Alternative Medicine
About Department
The Homeopathy and Ayurveda Clinics are renowned for their speciality treatments. To ensure benefit to villagers to the traditional system of medicine, the Ayurvedacharya visits villages under the Rural Healthcare Programme.
Naturopathy i.e. treatment utilizing the elements of nature viz. air, water, earth, fire, etc. is practiced as a speciality at the Polyclinic. Processes like Steam bath, Mud Pack, Wax Treatment, Epsom Salt Bath, Herbal Wax Bath, Hot and Cold bath, Dietotherapy and Whirlpool Exercise are done regularly.
Meditative Healing is a popular method of alternate treatment. A clinic for meditative healing is operational at the Vivekananda Polyclinic every Saturday from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.This is characterized by no-touch, no-drug therapy based on Vedic meditation techniques.