Jointly organised by the department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Central government and department of AYUSH, directorate of health services, the state government, the mela held at the Assam Rifles Ground here, had free medical check-ups, live yoga demonstrations and preparations of the Ayurveda medicines.
Inaugurated by Mizoram Governor Lt Gen (rtd) M M Lakhera on Tuesday, the three-day fair concluded today.
The Governor, in his inaugural speech, expressed the hope that AYUSH can solve the problems of people of remote places who dont have access to healthcare facilities due to absence of doctors and rising prices of medicines.
Appreciating that Mizoram University is one of the few universities in the world to have separate department for herbal medicines, Lakhera expressed the hope that the department would come a long way in developing the home-grown medicinal plants. Secretary of AYUSH S Salaja, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, thanked the Mizoram government for its active cooperation to make the mela a success.
Besides, upgrading the ten AYUSH clinics across the state, more AYUSH clinics would also be opened, Salaja said.
''Even though homoeopathy originated from Germany, India is the only country where its practice is legalised,'' she said, adding that AYUSH would be made accessible to all in Mizoram under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
The practitioners and manufacturers of traditional Indian systems of alternative medicine like Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) are in one platform and they could be able to show their strength in the field of health care.
''Ayurveda and homeopathy (the A and H) have become popular among the Mizos. This is the first time the people of Aizawl enjoy AYUSH at its fullest,'' said a participant of the mela