WHY DO WESTERN COUNTRIES TRY TO PATENT AYURVEDA?!


Question: WHY DO WESTERN COUNTRIES TRY TO PATENT AYURVEDA.?
I heard of USA and europian countries trying to patent ayurvedic herbs. why.?.?.?Health Question & Answer


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ONE OF THE FIRST CASE WAS THE PATENT ON TURMERICWOUND HEALING PROPERTIES BEEN PROVED) WHICH WAS LATER TAKEN BACK:::
THEN WAS NEEM(ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES PROVED) WHICH WAS TAKEN BACK AFTER 8 YEARS IN COURT!
- BIOPIRACY IS THE WORD!!!

EVEN 134 YOGA POSES ARE PATENTED IN THE USA!
ALMOST 1200 POSES ARE PATENDED ALOVER THE WORLD!
THATS SOOOOO CRAZY::: THATS STEALING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF INDIA!

NOW INDIA IS WORKING ON A BULKY ENCYCLOPEDIA WITH ABOUT 30 MILL: PAGES TO PREVENT ITS INDIGENOUS WEALTY FROM OTHERS PATENTING THEM!



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The claim that big pharma companies won't sell herbs and supplements because they can't be patented is bunk. Big pharma companies make tons of money by selling these unregulated and untested herbs and supplements.

So to answer your question, they are probably not patenting ayurvedic herbs, they are most likely already selling them.Health Question & Answer

Unfortunately, there are too many people and organizations that see money as more important than health and wellness itself. If they can patent one constituent of a natural product, they can sell it and make tons of money. Statin drugs are a perfect example... the makers don't seem to care how many more side effects they have than Red Yeast Rice or that people are dying from it (or close to it) compared to Red Yeast Rice, they just care about profits. If they can charge $1 a pill for a Statin instead of 5 cents a pill for Red Yeast Rice, they don't seem to care enough about people's health than their pocketbooks.
It's sad, reallyHealth Question & Answer

a case of bio-piracy!
many wester companies use informations from ayurveda and other medical systems and do "research" on them to say that the found out the medical effets of the medicines use since some 1000 years.

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