Alternative medicine in India has its roots deeply seated in ancient tradition and is considered as safer, natural, and inexpensive method for holistic treatment.
This one of its own kinds of medical science is typically based on scientific but natural medical traditions. It focuses on the curing based on capabilities of herbs and different other natural elements. Various types of Alternative Therapy exists in India today are given below.
Homoeopathy:
It is German in origin. It follows a holistic method of treatment by giving equal importance to the patient's personality traits and the symptoms of his affiction. Homoeopathy is most effective in the treatment of allergies.
Ayurveda:
It is an indigenous science whose origins can be traced to very ancient times. it emphasises the preventive rather than the curative. Apart form intake of medicine, Ayurveda prescribes special massages, and herbal those are invigorating and resuscitating.
Unani Medicine:
It is based on the Hippocratic Philosophy that good health depends on the balance of the elements and humours in the human system. Unani Medicine was developed into an elaborate therapeutic system by the Arabs. Remedies include herbal concoctions, diet conctrol, physical exercise and some animal based drugs.
Tibetan Medicine:
It is a synthesis of ancient Tibetan, Chinese and Persian medicine. There are over 32 Tibetan Medicine and Astro Institutes (TMAI) all over the country with a permanent clinic set up in Delhi. Remedies include herbs, fruits, flowers, mineral and metallic concoctions as well as acupressure and massage. The modern world is a veritable horbed for alternative therapies. The stresses and strains of life are so overwhelming that more people are actively responding to the alternative forms of cure. Today the repertoire of strange and uncommon therapies include such esoteric names as Reiki, Mahikari, Pranic healing, T.M. etc.
Homoeopathy:
There are 130 plus homoeopathic colleges spread all over the country. Most colleges offer degree level training while postgraduate programmes are available at the colleges in jaipur, Mumbai, Orissa, Bangalore, Calcutta and Calicut.
With many loopholes in modern medicine, many people, from villages and the cities go back to holistic medical treatment and traditional medicine. Has a growing market with a lot of growing research on alternative medicine.
1. Observation,
2. Communication with patients
3. healing,
4. business and marketing for sustaining the practice
Background in medical science in 10+2
M.D. (Homoeopathy) is Offered at:
- National Institute of Homoeopathy, Block GE, Sector III, Bidhan Nagar, Calcutta-700 091
- Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Gulbarga-585 105
- Dt. M.L. Dhawale Memorial Trust, 40, Parekh Street, Girgaum, Mumbai-400 001
Institutions offering DHMS and BHMS Course:
- Adarsh Shikshan Sansthar, Somajrao Kshirsagar Homoeopathic Medical College, Beed, Maharashtra
- Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam.
- Shri. Bhagwan Homoeopathi Medical College, CIDCO, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Ayurveda: P.G. Programmes in Ayurveda are:
- Amravati University, Amravati- 444 602
- Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar-361 008
- Jiwaji University, Gwalior-474 011
- Mahatma Gandhi Gramoday Vishwavidyalay, Chitrakoot-485 331, Madhya Pradesh.
- National Institute of Ayurveda, (established by Govt. of India), Madhav Vilas Palace, Amer Road, Jaipur-302 002
- Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (National Academy of Ayurveda), Dhanwantri Bhavan, Road No. 66, Punjabi Bagh (West), New Delhi-100 026
Institutions offering Degree level courses:
- Ayurveda and Unani Tibbia College, Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi
- Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya (Shri Shivaji Nagar), Tal Rahuri, Rahuri Factory, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
- Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Ganeshwadi, Panchavati, Nasik, Maharashtra
- Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Near Sion Railway Station, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Bundelkhand Government Ayurveda College, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
- DMM Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Aarni Road, Shivaji Nagar, Yeotmal, Maharashtra
- Government Ayurved College, Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Jagat Ganj, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- Government Ayurveda College, Vazirabad, Nanded, Maharashtra
- Government Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Raje Raghuji Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Government Ayurveda College, Tuijapur Road, Madhuban, Osmanabad, Maharashtra
- Government Rishikul Ayurveda College, Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- JB Roy State Ayurved College and Hospital, Raja Dinendra Street, Calcutta, West Bengal
- Kanpur University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Karmavir Vyankatrao Tanaji Randhir Ayurveda College, Boradi, Tal Shirpur District, Dhule, Maharashtra.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Handia, allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Maharashtra Arogya Mandal, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra
- National Institute of Ayurveda, (established by Govt. of India), Madhav Vilas Palace, Amer Road, Jaipur-302 002, Rajasthan
- Parasrampuriya Ayurved College, Sikar, Rajasthan
- Punjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab
- RA Poddar Medical College (Ayurveda), Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Rajkiya Ayurveda Mahavidhyalaya, Paprola, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh-176 115
- Rajkiya Lalit Hari Ayurved College, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh
- Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhra Pradesh.
- Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (National Academy of Ayurveda), Dhanwantri Bhavan, Road No. 66, Punjabi Bagh (West), New Delhi-100 026
- Sh Gangadhar Shastri Gune, Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Vishrambag, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
- Shri Mastnath Ayurveda College, Asthal Bohar, Rohtak, Haryana-124 001
- Shri Radha Krishna Tosnniwal, Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Station Road, Akola, Maharashtra
- SRM Government Ayurved College, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
- State Ayurved College, Tulsidas Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Swami Kalyandev Government Ayurved College, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
- University of Delhi, New Delhi-110 007
- University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra
- University of Pune, Pune-411 007
- Vasant Dada Patil Ayurveda Medical College, South Shivajinagar, Sangli, Maharashtra
Unani:
- Institutions offering PG Courses in Unani Medicine:
- Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002
- Institutions offering Degree & Diploma Courses in Unani Medicine:
- Ajmal Khan Tibbia College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh-1.
- Ayurved and Unani Tibbia College, Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-110 005.
- Hamdard Tibbia College, Jamia Hamdrad, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi-110 062.
- Jamiya Arabiya Rashidiya Taj Tibbia College, Jamia Arabia, Rasheed Nagar, Nall Saheb Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
- Mohameddia Tibbia College and Assayer Hospital, PO Mansoora, Malegaon, Dist, Nasik, Maharashtra.
- SH Unani Tibbia College and Hospital, Ganpati Naka, Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh-150 331.
- State Unani Medical College, Himmatganj, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-211 003.
- Takmil Utib College and Hospital, Abdul Aziz Road, Jhawal Tola, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226 003.
- Tibbia College and Hospital, Nagpada, Hazrat Mohani Chowk, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400 008.
- Unani Medical College and Hospital, KB Hidayatully Road, New Modi Khana, Pune, Maharashtra.
Tibetan Medicine:
Education in TM is imparted at 3 TMAI centres in India. Viz. the TMAI Head Quarters at Dharamasala and the TMAI centres at Darjeeling and Varanasi