In a bid to lend authenticity to traditional medicines, the Centre has started clinical testing of various ayurvedic and homoeopathy medicines on patients suffering from different tropical diseases such as dengue, malaria and some of the viruses causing seasonal influenza. These clinical trials are being conducted in some government as well as private hospitals, a senior official in the ministry of ayurveda, unani, siddha, and homeopathy (AYUSH) said. He added, presently the trials are at the stage of "observational studies" where patients are administered with an additional therapy of either ayurvedic or homeopathic medicines and observations will be documented.
Based on the results, researchers will move on to the next level of trial. According to the official, more than 80 patients were enrolled for these observational studies on dengue and a total of nearly 500 patients have so far…
