Indigenous medicine becoming popular cure for NCDs

Priyanka Kurugala

There is a marked rise in the use of indigenous medicine to treat non - communicable disease (NCD), Indigenous Medicine Minister Salinda Dissanayake said.

The Indigenous Medicine Ministry which aims to build a healthy generation has launched many programmes to boost indigenous medicine, a ministry spokesman said. Deputy Indigenous Medicine Minister Pandu Bandaranayaka along with Minister Salinda Dissanayake has taken many steps to popularise the indigenous medicine system countrywide to solve health problems in the community, the spokesman said.

He said the ministry has also taken steps to construct medical officers’ quarters at the Homeopathy Hospital in Ragama, Welisara.

The ministry will spent around Rs 44 million for this project.