Nature cure becomes popular in Hyderabad.

October 27, 2006

Back to natureFriday October 27 2006 10:49 IST http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEU20061027002744 & Title=Hyderabad & rLink=0 HYDERABAD: Earlier we saw gymnasia sprouting in every nook and corner of the city. Now you see another trend catching up with the not-so-health-conscious denizens of the twin cities. Hundreds of people, most of them obese, are turning to nature cure.Going by the number of boards of ‘nuture cure clinics’ going up in the last two to three years one can gauge the growing popularity of this system of treatment.Find out more about the trend from naturopaths and patients themselves. Dr Raheem Sultana, running a nature cure

clinic at Ameerpet, attributes the trend to the inherent advantages of this system.“We just do not treat patients superficially. We go into the root cause of the ailment which is mostly a wrong life-style. And our treatment begins with correcting the lifestyle,” reasons out this naturopath armed with two decades of experience.A medical doctor Anusuya, in-patient at the A P Yoga Adhyayana Parishad (popularly called Nature Cure Hospital), says: “I tried out allopathy for several years. But it failed.”“Nature cure is known to provide treatment for ailments which is not available in modern medicine – right from simple things such as correction of eye sight to problems of retinal detachment, carpal syndrome and arthritis besides psycho-somatic problems,” she adds.Dr T Krishna Murthy, hospital superintendent, says that the hospital is in so much demand that they are running short of beds and cottages. “We have just 12 cottages and 48 beds. And the

demand is double that,” he claims. The government granted Rs 7.5 crore for building another block to accommodate more patients.Nature cure system also seems to be popular among those who want to shed weight. “I have a tendency to put on weight after examinations. To control calorie intake I make it a point to join either Kasturba Nature Cure Hospital (run by Sarvodaya Trust) or the one at Jubilee Hills (run by Red Cross),” says 17-year B Shobhana, a student of Intermediate. After all, they (the pro-vaccine lobbyists) say to themselves, you can't make an omelette withoutbreaking eggs. But the eggs being broken are small, helpless, and innocent babies, while the omelette is being enjoyed by the pediatricians and vaccine manufacturers. - Harris L. Coulter, PhD

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