Paulos Mar Gregorios award for eminent Ayurveda expertExpress News ServiceDelhi, November 27: PRESIDENT K.R. Narayanan presented the third Paulos Mar Gregorios Award to P.K.Warrier, Chief Physician and Managing Trustee of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, Kerala, for his contribution to holistic medicine today. `` Many celebrated Western doctors have been fascinated by the scope and depth of Ayurveda in dealing with vast array of human ailments in their totality of origin and symptoms. They were astounded to note that it went deep into the emergence of disease rather than symptoms,'' Narayanan said. The President stressed the need of making Ayurveda acceptable by applying scientific methods and research and ensuring quality and affordable products. Blaming excessive use of antibiotics and focus on curative aspects for the decline of immunity and resistance of microbes to new generation drugs, he called for reviving the indigenous medicines as the panacea for healthy living. He said,``India has always remained a repository of knowledge in Ayurveda. It is the only country in the world which has declared Ayurveda as an officially recognised health care system.'' Dr Warrier (80) is a well known physician responsible for the promotion of ayurveda and expansion of the 100-year-old Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala. He has been promoting interaction with other disciplines, supports fundamental research in Ayurveda and allied subjects. A quality-control laboratory, a quarterly research journal in English and an extensive nursery of medical plants are supported by him. The award is given by Sophia Society in the memory of its founder Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios, a well known philosopher, author, educationist and theologist. The awards are given to promote Gregorios's ideals of peace, justice and wisdom. It is conferred on people for their services in inter-faith dialogue and cooperation, education with a moral motivation, holistic health practices and community self-renewal. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=2781 |