Overview
- The two-day “Plants to Patients 4: Ethnopharmacology Beyond Times” meeting in Haridwar concluded on Feb. 25 under Patanjali Research Foundation and Patanjali University.
- International participants included Domenico Vittorio Delfino, Louis-Félix Nothias, Rudolf Bauer, Anne Marie Schoni-Pordon and other clinicians and researchers.
- Swami Ramdev said future healthcare should join research-driven medical science with Vedic traditions through rigorous validation.
- Acharya Balkrishna highlighted the global practice of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and other systems, urging scientific study to build preventive, affordable care.
- Patanjali leaders said they aim to position the organisation as a global centre for evidence-based Indian medicine, with Dr. Anurag Varshney outlining a synergistic model to support future drug discovery.