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Systematic research in Indian systems of medicine under the government patronage initiated with the establishment of Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (CCRIMH) as an autonomous organisation of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the year 1969. A Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine at Hyderabad, two Clinical Research Units one each at New Delhi and Chennai, two Literary Research Units one each at Lucknow and Aligarh and a Composite Drugs Research Unit at Aligarh were established under the ages of this Council.
In the year 1978 this Council was split up into four separate research councils, one each for Ayurveda and Siddha, Unani Medicine, Yoga and Naturopathy and Homoeopathy, so as to further develop these systems in consonance with the basic philosophies of the respective systems. The Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) started functioning independently from 10th January 1979. The Council was established with a view to undertake multifaceted research activities in field of Unani Medicine. These activities are presently carried out through a network 22 Research Centres functioning in different parts of the country. The areas of research chosen by the council include clinical research, drug research, literary research and survey and cultivation of medicinal plants.
During the last 30 years of its existence the Council made significant strides in research programmes giving a scientific footing for the system. Pattern of research in Unani Medicine formulated a number of new safe and effective Unani treatments were developed for common and chronic ailments. Safety of Unani drugs on scientific lines established. Parameters for quality control of Unani drugs evolved. Agro-techniques for cultivation of Unani medicine plants developed and technologies transferred to the farmers for large scale cultivation for a number of plants.
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