Yoga could help fight AIDS, guru says

Thursday 16 March, 2006

Yoga guru Babu Ramdev plans to conduct an intensive study on AIDS with a view to forming a programme of yoga that could help to prevent and manage the disease.

The controversial guru told media in India last week that yoga may be useful in fighting serious diseases such as AIDS and cancer. The major focus of his teaching is to cure patients through yoga practice, he said.

Earlier this month Ramdev was cleared of mixing human bones and animal parts in his medicines. The charges, which lead to an inquiry, were made by Vrinda Karat, leader of the Communist party of India.

 

 

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