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10 March, 2016, 10:06 AM
'Homoeopathy system should be separated from Ayush as it is not an Indian System of Medicine' Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai
Claiming that Homoeopathy system has no traditional base in India and it is purely German origin, practitioners of Indian System of Medicines (ISM) are likely to put a demand to the Union Ayush ministry and to the Prime Minister that Homoeopathy should be separated from Ayush streams.
The initiative to make such a demand to the government is by an Ayurveda medical officer under Kerala government, who is now engaged in mobilising support of all the practitioners of the Indian systems of treatment (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani and Siddha) from all the states. The memorandum will urge the government to restrict ‘Ayush’ within Indian systems (ISM) and the acronym should be written as “AYUS”.
“The department of Ayush should be made as ‘Ayus’ by separating the German system from it. Homoeopathy has no regional base in India, so it cannot be considered as part of Ayush. It can be put under a separate department. The ministry of Ayush should be a unique administrative system for the Indian system of medicines,” said the Ayurveda medical officer.
According to him, a lion portion of the government funds allotted for the development of Indian systems is utilized for Homoeopathy system and its growth. The amount is spent for an alien system when plenty of hospitals and dispensaries of Ayurveda and other native systems are suffering from lack of facilities and shortage of doctors. More than 17,000 Ayurveda graduates in Kerala are looking for opportunities. Government has no fund for spending on research and development and for bringing up manufacturing industry. Crores of rupees are spent for establishing homoeo hospitals and its development. It cannot be allowed further and the Ayush fund should be spent only for Indian systems, the doctor argues.
“It is a pity that a foreign system of treatment is taking advantage of the shortcomings in the healthcare sector. Crores of rupees it absorbs from the Ayush department. ISM has an Indian base. Homoeopathy is a German system but it is not a traditional medicine of the country. It has no traditional background either in India or in other countries. The Indian systems and Homoeopathy do not match each other. Certain people give false propaganda that Homoeopathy is an Indian medicine. It is better to create a separate department for it,” he told Pharmabiz.
For seeking support to the demand, the Ayurveda medical officer from Alappuzha, Dr. Roy B Unnithan, is now coordinating the practitioners of ISM from other states in order to make the claim to the Union minister of Ayush next month. He said associations of Siddha practitioners in Tamil Nadu and Unani doctors associations have already extended support to raising a demand for detaching Homoeopathy from Ayush.
Meanwhile, an office-bearer of a Homoeopathy practitioners’ group said it is a good idea to have a separate department for Homoeopathy, but it should not be in any sort of discrimination. “We are associating with Indian systems and becoming a part of Ayush due to the ‘big-brother attitude’ of the allopathic doctors. We know our system is German origin and we do not claim that it is Indian origin. But, so far no authorized organisation, either of Ayurveda or Siddha, has made such a comment/demand that Homoeopathy should be separated from Ayush, he said.
Another homoeopath, who is practicing in Alappuzha said the demand for detaching Homoeopathy from Ayush is a ‘feeling’ of Dr. Roy that has emanated from jealousy and covetousness because there is very few turn out of patients at his hospital in Alappuzha. Whereas, the nearby Homoeopathy dispensary is visited by patients in large numbers and their diseases are cured. He said Dr. Roy is only a state committee member of his association and the office-bearers of that association do not raise such a demand.
The initiative to make such a demand to the government is by an Ayurveda medical officer under Kerala government, who is now engaged in mobilising support of all the practitioners of the Indian systems of treatment (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani and Siddha) from all the states. The memorandum will urge the government to restrict ‘Ayush’ within Indian systems (ISM) and the acronym should be written as “AYUS”.
“The department of Ayush should be made as ‘Ayus’ by separating the German system from it. Homoeopathy has no regional base in India, so it cannot be considered as part of Ayush. It can be put under a separate department. The ministry of Ayush should be a unique administrative system for the Indian system of medicines,” said the Ayurveda medical officer.
According to him, a lion portion of the government funds allotted for the development of Indian systems is utilized for Homoeopathy system and its growth. The amount is spent for an alien system when plenty of hospitals and dispensaries of Ayurveda and other native systems are suffering from lack of facilities and shortage of doctors. More than 17,000 Ayurveda graduates in Kerala are looking for opportunities. Government has no fund for spending on research and development and for bringing up manufacturing industry. Crores of rupees are spent for establishing homoeo hospitals and its development. It cannot be allowed further and the Ayush fund should be spent only for Indian systems, the doctor argues.
“It is a pity that a foreign system of treatment is taking advantage of the shortcomings in the healthcare sector. Crores of rupees it absorbs from the Ayush department. ISM has an Indian base. Homoeopathy is a German system but it is not a traditional medicine of the country. It has no traditional background either in India or in other countries. The Indian systems and Homoeopathy do not match each other. Certain people give false propaganda that Homoeopathy is an Indian medicine. It is better to create a separate department for it,” he told Pharmabiz.
For seeking support to the demand, the Ayurveda medical officer from Alappuzha, Dr. Roy B Unnithan, is now coordinating the practitioners of ISM from other states in order to make the claim to the Union minister of Ayush next month. He said associations of Siddha practitioners in Tamil Nadu and Unani doctors associations have already extended support to raising a demand for detaching Homoeopathy from Ayush.
Meanwhile, an office-bearer of a Homoeopathy practitioners’ group said it is a good idea to have a separate department for Homoeopathy, but it should not be in any sort of discrimination. “We are associating with Indian systems and becoming a part of Ayush due to the ‘big-brother attitude’ of the allopathic doctors. We know our system is German origin and we do not claim that it is Indian origin. But, so far no authorized organisation, either of Ayurveda or Siddha, has made such a comment/demand that Homoeopathy should be separated from Ayush, he said.
Another homoeopath, who is practicing in Alappuzha said the demand for detaching Homoeopathy from Ayush is a ‘feeling’ of Dr. Roy that has emanated from jealousy and covetousness because there is very few turn out of patients at his hospital in Alappuzha. Whereas, the nearby Homoeopathy dispensary is visited by patients in large numbers and their diseases are cured. He said Dr. Roy is only a state committee member of his association and the office-bearers of that association do not raise such a demand.
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