Scientists should work with Sidha practioners: Kalam

Udhagamandalam, Tamil Nadu, Feb 24 (UNI) President A P J Abdul Kalam today called upon scientists and technologists to work with traditional Sidha practioners and suggest how medial bio-informatics could help the traditional medicine developers.

Addressing the second international conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technology and Practice at JSS College of Pharmacy here, he said the scientists and technologists should help practioners and manufacturers of Sidha medicine to systematically prove and get necessary approvals for use of medicines in different parts of the world.

The President said he recently met Dr P M Selvaraj from Kolimalai Siddasramam, who was a traditional Sidha practioner, practicing for the last 50 years.

With his experience in 5000 varieties of herbal and medicinal plants he was teaching, practising and disseminating knowledge and scientists could coordinate with practitioners like him, the President suggested.

India's strengths predominantly resided in its natural and human resources, the President said adding India rank among the top few nations having a rich bio-diversity.

In the herbal area there was potential applications for developing multiple products for health and nutrition, prevention and cure of diseases.

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