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" Supramental Vision is integral vision, global vision. Irreconcilable contrariety is the nature of the mental reason. To the Overmental, they are coexistent correlatives & to the Supramental, they are an integral Whole " - Sri Aurobindo, Founder, Integral Yoga ( www.sriaurobindosociety.org.in )
Translated into ordinary terms, the above quotation means that the four major systems of Medicine - Allopathy, Naturopathy, Ayurveda & Homeopathy - are partial truths and if integrated, they can be a formidable system. Did He not integrate the four systems of Yoga - Jnana, Bhakthi, Karma & Raja ?
When Allopathy is integrated with other systems of Alternative Medicine, we have a perfected & integrated system.
' What we need is a good integrated system', said Dr P C Reddy, CEO of Apollo Hospitals. Patients should have access to all kinds of facilities. Our Hospital's USP is that we have integrated the Indian traditional forms of Medicine with the clinical '. Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has set up Homeopathy & Acupuncture wings. " The hospital is soon starting Yoga, Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine" said Dr S K Sama, CEO. "I consider them complementary, not alternative. Integrated System would soon catch on"
Another British national, Gregory Bates suffered a heart attack while holidaying in Goa.' I had the choice to go back home for the bypass", he said "But I chose to stay on. My family was concerned but having heard about Indian medical expertise, I was confident that I was in safe hands. The pre-operative support of Wockhardt Heart Institute in Bangalore while I was in Goa proved that I would get uncompromised care." . " His successful surgery is an indicator that heart surgery in India is on par with the world", said Dr Vivek Jawali, chief cardiovascular surgeon at Wockhardt who operated on Bates.
Robert Peter Mutton was another Briton who got treated at economical rates. He was holidaying in Kochi when his gall bladder started acting up. "I just spent Rs 64000, which is amazing" said Robert Peter Mutton. They went to Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi. " I would have spent $ 10000 in London" said Mutton after treatment. "There is no difference between doctors here and back home"
It was the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi, founded by a spiritual giant, Her Holiness Mata Amritanandamayi ( www.amritapuri.org ), which cured Yan Zheng, a receptionist from China. Cancer struck Yan when she was working in Beijing. She got treated at Shanghai but she lost her left eye, the upper jaw, half the lower jaw & facial nerves as a bye-product.
Medical Training in India
Now professionals, particularly Asian, are happy about being trained in India, despite the West's formidable reputation as the last word in higher education in Medicine.
"It was a great experience ", says Clara Perinchery , a German-born MD student, who came to Lakeshore Hospital & Research Center in Kochi, to learn about tropical countries. Dr M Abdul Hannan said " I enjoy working here. Where else would I have learnt so much ? ". He is training at Escorts Heart Institute & Research Center, Delhi & he admitted that he was inspired by the Chief Cardiologist, Dr Naresh Trehan.
The motto of Ayurveda is " Progress Through Research " ( Anusandanena Abhyudayam ).
In Holistic Medicine, the Ayurveda Samajam is famous for its treatment in Diabetes, Sub fertility, Skin Diseases
& especially in Preventive Care apart from the regular departments. Samajam in its own methodology have developed exclusive proprietary formulations. A Research & Development Center is functioning in Samajam in the same lines of its old heritage where all available knowledge is used for altruistic purposes. A pioneer of Ayurvedic Medicine, Samajam is genuinely renowned, both in terms of Medical Practice and Medical Education. Samajam has trained many a professional, which include some of the very famous in Maharishi Ayurveda Products International , spread the world over ( http://www.mapi.com ). ( Another intellectual & spiritual giant, H H Maharshi Mahesh Yogi had established holistic sciences all over the world and his sites www.maharshi.org, www.tm.org , www.transec.com , www.mum.edu etc are flooded with hits ).
The Samajam confers " Ayurveda Siromani " Certificates to successful students. This course was later recognised by the British Government & the Certificate was renamed as today's Diploma in Ayurveda.
The Samajam is headed by the well experienced Dr Rajagopal, who is both an Allopathic Doctor and a holistic physician.
Western Holistic Medicine
Dr Peter Moscow & Irene Mosvold are in charge of www.holistic-alt.com. She takes care of patients and gives counselling based on the principles of Western Holistic Medicine.
Naturopathy
Dr Mathew is in charge of Gandhi Naturopathy Center at Mundur, Kerala. In a quiet place of more than 10 acres, Dr Mathew, a disciple of C R R Varma, the famous naturopath, gives counselling to people on Naturopathy.
