Ujjain (MP), May 29 (Agency) Emphasising the fact that Indian sages of yore had spelt out anti-pandemic strategies to the populace, President Ram Nath Kovind averred on Sunday that the millennia-old treatise Charaka Samhita unambiguously mentions that the limbs and mouth ought to be properly washed prior to every meal. The First Citizen was addressing the inaugural session of the 59th General Assembly of the All India Ayurveda Mahasammelan in this ancient temple town. Among the dignitaries present were Governor Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. “The novel coronavirus challenge witnessed people’s increasing inclination towards Ayurveda. I observe three distinct categories of individuals – participating in this event – from whom the country has tremendous expectations.
The members of the administration should preserve and propagate this traditional system of medicine; those associated with teaching must fulfil their duty by imparting quality education thereby supplying able physicians to society and the researchers ought to continue their quest. Most medicinal systems have the suffix ‘pathy’, which signifies treatment, but Ayurveda endeavours to investigate the root causes of any malady and stresses on redressal. I am confident that the deliberations at this convention shall go a long way towards saving the lives of our citizenry,” the President said. He inaugurated, via videoconferencing, a building of the Government Autonomous Dhanwantari Ayurvedic Medical College.