The One Herb, One Standard (OHOS) Initiative:
The Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) renewed their partnership under the ‘One Herb, One Standard’ initiative for an additional three years.The ‘One Herb, One Standard’ initiative is an inter-ministerial collaborative framework designed to establish unified, scientifically synchronized quality and testing standards (monographs) for medicinal plants used across different systems of medicine in India.Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H): Under the Ministry of Ayush.Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC): Autonomous body under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.Aim: To eliminate conflicting quality parameters across different pharmacopoeias, establishing single, clear, and scientifically reliable standards for medicinal herbs to improve the quality, safety, and international credibility of Indian botanical products.
