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 * Examples of treatments pushed by AYUSH included a homeopathic medicine containing diluted arsenic, an Ayurvedic drug developed
 * part of the Modi-led government’s response has been marked by pseudoscientific remedies like homoeopathy to semi-scientific Ayurveda treatments, all backed by AYUSH.
 * Thus, by modern scientific principles, Ayurveda cannot be considered a science as it relies too heavily on largely untested hypotheses and metaphysics. Similarly, it is vital to ward off the pseudoscientific elements of Ayurveda, which endanger people’s health and undermine the legitimacy of evidence-based medicine (EBM) by mere association.
 * His remarks raise fundamental issues related to science and scientific outlook on the one hand and non-science, pseudoscience, superstition, sorcery, blind faith and rituals on the other.
 * Pseudoscience is extremely common in India and we even have a government Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy…Yes! HOMEOPATHY) dedicated to peddling pseudoscience
 * Most current ayurveda research can be classified as "tooth fairy science,"