LUCKNOW: If you are looking for an alternative medicinal system for treating a heart or a skin ailment or even liver diseases then there is some good news for you. The Lucknow-based State Ayurvedic and Unani medicine workshop is all set to start production of 80 more kinds of Ayurvedic medicines and 43 types of Unani medicines.Many of these Unani medicines will be manufactured at the 70-year-old workshop after an interval of 30 years. Superintendent of the workshop, Dr Praksha Chandra, said, "The medicines will be made using both traditional and modern ways while maintaining high standards to ensure patients' good health. The government has sanctioned a budget of Rs 50 lakh for production of Unani medicines and Rs 2.23 crore for Ayurvedic medicines. A tender has also been sanctioned for the purchase of new machines."Former deputy director of Central Drug Research Institute's pharmacology department Dr Madhur Rai and his team also inspected the workshop on Thursday.Uttar Pradesh has two Unani colleges and 254 dispensaries while there are eight Ayurvedic medical colleges and 2,104 dispensaries for Ayurvedic medicines.The move is likely to benefit children as many of these Unani medicines are used for treating medical conditions like pneumonia, cough, diarrhoea, dysentery, jaundice and fever. The Ayurvedic medicines will include those used for treating heart and liver diseases, and skin and stomach disorders.

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