The Indian Ministry of AYUSH has developed
National Ayurveda Morbidity Codes (NAMC), a comprehensive classification of
diseases described in Ayurveda as well as standardised Ayurveda terminologies.

This was stated by Minister of state for AYUSH Shripad Yesso
Naik in a written reply in Lok Sabha recently.

The Central Council of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS),
an autonomous body of the Ministry of AYUSH, started the activities for
standardisation of Ayurvedic diagnostic and treatment protocol in June 2018.
The codes are available on National AYUSH Morbidity and standardised
Terminologies Electronic portal (NAMASTE portal), developed by the ministry.

Under the project, common disease conditions are first identified
and accordingly, the proforma and manual of the selected disease conditions is
being drafted and validated though scientific methods.

In the first phase, development of proforma for disease
conditions including Kushta (skin diseases), Kasa (cough), Shwasa (dyspnoea)
and jwara (fever) is being done. The draft of Kushtha manual (Clinical
series-1) has been published while that of the others are being done.

The validity studies are done in collaboration with various academic
institutes of national repute.

Meanwhile, the ministry of AYUSH has initiated steps to set
up a nationwide digital platform called ‘AYUSH GRID’ which aims to bring on-board
all AYUSH facilities including hospitals and laboratories and to promote
traditional systems of healthcare.

The ministry has also proposed to establish 12, 500 AYUSH centres
across the country. This will be mainly done by upgrading existing state
government AYUSH dispensaries and sub health centres by the year 2024.