INTRODUCTION
The Govidya -
Gochikitsa Project has been recently initiated under the
spiritual  guidance of Shri Makarandbhai Dave and Ishamaa
Kundanika, with the aim of cha1Jenging and containing the
forces of stark materialism and consumerism, by innovatively
developing products and services of a cow" based economy
and an integral health ethos, so that the cow again becomes
central to Indian culture and our source of prosperity, health
and social happiness.
Keeping such a vision in mind, a literature survey and pilot
experimental research is in progress under the guidance of
Shri K.C. Shroff, Dr. A.D.B. Vaidya, Dr. R.M. Bhatt, and Vd.
B.A. Joshi. Sizeable information has been collected from
diverse sources including books) journals, reviews, news
articles, oral history as well as on-line database searches,
regarding selected aspects of this project.
Keeping the ethos of the AIMD (Ancient Insights and
Modem Discoveries) of
Bhavan's
S.P.A.R.C., Ayurveda has formed a major base of this
literature search. Therefore, information has been collected
from both Ayurvedic texts such as Charak Samhita, Sushrut
Samhita, Aryabhishak, etc. and current scientific literature.
Although the main focus
of the project proposal is on investigations regarding the
properties of cow's urine, the facts emerging from literature
review have promoted the investigators to also focus on whey
from cow’ s milk. Besides this, the scope for literature
survey has been widened to include not only Gomutra and whey
from cow's milk, but also other cow products, viz. milk, ghee,
butter, dung and panchagavya is a whole separate entity .
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