The use of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is increasing in the United States; there is a need for physician level practitioners who possess extensive training in both CAM and conventional medicine. Naturopathic physicians possess training that allows integration of modern scientific knowledge and the age-old wisdom of natural healing techniques. Naturopathic philosophy provides a ...

We read the article by Deepak and Rao on Yoga Meditation presenting an adjunct interventional strategy for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with great interest.[1] They have proposed a unique protocol management of COVID-19 various practices yoga meditation techniques mild moderate symptoms. Recent findings stated that infection presents wide range complications from asymptomatic to...

The Indian healthcare practice is pluralistic and unique since it poised with many challenges. High out of pocket (OOPE) expenditure, scanty institutional facilities, expensive private healthcare, etc. have strong bearing on adoption traditional health care practices besides socio-cultural other gradients. paper addresses the dynamics determinants access to medicines in India using representati...

Page 1 of 16 The topic of childhood vaccinations is highly controversial with a strong polarization of beliefs among health care professionals and the public. Many conventional medical professionals believe that vaccinations in childhood provide the ultimate form of prevention for infectious diseases (Dennehy, 2001). Strong advocates of this belief system support the funding of research aimed a...

Health care professionals' adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP) remains limited, although most health care professionals are familiar with EBP and believe in its value. This systematic review aimed to bring together the best methods used to teach EBP to health professionals. The authors conducted a systematic search for the period 2005-2015 (an update of the search took place in October 20...

211 Sir, This is in response to the recently published results of 71 st round of the survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization highlighting the Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy and Sowarigpa (AYUSH) use among the Indian citizens. As soon as these results were released, all the major national newspapers carried the story emphasizing the fact that 90% of...

Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) is seen as a vital link between the European nature cure movement of the 19th century and American naturopathy. He promoted a holistic treatment concept founded on five pillars: hydro- and phytotherapy, exercise, balanced nutrition, and regulative therapy. Kneipp attempted to bridge the gap with allopathic medicine, and many modern treatments that are based on his m...

Results No differences were found in the lesions in patients younger than 65 (not statistically comparable number), while in the others (patients over 65 years old) there was a clear difference of site: in naturopathic patients the most part were found in the plantar surface of the foot (51.4%), especially in metatarsal heads area (49.1%). The ischemic group had the most frequent site in extrem...