Introduction

To streamline research in Homoeopathy, a need of planned and organized research was strongly felt by the Government of India. As a result, the Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (CCRIMH) was established in 1969 to carry out researches in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani medicine, Yoga and Homoeopathy. The Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), one of the successor organizations to the erstwhile CCRIMH was established as an autonomous organization, at New Delhi in 1978. Ever since, CCRH remains a unique organization engaged in various research  studies  in Homoeopathy .

Growth and Development

Over the years, CCRH had branched into 51 subordinate Institutes and Units functioning in different parts of the country. As a result of re-organization of the Council, a number of Units have been merged with other Institutes or Units making it a total of 25 Institutes / Units at present as given below:

• Central Research Institute                             - 02
• Homoeopathic Drug Research Institute             - 01
• Regional Research Institute                            - 07
• Clinical Research Unit                                    - 11
• Drug Proving Research Unit                            - 01
• Drug Standardization Unit                              - 01
• Survey of Medicinal Plants and cultivation Unit   - 01
• Homoeopathic Treatment Center                     - 01

 These Institutes and Units are carrying out researches in various aspects of Homoeopathy viz.

1. Survey, collection and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
2. Drug Standardization studies
3. Drug Proving Research
4. Clinical Verification studies
5. Clinical Research

To improve the functioning of the research centers further and to ensure quality research, the Dept. of AYUSH has decided to consolidate the centers further, by merging the smaller units, in two phases, i.e. to consolidate to 24 centers in Phase - I and to 19 centers in Phase-II.