The International Congress on “Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy, and Complementary Medicine” will be held by Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine together with the faculty of Traditional Medicine of Tehran University of Medical Sciences from December 3rd to December 5th, 2016.
In a collaborative effort, Fruit and Vegetables Organization of Tehran’s municipality and Iran Organic Association, held Tehran’s 8th International Organic Week Festival in Goftegou Garden Park from December 19th to December 25th.
The first festival for Natural Health and Beauty Products was held by Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, and 13 manufacturing companies as well as several knowledge-based companies, active in the field of health and beauty products, participated. This festival took place in National Botanical Garden of Iran.
Referring to Iran’s first rank in the world in production of pomegranate, the general director of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits Department of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad said, “One million tonnes of pomegranate is annually produced in Iran.”
The secretary for NCSTDMP announced that 94 knowledge-based companies exist in the field of medicinal plants, herbal medicine, natural and traditional medicine products, he then added, “These companies have manufactured 586 knowledge-based products.”
A national Forum of the country’s professors and practitioners of traditional medicine was held in the holy city of Mashhad, with the objective of ‘traditional medicine investigation in the past ten years and delineating the horizon ahead, in ten years to come’.
The head of Fars Province Agricultural Jihad Organization notified that there has been a 216 hectares increase in medicinal plants cultivated lands in Fars province as well as the provision of fifty thousand subsidized saplings of these plants in this province.
The deputy minister of Traditional Medicine of Ministry of Health and Medical Sciences noted that this Ministry financially supports the researches in the field of medicinal plants and herbal medicine and said, “The number of researches and papers in this field is growing.”
Vice minister of Traditional Medicine of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education said, “Iranian herbal medicine will be exported to the 22 countries which have interactions with South Korea, as soon as they get a permit from South Korean Food and Drug Administration.”
Deputy minister of Medicinal and Ornamental Plants and Floral Affairs of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad said, “Last year, 26 thousand tonnes of medicinal plants products worth 96.5 million dollars were exported.”