Popularity of Ayush helped improve financial condition of farmers, forest-dwellers: Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday that the Ayush system of medicine has proved to be very helpful in boosting immunity, especially during the second wave of COVID-19, and that its popularity

President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday that the Ayush system of medicine has proved to be very helpful in boosting immunity, especially during the second wave of COVID-19, and that its popularity over the past two decades has helped improve the financial condition of farmers and forest-dwellers. Speaking at a function after laying the foundation of the first Ayush university of Uttar Pradesh here, the president said, "In the fight against COVID-19, especially in the second wave, Ayush system of medicine played an important role in increasing the immunity of people and making them free of infection." "The tribal society has a rich tradition of knowledge of herbs and herbal medicines but in the last two decades, the popularity of the Ayush system of medicine has increased all over the country. The demand for herbs and medicinal plants has increased due to which the income of our forest-dwellers and farmers is increasing and employment opportunities for the youth have also increased," he said. Mr. Kovind, who laid the foundation of the university at Pipri in Gorakhpur and performed the bhoomi pujan in the presence of Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, said he was confident that Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath Ayush Vishwavidyalaya in Gorakhpur will give a further boost to the education in Ayush medicine system and its popularity.