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Podcast: Parley by The Hindu
Episode: Should Ayurveda and other traditional medicine be subjected to scientific rigour?
Description: Patanjali Ayurveda’s claimed cure for COVID-19 has been criticised for making unsubstantiated claims of efficacy. However, can Ayurveda, or alternative medicine in general, be evaluated in the same way as modern medicine?Host: Jacob Koshy Guests: Dr. Bhavana Prasher, senior scientist at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology. Dr. S.P. Kalantri is a Professor at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, WardhaSearch for Parley by The Hindu. Write to us with comments and feedback at [email protected]