Mumbai: Ayurvedic and medicinal products made from forest products across the state are all set to compete with Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali products. A first-of-its-kind shop recently started in Nagpur under the ‘Jan Dhan Van Dhan Yojana’ which was started by the Maharashtra forest department has sold products worth more than Rs 2 lakh within 25 days.
Encouraged with the sales, the government is considering installing these shops at every airport and at every railway station across the state.
According to an official from forest department, it was discussed in a meeting that if yoga guru Baba Ramdev can capture the Ayurvedic medicines market, then even the forest department should take some initiative and use traditional knowledge to make medicines from forest produce.
State forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the tribals have knowledge of medicinal shrubs and leaves. “We have never heard of a tribal dying of heart attack or suffering from diabetes or blood pressure. Even if they get injured, they use leaves of some trees and the next day it is completely cured.”
26/10/15 Vivek Bhavsar/Asian Age
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Encouraged with the sales, the government is considering installing these shops at every airport and at every railway station across the state.
According to an official from forest department, it was discussed in a meeting that if yoga guru Baba Ramdev can capture the Ayurvedic medicines market, then even the forest department should take some initiative and use traditional knowledge to make medicines from forest produce.
State forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the tribals have knowledge of medicinal shrubs and leaves. “We have never heard of a tribal dying of heart attack or suffering from diabetes or blood pressure. Even if they get injured, they use leaves of some trees and the next day it is completely cured.”
26/10/15 Vivek Bhavsar/Asian Age
