Basic science should guide evidence-based practice in Ayurveda. Science, not scientists, should drive research, with an external board overseeing grants for science-based studies. Standardizing diagnostics and evaluating classical drugs requires quality research on diagnostic and treatment principles. Policy support is needed for science-based clinical trials to optimize practices for individual cases. True evidence-based Ayurvedic medicine applies scientific diagnosis and treatment principles to specific clinical situations, rather than just evaluating products. Basic science is key to evidence-based Ayurveda and optimizing practices through robust studies with wider applicability and reduced health inequalities.

1. Basic science led Evidence-based
Medical Practiceof Ayurveda
Dr. Remya Krishnan MD PhD (Ayurveda)
(drremyaraj@gmail.com)

2. AYURVEDA
 Should provide relevant scientific services.
 Promote continuous innovation by Science Based
research and practice .
 Science in Ayurveda
 Science is not scientists´ driven.
 Scientists should be science - driven
 External advisory Board of experts – to monitor science
based research
 Financial grant approval exclusively for Science based
research.

3. RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA
 Standardisation in Diagnostics
 Optimisation of standardised science based
diagnostic& treatment principles in new
requirements and situations
 Quality control of classical Drugs and
formulations
 Evaluation.
 Implementation.
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4.  Policy makers´s , public understanding
and effective support from Central and
state Governments
 Need for Science based clinical trials
for optimisation of science .
 Need for multinational collaboration.
What is required ?

5.  It applies primarily for Science based
Diagnosis &Medicine , not medicine
based data .
 It applies for diagnostic and treatment principles
in science , not the calculations in population data
based on Probability based statistics.
Evidence relevant in identical and variable clinical situations
in the same and different diseases in the same and different
individuals
 The goal of evidence-based medicine
in Ayurveda.
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6.  Basic Science led Evidence Based Medicine.
 Basic Science is the true guide in Ayurveda
for Evidence Based Medicine.
6RDAM
• There is no Evidence Based Medicine in Ayurveda
without the standardised application of Basic
science .

7.  Need for Science based optimisation
trials. Optimisation of standardised diagnostic and treatment
priunciples of the Basic science is required for medical decision
making in every situation
“what is the best treatment option for this patient / disease ?”
rather than
“is this particular product effective and safe?”
 This is what is called Science Based- Evidence Based Medicine
 Science based evidences
 Optimized situation suited guidelines,
 Personalised treatment .
“What is the best treatment principle for this clinical situation in
this patient and How ?” is Evidence Based Medicine
rather than
“is this particular product effective and safe?”.
 To get robuster evidence.

8.  Success of Science Based Medicine
Ayurve Ayurveda . Rapid assessment of the effects of treatments.
 In every clinical situation in named and unnamed diseases.
 Wider applicability of study outcome.
 Most scientific adoption of Ayurveda in national health care
policies .
 Reduced inequalities in health care.
 Promotes the real evidence-based medical practice in
Ayurveda which is not even in the widest imagination today.
 Access of Evidence Based Ayurveda to the best appropriate
medical centres of the world
 Global acceptance of the Medical system

9.  We need a common vision and a shared
will.
Thank you for your attention !
Are you ready ?