Ayush Ministry moots cancer treatment solution from yoga

The Ayush Ministry will soon come out with some curative findings to cure cancer through yoga as the ministry has approved five research projects on therapy and management of the deadly disease.

In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Friday, Minister of State (I/C) for AYUSH Shripad Naik told the House that the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN), an autonomous organisation under Ministry of AYUSH, had considered and taken up two research projects in collaboration with Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore on application of yoga in improving quality of life in cancer patients.

Listing out the research proposal, Naik said, “The ministry has received integrated approach of yoga therapy in management of cancer. The study showed better coping response; decreased distress, reduced side effects; increased natural killer cell counts, increased pain threshold, etc.”

The other proposal is about effect of integrated approach of yoga therapy for metastatic breast cancer patients and study of DNA repair mechanisms relevant to cancer. The study showed significant decrease in anxiety, depression, perceived stress, pain, insomnia fatigue and it also showed improvement in natural cell killer counts and early morning cortisol level, the minister said.

“The project proposals have been received on the invitation of AYUSH Ministry. The invitation was sought from both public and private research institutes under its extra mural research (EMR) scheme for specific diseases, including cancer,” Naik said, adding that preliminary evaluation of project proposals have been initiated.