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UDUPI, INDIA, February 19, 2002: Ayurveda is the best medicine system for mental health and this will be proved beyond doubt in the twenty-first century, argued Dr. Ben Hatai, Chairman of Japanese Society for Ayurveda. He was addressing a press meet at Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Ayurveda College, Kuthpady, near here on Monday. He is here with a delegation of 15 Japanese doctors to learn the panchakarma ayurvedic procedure and eye related treatments. He said ayurvedic researches are going on in Japan for the last 30 years and added that there is ample evidence to prove that ayurveda medical system existed in Japan in the seventh century. He claimed that he was the first government licensed Ayurveda practitioner in Japan and is founder of the Institute of Traditional Oriental Medicine. The tridosha diagnosing system is catching on in Japan, he added. He announced that his institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Gujrat Ayurveda University for technical consultancy in preparing Ayurvedic medicines.