NITI Aayog released a compendium of Ayush-based practices from States and Union territories detailing information about various Ayush-based initiatives and practices adopted by the States and Union territories in India for containing and managing the COVID-19 outbreak. Since the year 2020, the world has been facing an unprecedented public health …
thalassemia patients who undergo expensive treatment to remove extra iron from their system may now take to homoeopathy. Scientists have found a homoeopathic remedy that is inexpensive and without side-effects. The remedy, they say, lessens the frequency of blood transfusions. Thalassemia is caused by a defect in genes that code …
a homoeopathic drug may offer a ray of hope to arsenic victims. An Indian study claims that Arsenicum Album-30 can help remove arsenic from the body. But allopathic doctors stressed the need for a more rigorous trial. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from West Bengal's University …
The paediatrician's word is most often good advertisement for baby food manufacturers. But when paediatricians' associations in many parts of the country passed a resolution prohibiting their members from vouching baby food products, Nestl
the department of ayurveda, yoga, unani, s iddha and homeopathy (ayush) under the Union ministry of health and family welfare (mohfw) recently issued a notification making it mandatory for manufacturers of herbal products to mention on containers that the amount of heavy metals is
The principles of homeopathy were first expounded by Samuel Hahnemann in the last decade of the 18th century. This German physician stated that certain substances produce symptoms of illness when administered in large doses to a healthy person. However, when administered to the sick, in diluted potions, the same substance …
homoeopathic medicines are an effective cure for rheumatoid arthritis, indicates a study conducted by researchers from the Hyderabad-based Government Research Department (grd). The chronic progressive disease causes inflammation and stiffening of the joints. Current treatments focus on first relieving the pain, reducing inflammation and then slowing down the joint damage. …
a homoeopathic medicine prepared from arsenic oxide could ease the suffering of millions of people at risk from arsenic poisoning. Researchers from West Bengal-based University of Kalyani have developed the antidote called arsenicum album. Its microdoses not only remove arsenic from the body, but they also have the ability to …
researchers have come up with yet another explanation for the effectiveness of homeopathic medicines. An experiment conducted by Louis Rey, the scientific advisor of Switzerland, indicates how the potency of the medicines is maintained even if they are diluted several times during preparation. Most question the efficacy of homeopathic medicines …
PILE OF PERIL: Toxic waste from piles of unused pesticides in Africa is threatening people's health and the environment. Despite several clean-up measures by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), less than five per cent of the stockpiles have been disposed till now. IN PROTEST: From October 5 to …
to protect traditional knowledge from getting stolen by bioprospectors, the department of Indian systems of medicine and homoeopathy (ism&h;), Union ministry of health and family welfare and National Institute of Science Communication (a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research organisation), have launched a traditional knowledge digital library (tkdl). It contains …
one of the problems facing the world today is effective and affordable healthcare for its five billion-odd inhabitants. The prohibitive costs that Western or allopathic school of medicine (which often involves serious side effects) engenders is increasingly turning people towards the haven offered by alternative medical systems. The term "alternative" …
The US National Cancer Institute has found that Maharishi Amrit Kalash (MAK) 4 and 5, ayurvedic formulations developed by the Maharishi International University, significantly inhibit cancer cell growth in both human tumour and rat epithelial cell systems. Prepared from a wide variety of herbs and spices in a base of …
Environmental medicine studies the interfaces among chemicals, food and inhalants in the environment and the biological function of the individual. It was founded in the 1940s by Theron Randolph, who, along with others, developed a new model and associated clinical principles that would help a physician to diagnose an illness …
Homoeopathy came to India in 1839 with John Martin Honigberger, a doctor who was invited to treat Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Punjab, for paralysis of the vocal cords and oedema. India's first homoeopathic medical college was established in Calcutta in 1881. Today, there are over 1,50,000 registered homoeopathic practitioners …
Mind-body intervention psychotherapy: includes combining medication with discussion, listening to the patient or using more active behavioural and emotive psychological methods; can hasten recovery in somatic illnesses. support groups: group therapy and counselling combined with diet and exercise can reverse diseases like angina pectoris. meditation: increases longevity and quality of …
THERE is hope yet for those unable to shake off their addiction to drugs and alcohol. The cure is indigenous, painless and involves the oral intake of a vaccine made from homeopathic elements. Developed after a 3-year research by Dr Gopakumar, a bachelor of homeopathy medicine and surgery and his …
Interpreting dreams to help diagnosis was a major topic of discussion at a two-day convention organised by the Indian Homoeopathic Institute at Vijayawada in December 1993. The participants agreed their experiences indicated dreams could help diagnose various chronic diseases whose symptoms are otherwise not discernible. C C Desai, a Bombay-based …
