Chapter 1: AYUSH - Gifting Holistic Well-being to the World

Introduction

• The Ayurvedic discipline, in instance, is commonly referred to as the "Science of Life." It has its origins in the old Indian knowledge system. 
• The Ministry of Ayush (MoA) is actively promoting Ayush healthcare systems.
• This has resulted in increased study funding and collaborations between Ayush experts and modern scientific academics.
• The Ministry of Ayush's mission is to bridge the gap between traditional knowledge and modern scientific proof. This will ensure that Ayush is included into evidence-based healthcare practises.

The Ministry of Ayush's R&D efforts

• MoA has created five Research Councils as Autonomous Institutes for Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy, Siddha, Yoga, and Naturopathy research.
• Among the research activities are medicinal plant research and drug standardisation. Pharmaceutical research, clinical research, and so on.
• MoA works with a variety of research institutes, universities, and international organisations such as CSIR, CIMR, and others.
• The Ayush mark was also introduced to recognise traditional medicine items and to provide legitimacy to the country's superior Ayush products.
• In addition, the Ministry is collaborating closely with the Bureau of Indian guidelines to develop guidelines for Medical Value Travel.
• So far, 17 Indian standards for herbal ingredients, Panchkarma equipment, and yoga accessories have been developed.
• The Ayush research site was created to disseminate Evidence-based Research Data of Ayush Systems on a global scale.
• For researchers, doctors, and stakeholders, the Ministry also organises training programmes, workshops, and conferences.
• The National Health Policy (NHP) 2017 actively pushed for mainstreaming Ayush's potential within a heterogeneous system of Integrative healthcare.
• The first and only global Centre for traditional medicine, the WHO-Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM), is being established in Jamnagar, India.
• It strives to reinforce traditional medicine's scientific foundation.
• It will give global health leadership on traditional medicine issues and help position the Ayush system in the world.
• One of its primary roles is to assure traditional medicines' quality, safety, efficacy, accessibility, and sensible usage.
• It will entail the creation of norms, standards, and recommendations in a variety of technical fields, as well as data gathering, analytics, and impact assessment tools and processes.

Ayush Research Model is Pragmatic

• Ayush approaches grey areas of research and addresses healthcare concerns by:
• Exploring Traditional Challenges: The research seeks to investigate and validate traditional knowledge, as well as to harness wisdom acquired over ages, in order to identify novel methods to health and well-being.
• Integration of Modern Scientific Methods: An Interdisciplinary Ayush Research and Development Task Force will create and develop strategies for Covid management in partnership with reputable national organisations.
• Providing Unmet Healthcare requirements: It provides unmet healthcare requirements, particularly in locations where contemporary medications have limits. Brahmi Ghrita and Jyotishmati Taila, for example, in the treatment of Cognitive Deficit.
• Ayush encourages a healthy lifestyle by including Yoga, meditation, dietary guidance, and natural medicines.
• Predictive, preventive, and personalised medicine: Ayush understands that health is influenced by a variety of elements, including physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional dimensions. As a result, it promotes a complete and personalised approach to healthcare.

Ayush and the SDGs

• Ayush strives hard to achieve Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3).
• It also contributes to SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) through the National Ayush Mission (NAM) and integrated health activities.
• Ayush also contributes to SDG 11 'Sustainable Cities and Communities' with herbal treatments.
• It also fosters Partnership for Goals (SDG 17) by encouraging collaboration and the exchange of knowledge and experience.

Mission LiFE- Life Style for Environment

• Mission LiFE- Environmentally Friendly Lifestyle
• Mission LiFE is a global mass movement lead by India to encourage individual and community action to conserve and preserve the environment. India highlighted the mantra of LiFE - Lifestyle for Environment - to battle climate change at the 26th session of the CoP Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Glasgow. India is the first to include LiFE in its NDCs.

Mission LiFE Objectives

• Mission LiFE strives to put its vision into measurable impact.
• Mission LiFE is intended to mobilise at least one billion Indians and other global people to take individual and collective action to conserve and preserve the environment between 2022 and 2027.
• By 2028, it is hoped that at least 80% of all villages and urban local bodies in India will be environmentally friendly.
• Its goal is to encourage individuals and communities to live in a way that is in sync with nature and does not destroy it. Those that lead such a life are known as "Pro Planet People."
• LiFE's objectives and aspirations will be realised as a mission-mode, scientific, and measurable initiative.

Mission LiFE: Three core shifts towards sustainability

• Change in Demand (Phase I): Encouraging people all across the world to take basic but effective environmental activities in their daily lives.
• Changes in Supply (Phase II): It is predicted that changes in large-scale individual demand will progressively nudge industries and markets to respond and tailor supply and procurement to the updated demands.
• Policy Change (Phase III): Mission LiFE's long-term objective is to catalyse shifts in large-scale industrial and government policies that can promote both sustainable consumption and production by influencing demand and supply dynamics in India and around the world.
• LiFE is based on India's environmentally conscious culture and traditional practises.