held by Ms Rabri Devi for the past five years. He represents Alinagar constituency in the Bihar Assembly. RJD, which ruled  Bihar for 15 long years, had failed to qualify for the status of the opposition party in the recently held assembly polls and could secured only 22 seats. Despite two seats short of the required 10% seats for the honour.
Senior leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Mr. ZAKIR HUSAIN was unanimously elected leader of the LJP in the Bihar Assembly on 29 Nov. 2010 LJP lead by Ramvilas Paswan has won nine assembly seats in the 2010 assembly election. Mr. Zakir Husain represents Araria constituency in the Bihar Assembly.
Lt. General S.A. HASNAIN took over the command of the Srinagar 15 corps also known as the Chinar corps at Srinagar on 4 Dec. 2010. He replaces Lt. Gen. N.C. Marwah who will now head the command in Andaman and Nicobar islands. The 15 Corps headquarters is considered to be one of the most prestigious Corps of Army in the country. Before this Lt. Gen. Hasnain functioned as Colonel General Staff in the counter-insurgency Victory Force in south Kashmir, he later commanded a brigade in Uri, during which period the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus services was launched. Lt. Gen. Hasnian shot into prominence conducting court martial proceedings against a Major of Rashtriya Rifles battalion. He assumes the charges of the Chinar Corps against the backdrop of the current disagreement between the State government and the Army over demilitarisation and withdrawal or amending of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Lt. Gen. Hasnian will be also incharge of guarding the LoC, checking infiltration and subduing the threat of insurgency. He is only the second Muslim officer to have commanded the prestigious 15 Corps a crucial shield against Pakistan's offensive intent after Lt. Gen. M.A. Zaki. Lt. Gen. Hasnain comes from a family of soldiers as his father served Garhwal Rifles and retired as a Major General. He is an expert in both conventional and counter-terrorism operations and had served the valley for more than a decade.
State RJD Chief Mr. ABDUL BARI SIDDIQUI was elected leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in the Bihar State Legislative Assembly. In the recent election in the state RJD has won 22 assembly seats. He is expected to be appointed as the leader of the opposition in the state assembly by the speakers discretion. Non of the parties has secured 24 member technical requirement as the Bihar Legislative Assembly rules to be nominated as opposition party in the assembly in the wake of the land slide victory of JDU BJP combined in the 2010 Assembly Election.

Job security for salesmen on the cards
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NEW DELHI: Over three lakh salesmen in sectors such as FMCG , automobiles and apparel will now be covered under a new law providing higher job security, pay parity and better working conditions. However, this may raise companies' operational cost.
Sales and marketing personnel, excluding managers, in 10 sectors will be covered under the Sales Promotion Employees (SPE) Act, according to the minutes of a meeting of Labour Ministry, a copy of which is with ET. Employers in these sectors will have to give appointment letters to all sales employees besides offering benefits such as earned, medical, extraordinary , study and casual leaves. Human resource experts say employers will have to overhaul their HR policies.
"Lakhs of sales personnel will get job security, parity in pay across industries and reduce chances of discrimination in terms of experience , knowledge and skill-sets ," Amitava Ghosh, Head Regulatory at Team-Lease Services said.
After a meeting with industry and trade union representatives in November, the labour ministry has decided to expand the scope of the SPE Act of 1976 that covers only medical representatives at present. Though employers resisted the move to bring salesmen of other industries under the purview of the Act without talking to each of them first, a decision was pushed through by 'broad consensus.'
The law will now also cover companies in businesses such as cosmetics, soaps and disinfectants; readymade garments; soft drink manufacturing; biscuits and confectionaries ; automobiles (including accessories); electronics, computers , electrical appliances and paints. Other sectors whose employers will be part of the amended law include ayurvedic, unani and homeopathic medicines; surgical equipment, artificial prosthesis and diagnostics besides paints and varnishes.
At present, sales personnel in most sectors are covered under either the Factories Act or the Shops & Establishment Act of the respective state. Industrial labour experts say the employers in the identified sectors will now have to comply with the uniform SPE Act once the labour ministry notifies its decision. Moreover, they will automatically have to comply with six other central labour laws such as the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947.
These employers will have to change recruitment & compensation policies besides terms of employment , which will initially push up operational cost marginally . Human resources consultants say that employers will need to be much more caring for workers and minimise breach of employment law provisions, which arise largely from ignorance of multiple labour laws.
But employers have strongly objected to the labour ministry's plans. "The extension (of SPE Act) is counter-productive and not conducive to any stake holder," said Sharad Patil , secretary general of Employers' Federation of India , who was part of the meeting with labour ministry . The federation represents many top business houses and lobbies for human resources related issues.
Patil argues that onerous legal paperwork will make employers reluctant to hire sales personnel under such conditions, who will look at alternate ways to push sales, thus adversely impacting job opportunities in the country .
Companies have found ways to circumvent SPE Act even in the pharmaceuticals sector.
Some firms have designated their medical representatives as a supervisor or manager without much change in compensation or work condition as managers are not covered under the SPE Act, said a medical representatives' union leader.
Incidentally, the move to extending the SPE Act was driven by a petition submitted by the Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives' Association (FMRAI), a trade union of the country's medical representatives. While the petition was focused on problems faced by medical representatives , FMRAI had sought extension of the law to 40 sectors. The union had also called for penal provisions such as imprisonment of employers in violation cases, along with a longer maternity leave from three to six months.

LOCAL APPLICATION TREATING SKIN CANCER

by syyed ubaidussalam

This is a kind of thin paste for skin cancer (jildi sartaan), according to unani system of medicine.

Take following medicines to prepare it.

1.       Rhus coriaria Linn. (sumaaq) two parts

2. Quercus infectoria Olivier (mazu) two parts

3. Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume (taj qalmi) two parts

and

4. Wine ( sharaab) two parts

Soak these drugs in wine for four days. Now boil it and stir this while boiling with the wood of Cypressus sempervirens Linn (sarw) , then strain it and make it clean and repeat boiling it till it becomes thick.

Now keep it in a vessel of glass and after cooling mix wine with it .

Use it on skin cancer(sartaan e jild) and Cancrum (gosht khorah or aakilah)

Reference. Kitaabul hawi fit tibb volume  7^th by zakarya razi