Inside Modi's Dangerous Bet on Alternative Medicine

India’s alternative medicine industry is booming as ancient principles of healthy living gain new traction, thanks in part to support from Narendra Modi’s government. “Ayurveda”, an ancient medical system that has existed in India for centuries, is flourishing with help from holistic-living influencers with vast reach on Instagram and YouTube. But there's a dark side to Ayurveda’s popularity.

Some doctors in India are seeing patients suffer serious injuries from long term use of ayurvedic medicines. Medical professionals trying to raise awareness about the dangers of alternative medicines have faced lawsuits and even government intervention.

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[Praja-muks]

Why are they blaming modi for this...😂😂

[gauravdas]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 certain ayurvedic medicines works better then allopathy even Mbbs doctors prescript them.

[DragonKingGaav]

Just like in America where everything is political!

[rajeshmondal]

The usual suspects are featured in this video 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[vyomchauhan]

How is ministry of Ayush related with Brands like Patanjali and Dabur which were literally in tge market even before the formation of this ministry. And where does ministry of Ayush promote brands like Patanjali etc. Do they even know the mandate of ministry of Ayush. Furthermore where has Modi said that Ayurveda should replace Indian medical system like literally during Covid he sacked his Health Minister for supporting Patanjali. Dude this is just dumb propoganda . Nobody is forcing people to choose ayurveda however while there is no doubt that Ayurveda has its own flaws tge Indian Medical System cannot absolve themselves of there folliies . The fundamental reason of this incline is due to healthcare becoming an cash cow for hospitals and the common people literally loosing their life savings to a disease .

[iXpress]

May 2024 Elections in India are NYT, BBC, WP, Al-Jazeera, DW....Activated 😁😁😁

[abcdefghi]

dangerous for whom? the petrochemical and pharmaceutical conglomerates?

[TheRakeshgautam]

But there has never been BJP govt in kerala... it's mostly leftist State.

[tejesheconomics]

😂😂 It is expected a Muslim Lady expert and a Christian Expert 😂😂 are against Yoga and Ayurveda😂😂😂

[RohitSharma-xdrl]

Lol i use ayurveda....but from my far old grandpa had a piles type disease ...but now i am is 5-6 years old incident 😊

[tathagatamukherjee]

Ayurveda is not bad, but you need to understand that it's not the ultimate medicine

[arindamkumar]

Science is science. It is always comes with proof

[trenfa]

how about meeting actual patients who was treated by ayurvedic medicine

[bunchi]

I'd have tend to agree but where are the specific data points on the side effects proving causality!!! Other than that, this piece is just another opinion packaged and presented with no basis to it's claims!!

[scarffracker]

Typical ancient snake oil nonsense. Just because something is old doesn't mean it's better. Sometimes it's just old and outmoded.

[rishabhjain]

Why don't you simply write in the title....that ur lobbying for pharma

[MeAjaysingh]

Bloomberg should hold their horses couple of months are still left for the elections 😂

[killereditsbupesh]

Western media never failed in making false statements on Indian culture.

[Esablaka]

Reminds me of homeopathy. Which btw was spread in Germany by the Nazis.

[kartik_]

Apparently they changed the title today. I can’t see my comment also. They deleted it😂