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'''Clinical trials on Ayurveda''' refers to any [[clinical trials]] done on [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic treatment]]. Ayurveda is a [[traditional medicine]] system in India and like other cultural medical practices includes both [[conventional medicine]] and also [[complementary and alternative medicine]]. When there are clinical trials in Ayurveda, the focus tends to be on practices in alternative medicine.

A 2017 essay described that in India, Ayurveda is inadequately equipped to manage many modern diseases, owing to insufficient research and development.<ref name="Goyal 2017">{{cite journal |last1=Goyal |first1=M |title=Clinical trials in Ayurveda: Issues, challenges and approaches. |journal=Ayu |date=2017 |volume=38 |issue=1–2 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.4103/ayu.AYU_51_18 |pmid=29861583|pmc=5954257 }}</ref> The essay argued that clinical trials in Ayurveda should focus on areas outside the scope of modern medicine.<ref name="Goyal 2017"/>

Also, while there is a short history of clinical research on Ayurvedic treatments, there is no existing systematic review available which identifies all the studies and interprets them as a whole.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goyal |first1=M |title=Need of systematic review of clinical trials in Ayurveda. |journal=Ayu |date=2017 |volume=38 |issue=3–4 |pages=95–96 |doi=10.4103/ayu.AYU_115_18 |pmid=30254385|pmc=6153911 }}</ref>

Educational organizations which teach Ayurveda require training if they are to design clinical trials on Ayurvedic treatments.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Patwardhan |first1=K |last2=Prasad |first2=BS |last3=Aftab |first3=A |last4=Raghunath More |first4=V |last5=Savrikar |first5=SS |title=Research orientation in Ayurveda educational institutions: Challenges and the way forward. |journal=Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine |date=2019 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=45–49 |doi=10.1016/j.jaim.2018.12.001 |pmid=30770172|pmc=6470304 }}</ref>

As of 2016 the [[Clinical Trials Registry - India]] contained approximately 200 records of clinical trials on Ayurvedic treatments.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sridharan |first1=K |last2=Sivaramakrishnan |first2=G |title=Clinical trials in Ayurveda: Analysis of clinical trial registry of India. |journal=Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine |date=2016 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=141–143 |doi=10.1016/j.jaim.2016.08.009 |pmid=27658912|pmc=5052373 }}</ref>

==List of clinical trials==
Of all the recorded clinical trials, the following treatments are those for which there are [[meta-analysis|meta-analyses]] of multiple trials:
*''[[Bacopa monnieri]]'' for [[cognitive skill]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kongkeaw |first1=Chuenjid |last2=Dilokthornsakul |first2=Piyameth |last3=Thanarangsarit |first3=Phurit |last4=Limpeanchob |first4=Nanteetip |last5=Norman Scholfield |first5=C. |title=Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on cognitive effects of Bacopa monnieri extract |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |date=January 2014 |volume=151 |issue=1 |pages=528–535 |doi=10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.008|pmid=24252493 }}</ref>
*''[[Withania somnifera]]'' for [[anxiety]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pratte |first1=MA |last2=Nanavati |first2=KB |last3=Young |first3=V |last4=Morley |first4=CP |title=An alternative treatment for anxiety: a systematic review of human trial results reported for the Ayurvedic herb ashwagandha (Withania somnifera). |journal=Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine |date=December 2014 |volume=20 |issue=12 |pages=901–8 |doi=10.1089/acm.2014.0177 |pmid=25405876|pmc=4270108 }}</ref>
*treatment for [[osteoarthritis]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kessler |first1=CS |last2=Pinders |first2=L |last3=Michalsen |first3=A |last4=Cramer |first4=H |title=Ayurvedic interventions for osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. |journal=Rheumatology International |date=February 2015 |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=211–32 |doi=10.1007/s00296-014-3095-y |pmid=25062981|s2cid=4504888 }}</ref>
*[[Yoga]] as treatment<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cramer |first1=Holger |last2=Lauche |first2=Romy |last3=Langhorst |first3=Jost |last4=Dobos |first4=Gustav |title=Are Indian yoga trials more likely to be positive than those from other countries? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials |journal=Contemporary Clinical Trials |date=March 2015 |volume=41 |pages=269–272 |doi=10.1016/j.cct.2015.02.005|pmid=25705015 }}</ref>

==References==
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Clinical trials on Ayurveda - Revision history

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