ABSTRACT
Widespread resurgence of malaria in India during the 1970s prompted the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) to develop an Ayurvedic remedy for malaria. CCRAS is an autonomous institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. In Ayurvedic literature, malaria fever is known as Vishamajwam (intermittent fever with rigor). The Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia and experience in the treatment of various fevers, including malaria, was the basis for the antimalarial herbal mixture Ayush-64.
