Role of homoeopathy of AYUSH in tuberculosis

Shankar Das; Tridibesh Tripathy; C. Nayak; D. P. Singh; Rakesh Dwivedi; Byomakesh Tripathy; D. R. Sahu; Mohini Gautam; Umakant Prusty; Madan Mohan Mishra; Pramod Bihari Pradhan; Jeevan Krushna Pattanaik; S. N. Pandey; Sudhanshu Dixit; Sanskriti Tripathy; Anjali Tripathy; Anil Dubey; Sovesh Chandra Tripathy

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20242580

Authors

Shankar Das School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Tridibesh Tripathy Department of Social Work, Lucknow University, Lucknow, UP, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2971-1952
C. Nayak Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Delhi and Dr. Abhin Chandra Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
D. P. Singh School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Rakesh Dwivedi Department of Social Work, Lucknow University, Lucknow, UP, India
Byomakesh Tripathy Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, MP and Former Vice Chancellor, Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
D. R. Sahu Department of Sociology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, UP, India
Mohini Gautam Department of Social Work, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhatisgarh, India
Umakant Prusty Regional Research Institute (Homoeopathy), Puri, Odisha under Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, Odisha, India
Madan Mohan Mishra Private Practitioner, Anugul, Odisha, India
Pramod Bihari Pradhan AYUSH, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Jeevan Krushna Pattanaik Dr. A. C. Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
S. N. Pandey Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, UP, India
Sudhanshu Dixit Department of Homoeopathy, Government of UP, Lucknow, India
Sanskriti Tripathy Bennet University, Greater Noida, UP, India
Anjali Tripathy JJM, United Nations Office for Project Services, Jaipur, LLF, Lucknow and International agencies such as Catholic Relief Services and Water Aid, India
Anil Dubey Institution and outreach wing of institution, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Varanasi, UP, India
Sovesh Chandra Tripathy Coal India Limited, Jharsuguda, Odisha, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20242580

Keywords:

TB, Homoeopathy, Miasm, NTCP, RNTCP, NTEP, Materia medica

Abstract

The article deals with an age-old problem called Tuberculosis. In India, the condition is known as ‘Kshaya’ as the body gets wasted. Similarly, the programmatic portal to deal with the disease is called ‘Nikshaya portal’. The disease is also associated with the partition of India. It is believed that if the TB condition of Jinnah was known to the congress leaders, they would have delayed the formation of partition and thus avoiding the horrors of partition. Raj Kapoor’s movie ‘Aah’ showed him dying from TB as the world did not have any curative method by the time of release of the movie. One of the exponent of homoeopathy, Dr. E. A. Farrington who introduced the concept of comparative materia medica lost his life to TB at the age of 38 years. In 1994, the lead author had a young girl suffering from cough and the cough did not subside with the Homoeopathic medicines. Eventually, the case was referred and it turned out to be a case of pulmonary TB. Thus, the article sees the role of homoeopathy through the eyes of medical pluralism where homoeopathy has a specific and critical role in the entire gamut of TB. It suggests a treatment protocol as a complement to the existing therapeutics. It builds on the property of homoeopathy as essential medicine (EM) where it is cost effective, therapeutically effective while having no side effects. Using these three properties, mass coverage can be done through inclusion of Homoeopathy. The approach will surely lessen the TB burden of the nation.

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