The Lucknow-based Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories has accomplished a remarkable feat. Scientists at this premier institute allayed the medicine war once-and-for-all, debunked labels like ‘alternate’ and ‘modern’ in medicine, and made a cheap, new and effective Ayurveda drug made from four plant extracts to treat diabetes.

That’s not all, scientists referred to ancient Ayurveda scriptures to study the natural plant extracts and come up with this drug for patients suffering from type-2 diabetes.

The drug, branded as BGR-34, is a twice-a-day treatment for type-2 and will cost Rs 5 per pill. It will hit the shelves in a fortnight in most cities of North India.