अभिषेक

This would be the biggest comedy of errors in Indian media in last few months. The Indian Express puts out a news title claiming that Ayurveda advises consuming jalebi+rabri (type of Indian sweet) for management of migraine. BUT, the actual content of the news deals with debunking this misinformation which was initially put up on Instagram by an Ayurvedic practitioner. Now, the apex pseudoscience authority in India, Ayush, does a "fact check" on the pseudoscientific news piece and warns people and The Indian Express NOT to print such claims - when the news content was actually fact-checking and debunking the very pseudoscientific claim. But the real comedy comes when Ayush themselves start patronizing Ayurveda by misinforming the public that migraine is well described in Ayurvedic texts and MANY STUDIES on benefits of Ayurveda on migraine is published in literature (there is none actually) Ayurvedic texts do not describe migraine but mentions "headache" in general in the chapter on "Diseases of the Head" and talks about treatments that include putting cow and goat urine in the nose, burning the patient's skin, making the patient consume fats+sugars (probably where the idea of Indian sweets came in) and more importantly, instilling blood of animals in the nose and making patient smell fumes of rotten fish to drive away bacteria and worms causing headache. This is real Ayurveda. Do not, for ONCE believe what AYUSH is telling you. It is the biggest disinformation campaign on Indian public health.