AYUSH Minister Prataprao Jadhav today said that One Herb, One Standard initiative aims to strengthen the quality and credibility of Traditional Medicines. Mr Jadhav was addressing the event on the renewal of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the One Herb, One Standard initiative today. The Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Ministry of Ayush, and the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, renewed the MoU. Addressing the event, the Minister said, the initiative will contribute to protecting India’s rich biodiversity and traditional medicine heritage, while strengthening India’s position as a trusted global standard-setter in medicinal plants, traditional medicines and their quality standards. He said, harmonised standards would help address potential confusion among stakeholders and establish a stronger and coordinated framework for the standardisation of medicinal plants.
Ayush Ministry said that the renewed MoU will continue the inter-ministerial cooperation for a further period of three years, with the objective of developing uniform, reliable and scientifically robust quality standards for single drugs of plant origin used across Ayurveda, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani and Homoeopathy systems of medicine.
