SLADC to open Ayurvedic branch in Tokyo

by L.S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI

The Ministry of Indigenous Medicine has launched a project to popularise Ayurvedic Medicine in Japan. The first branch of the Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation (SLADC) will be opened in Tokyo soon, said Indigenous Medicine Minister Salinda Dissanayake.

The first consignment of Ayurvedic medicine exported to Japan and traditional Ayurvedic medicine and the Ayurvedic treatment will be displayed at the Japan-Sri Lanka Festival from September 8-12 at the Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, the minister said.

The head of the Dhafanvir company in Tokyo, Reigen Masami Sugasaka held a series of discussions with the SLADC and ministry officials with regard to the setting up of the SLADC branch in Tokyo and the packaging of Ayurvedic medicine for the Japanese market, the minister said.

The Cabinet has approved Rs. 56 million to set up a new Ayurvedic drugs manufacturing factory confirming international health standards in Navinna-Maharagama to produce Ayurvedic medicine for the international market, the minister said. SLADC chairman Somaweera Chandrasiri and SLADC Marketing Manager Bernard Kariyawasam left for Tokyo to set up the SLADC branch in Tokyo.