Traditional treatments gaining ground

Traditional treatments gaining ground in India............

With the rise in the health problems under the category of lifestyle diseases, the alternate systems of medicines like ayurveda, homeopathy have witnessed impressive growth over the years with time-tested methodologies and marketing techniques.

India's expertise in traditional treatments such as homeopathy, naturopathy, ayurveda and unani are becoming increasingly popular as these have no side effects, according to industry chambers.

However, he adds, there is no alternative to allopathy as far as the emergency and cardiac medicines are concerned.

According to the World Health Organisation, more than one billion people use herbal medicines and in India more than 65 per cent people living in the rural areas use Ayurveda and medical plants to meet their primary health care needs.

India has over 75 lakh qualified doctors, who according to Assocham, charge 'reasonable professional fees'.

There are over 400,000 registered homeopaths in the country currently, with approximately 13,000 more being added every year. Source: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/099200906301422.htm

HEAL initiates a `we Believe` campaign on World Homeopathy Day

'an effort to bring in mass movement towards homeopathy & its benefits, targeting to garner 10,000 signs on one month’

On the occasion of World Homeopathic Day HEAL; a recently launched independent platform promoting homeopathy today kick-started its initiative titled ‘We Believe’.

“‘We Believe’ is not just an initiative but an effort to bring together people from across the globe and strata, who BELIEVE in homeopathy and have benefited from this system of medicine. We hope to garner more than 10,000 signatures through this initiative and make HEAL one of the largest group of its kind in the world.” Said an official spokesperson of HEAL
In the health care debate for an individual’s continued freedom to choose homeopathy and in protecting access to homeopathy, the ‘We Believe’ initiative aims to be a strong voice.

Believers of homeopathy who want to join the homeopathic mass movement can do so simply by logging on to i-heal.blogspot.com and adding their signature to the campaign.HEAL aims at being an exclusive network endorsing homeopathy as a system of medicine. Homeopathy has found favour in large numbers in India as well as abroad and is the third most popular medicinal practice in India after allopathy & ayurveda.

HEAL would provide a unique platform for people to confluence on varied subjects related to homeopathy through interactive ‘webminars’ or web seminars, e-articles, user testimonials, homeopath advice and much more. The HEAL blog has been specially created for members to share their experiences and get their queries answered and expects to have atleast 10, 000 people. Netizens wanting to embrace the holistic way of healing through homeopathy need not look further HEAL & the ‘We Believe’ initiative are answers to all things homeopathic.

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