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India Starts Creating Official Guides for Traditional Himalayan Medicine

Doctor Kousthubha Upadhyaya chaired the inaugural meeting of the Sowa‑Rigpa Working Group on September 18 in Ghaziabad.

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Key Points

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First meeting of the Working Group to develop Sowa‑Rigpa Pharmacopoeia.

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Location and date: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 18 September.

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Key participants: Doctor Kousthubha Upadhyaya and Doctor Padma Gurmet among others.

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Goal: create official medicine guides to ensure safety and quality.

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Aligned with national drug laws and the Ministry of Ayush.

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Summary

The group, consisting of four experts including Doctor Padma Gurmet, will draft a Pharmacopoeia and Formulary for Sowa‑Rigpa medicines.

These documents will define quality standards and regulatory requirements under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940.

The initiative, overseen by the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy under the Ministry of Ayush, aims to standardise traditional medicine practices in India.

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New Words to Learn

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Sowa‑Rigpa
a traditional system of healing from the Himalayan region that uses natural ingredients
Pharmacopoeia
an official handbook that lists how medicines should be made and tested
Formulary
a collection of approved medicine recipes
Regulatory
rules set by the government to control how medicines are produced and used
Drugs and Cosmetics Act
India’s law that controls the safety of medicines and beauty products
Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy
the government body that writes medicine rule books in India
Ministry of Ayush
the part of the Indian government that looks after traditional health systems
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