Ayurvedic drug production in crisis as Sri Lanka runs out of key medicinal plants

The Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals Corporation is facing a major production crisis due to a severe shortage of essential medicinal plants required for local Ayurvedic drug manufacturing.

- By INDIKA SRI ARAVINDA

Registered suppliers have informed the corporation that many traditional herbs are now extremely difficult to source due to nationwide shortages, forcing the corporation to seek alternative procurement methods, Chairperson Geethamani Karunaratne said. As a result, the corporation has decided to purchase medicinal plants from external sources, even outsid