Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani systems of medicine are being practiced in India from ancient period. These system of medicine explains the basic characters of the drug, medicine preparation, Treatment procedure with diet advise, occurrence of ADR is very minimum in that period of time. In this modern era, due to environment factor, miscommunication, Digitalization, modernization, Practicing of various system of medicine, occurrence of ADR is more common but People misbelief that Natural is always safe. Pv is to safeguard the public from the harmful effect of medicine. All of us will take traditional medicines at some point in our lives for various reasons. Pharmacovigilance is all about the safer and more effective use of medicines for everyone. It is also known as Drug Safety. Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other medicine/vaccine related problem. Certain side effects may only emerge once these products have been used by a heterogenous population, including people with other concurrent diseases, and over a long period of time.

The quality issues and safety concerns of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy Drugs have been raised from various sources. Ministry of Ayush felt Pv is necessary for the future development of traditional system of medicine.

Ministry of Ayush has introduced Central Sector scheme for promoting pharmacovigilance of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Drugs. Prime objective of the scheme is to develop the culture of documenting adverse effects and undertake safety monitoring of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and surveillance of misleading advertisements appearing in the print and electronic media.

The scheme intends to facilitate the establishment of three-tier network of National Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPvCC), Intermediary Pharmacovigilance Centres (IPvCCs) and Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres (PPvCC). All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush, has been designated as National Pharmacovigilance Centre for coordinating various activities of the initiative. In the initial phase of implementation, five (05) National Institutes of Ayush are designated as the Intermediary Pharmacovigilance Centres.