On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Eva Jansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all, > > I am new at silk list, my name is Eva Jansen, I am a German PhD student > writing on Naturopathy in South India. At the moment I am looking for > information about the legal consequences of medical practisioning basically > in Kerala but also in other South Indian states. I guess medical issues are > handled statewise but I am not so sure. Does anybody know a lawyer or > somebody else who can give me legal advice? > > I am happy about comments of any kind, > > Eva > I am not a lawyer, but one of the comments that concerned me was about the use of heavy metals in popular ayurvedic medicines like Chawanprash. As far as I know, naturopathy and ayurveda are loosely regulated as compared to allopathy. The Indian government has tried to document some of these practices through the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. http://www.tkdl.res.in/tkdl/langdefault/common/Home.asp?GL=Eng http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Knowledge_Digital_Library All tangential information, but I hope it is useful in some way :-) I have some roots in Kerala, so if you are looking for some specific information, let me know and I will check with my friends in Kerala. Venky
