Guest guest Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 http://www.ralphmoss.com/cach375.html PROGRESS NOTED FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Copyright 1997 by Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. Alternative medicine continues to make striking progress around the world. For example, the south Indian state of Kerala is setting the pace for a new national policy by bringing Ayurveda, the ancient system of healing, into a "barefoot doctor" system to aid the ailing public health system. Acknowledging that India's public health system has failed, former health minister A.R. Antulay announced a policy to harness the services of India's 550,000 registered Ayurvedic practitioners. In Kerala, for thousands of years Ayurveda has maintained a tradition of vaidyans (master physicians) who train students, who then treat patients in sylvan retreats called "ashrams." For example, it is said that at the Santhigiri Ashram, patients suffering from diseases considered chronic by allopathic doctors are routinely "cured" by Ayurvedic physicians, under the supervision of their 70-year-old Guru. Such gurus look for the underlying spiritual causes for such "physical" diseases such as rheumatism, diabetes, epilepsy and heart conditions. They "may prescribe psychic treatments which would seem irrational in allopathy." Cures are also allegedly brought about by a wide range of herbal palliatives, oil massages, fomentations and steam baths, all delivered at a nominal cost to the patient or the state. India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new Click here Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Messenger Download now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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