Dr Prafull Vijayakar passes away

Dr Prafull Vijayakar passes away today evening in Mumbai

 

Dr. Prafull Vijayakar, M.D., born 4th Aug 1952, has been practicing medicine since 1974. After his training as a physician, he started out as medical doctor in a hospital. He soon turned with heart and soul to classical homeopathy.

The supreme court of India allows AYUSH doctors to Prescribe government-approved medicines as add on to covid patients

15.12.2020 -The Supreme Court on Tuesday (15.12.2020) said qualified AYUSH doctors and homeopaths can prescribe government-approved tablets, mixtures as add-on drugs to conventional treatment for Covid positive patients, upholding the ministry's Mar 6 advisory.But the Top Court also said Ayush doctors cannot advertise anything as a cure, it added.

 

03.12.2020

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said that there was lack of clarity in the Ministry of Ayush advisory on allowing homeopathic medical practitioners to prescribe even add-on or preventive treatment for COVID-19 patients.

Tele-medicine Practice Guidelines by CCH

Tele-medicine Practice Guidelines -Amendment in Homoeopathic Practitioners (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Code of Ethics) Regulation 1982.The Board of Governors, CCH has adopted the “Telemedicine Practice Guidelines”for homoeopathic practitioners.

Ayurveda doctors gets the nod to do surgeries

Post Graduate (PG) students of Ayurveda can now perform a variety of general surgery, including orthopaedic, ophthalmology, ENT and dental as per the notification of central government. The Union government in a gazette notification allowed Ayurvedic PG passouts to receive formal training for such procedures.

Skin lesions with suitable rubrics in homoeopathy

Contributed by Dr Muhammed Rafeeque

I am happy to share this work with you. Here some lesions are given exactly in the form of rubric, but a few rubrics are interpretation as per the appearance of the skin lesions.
1. Acne Simplex: Boericke → Face → Acne simplex

Covid warriors’ children to get admission quota to MBBS and BDS

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Harsh Vardhan announced on Thursday that the central government has introduced a new category for the children of Covid warriors in the guidelines for selection and nomination of candidates against the Central Pool Bachelor of Medicine,

Kidney stones (renal calculi) and their breakers in homoeopathy

Contributed by Dr Muhammed Rafeeque Kerala, India.

1. Acid benz: Strong smelling urine; Uric acid stones; Gout.
2. Apis mel: Stinging and burning urine; Last drop burn and smart; edema.
3. Belladonna: Sudden onset of urinary colic; Throbbing pain; Jar aggravates.
4. Berberis v: Urolithiasis with gout, rheumatism; Left sided calculi; Bright red mealy sediment; Radiating pains; no pain while urinating.

AIAPGET 2020 results published

AIAPGET (ALL INDIA AYUSH POST GRADUATE ENTRANCE TEST 2020 ) result 2020 has been declared by the National Testing Agency on Wednesday i.e., November 4. Candidates who appeared for the All India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Test 2020 can visit the official website of NTA AIAPGET — .ntaaiapget.nic.in. 

Homoeopathy In Disaster Management

Dr Muhammed Rafeeque Kerala, India.
 
INTRODUCTION
A disaster is an event resulting in great loss and misfortune, which occurs suddenly, and affects the humans, animals, properties, agriculture, the environment and the region as a whole. A disaster may be human-made or natural. Human-made disasters may be due to the modernization, industrialization, war, terrorism, pollution, occupational hazards, illegal activities like mining, and ignorance of safety measures that result in stampede, fire, accident, explosion, radiation, etc. Natural disasters include earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods, cyclones, tornadoes and tsunamis. Many times both are interrelated making the after effects much more serious and long lasting.

Court against unqualified medical practitioners in Kerala

Kerala High Court on October 14, quashed government orders exempting registration for unqualified practitioners in Kerala with a court order.

The Government of Kerala can no longer permit people without qualification to practice traditional medicine or ‘paramparya vaidyam’, naturopathy or any other forms of alternative medicine.

AYUSH and IMA controversy continues

Scientists working in the AYUSH fields have hit back at the Indian Medical Association for labelling their medicine systems “unscientific”.

A few days back Indian Medical Association (IMA) representing around 3.5 lakh doctors in the country had slammed Union Health Minister Shri Harsh Vardhan’s move to promote alternative medicines and yoga for Covid-19 patients, and challenged the minister to answer five questions, including how many of his ministerial colleagues have so far got treated under AYUSH protocols.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus

Clinical trial of Homoeopathic medicine in covid therapy in final stages

Data collection has been completed for a clinical trial for homeopathic preventive medication for Covid-19 after its final lap at the Government Homeopathy College in Bhopal. About 200 people were part of the trials, ratified by Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI) and ICMR.The analysis phase of the clinical trial is underway.

Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC), Homoeopathic Medical Officer - Notification

Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC), Bihar has published a notification for the recruitment of Homeopathic Medical Officer, Ayurvedic Medical Officer, Ayush Physician, Unani Medical Officer vacancies. 

Those Candidates who are interested can apply online on the website

One Nation, One Health System to be rolled out by 2030

 

The Indian government plans to roll out a ‘One Nation, One Health System’ policy by 2030, which would integrate modern and traditional systems of medicine like Allopathy, Homoeopathy and Ayurveda in medical practice, education and research. 

Hypertension and common man

Have you ever suffered from hypertension?

Hypertension is not just a single problem. It creates multiple effects in your body making ground for many other chronic ailments. 16 million Americans are having elevated blood pressure which is more than 140 mm of Mercury or diastolic blood pressure of more than 90 mm of Mercury.

Prevalence of hypertension increases with age. Stroke and coronary artery disease are the two major complications of hypertension.

AYUSH scholarship program 2020-21 for 104 scholarships to candidates from 99 nations offered by Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Indian Council for Cultural Relations under AYUSH scholarship program 2020-21 of Union AYUSH Ministry is offering 104 scholarships to candidates from 99 nations. Offer of scholarships under the Ayush Scholarship Scheme for the Academic Year 2020-2021.Please note that last date for submitting application by students has been extended till 30th September 2020.

National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill passed by Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha on Monday passed the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill and the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill.

Indian Parliament has given its nod to two Bills that propose a medical education system that improve access to quality and affordable medical education by ensuring availability of adequate and high quality homoeopathy and Indian system of medicine professionals across the country. 

Homoeopaths across Kerala to protest against IMA comments

Indian Medical association (IMA) during a television interview a few days back insulted the AYUSH doctors especially the homoeopaths in kerala and across the world. Homoeopathic United Movement (HUM) consisting of all the major associations of homoeopathic community has announced a black day as protest on 11th of September 2020 against the comments of the IMA state Vice President Dr Sulfi. All the homoeopathic doctors in the government department will be protesting against the insult by having an additional  one hour duty after the stipulated duty hours.

AYUSH Doctors cannot Practice Allopathy in Emergencies, Says Karnataka

The Karnataka state government has ordered that AYUSH doctors cannot prescribe allopathic medications even during emergencies.

Earlier the AYUSH doctors were authorized to do so. The orders states that there is no scope for a person enrolled on the state or the central register of Indian medicine to practice modern scientific medicine in any office branches unless that the person is also enrolled on a state medical register within the meaning of 1956 Act.

Research Associate (Homoeopathy) for Homoeopathy Research Institute for Disabilities (HRID) at Chennai

The Council intends to engage 01 Research Associate (Homoeopathy) for Homoeopathy Research Institute for Disabilities (HRID) at Chennai on contract basis through online interview for which applications through e-mail may be submitted latest by 10th September, 2020. Further details are available at Council's website www.ccrhindia.nic.in.

Applications are invited online for various Assistant Professor posts in Kerala Government Service

Applications are invited online only through ONE TIME REGISTRATION from qualified candidates for appointment in the under mentioned posts in Kerala Government Service. 1. Department : Government Homoeopathic Medical Colleges. 2. Name of Post : Assistant Professor (in various subjects) 3. Scale of Pay : As per UGC norms 4. No. of vacancies : 29 (in following subjects)

Kerala PSC has published the rank list for the post of Medical Officer

Kerala PSC has published the rank list of the candidates for the post of  MEDICAL OFFICERS - HOMOEOPATHY. The Rank list is published also for Medical officer post in insurance department. The main rank list includes 248 candidates and many more in the supplementary rank lists. The advice memo from PSC and the Appointment order from the Director of homeopathy has yet to be  issued.

The Travancore Cochin medical Council has extended the last date for Hologram Certificate

The Travancore Cochin medical Council has extended the last date for Hologram Certificate due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. The date has been now extended to 31.12.2020. It is requested that those who have not yet availed the hologram certificates should apply for the same. There is a possibility that your name could be removed from the register after the stipulated time.

Applications are invited for admission to the Post Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Homoeopathy-Kerala

Applications are invited for admission to the Post Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Homoeopathy admission  programmes offered by Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University during the academic year 2020-21. 

The Last date is 11/10/2020 and the  Eligibility will be B.V.Sc and AH. Final year BVSc & AH students on elective basis can become a part of this course 

Duration: 6 months. During the period of study candidate has to attend contact classes for 5 days. 

Database of the New Corona Virus- Covid19

Corona viruses (Cov) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). The new Corona virus disease (COVID-19) was first reported from Wuhan, The first case of someone in China suffering from COVID-19 can be traced back to November 17.On December 27, Zhang Jixian, a doctor from Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, told China's health authorities that the disease was caused by a new coronavirus..The first case of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020,