Experts voice concerns over university’s links to Indian health ministry ‘selling snake oil’

Western Sydney University says its partnership with the Ministry of Ayush will advance the scientific base of Ayurveda'

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Western Sydney University is partnering with an Indian health ministry that has promoted the use of pseudoscientific and potentially harmful treatments to Covid-19.

Ayurveda has been used in India for centuries as a natural alternative to western medicine. But its efficacy has been widely debunked and it can be dangerous in some instances.