Evolution of Ayurveda Siddha and Unani Drug Regulations in India

“The work is a study on the history and evolution of Drug Regulation in India. Collected and collated information on quality concerns regarding medicinal substances from ancient times and their evolution into present-day drug regulatory mechanisms for Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani medicines, and has presented it in this book. Information from classical texts of Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani, non-medical literature, gleanings from travellers’ accounts, Policy documents, Committee reports, Gazettes, various Acts, Formularies, Pharmacopoeia, etc., and presented chronologically in the work.
This document consists of five sections. Quality concerns and the need for drug relations in healthcare, the global status of herbal drug regulations, evidence on drug quality concern issues, gleanings from ancient medical literature and other literary works, and the evolution of Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani drug regulations from the ancient period to the modern period are presented comprehensively. This document will be helpful for academicians, research scholars, and other stakeholders as a ready reference for information on Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani Drugs regulations in India.”