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India to promote traditional medicine in a big way: Shatrughan Sinha

There is vast potential for the growth of the traditional system of medicine and global demand is expected to touch $5 trillion by 2050, he said.

Out of the 45,000 herbal plants registered worldwide, India has about 15,000 and of them 7,000 were being put to use, he added.

He was in London on his way back to Delhi from New York after visits to Germany and the USA.

He had made a detailed presentation at the Congress on Traditional Asian Medicines at Halle in Germany on Indian efforts to promote the traditional system of medicine, Sinha said.

He said Europe was one of the major growing markets for the traditional system of medicine and needed special marketing efforts.

Similarly, in New York, he met representatives of the 35,000-strong Association of Physicians of Indian origin and discussed ways and means on how they could contribute for improving healthcare in India, Sinha said.

The conference in Germany was attended by 100 international delegates from countries like China, Mongolia, Korea, Philippines, Germany, Austria, UK, he said adding, 26 specialists on ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine from India were also at the meet.

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