One day workshop on Traditional Medicinal Plant held
Source: IT News
Imphal, February 10 2021:
A one day workshop on "Exploring the Traditional Medicinal Practices of Manipur" was held today at the auditorium of Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development, at Takyelpat here in Imphal in association with Apunba Manipur Maiba Maibi Phurup.
The inaugural function was attended by Prof Pulok K Mukherjee, Director IBSD, Imphal, Dr JLN Sastry, CEO National Medicinal Plant Board , Dr A Guneshwar Sharma , Director Ayush Manipur , Kedar Arvind Kulkarni, Organising Secretary Kalyan Ashram Manipur among others.
In the technical session, various resource persons including scientists from outside the state delivered in-depth knowledge of the medicinal plants being used by traditional healers of the state.
Dr Subash C Mandal , Asst Director, Directorate of Drugs, West Bengal, Dr Prakash R Itankar Asst Professor, RTM Nagpur University, Dr L Sathiyarayanam, Associate Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy and N Tombiraj, President, AMMMP, Manipur State Traditional Healer Association, Imphal spoke on the prospect of traditional medicinal plants that are still use for curing diseases.