At a time when Assam’s homoeopathic fraternity is getting a raw deal from the state government, the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy, an autonomous institute under the Union Ministry of Ayush, located in Shillong, is well on its way to establishing itself as a hub of medical tourism through ayurveda and homoeopathy, with special emphasis on panchakarma, says a report in the Assam Tribune. The institute’s growth is evident from the fact that 34,508 patients benefitted from the out-patient department services in Ayurveda at its 100-bed Ayurvedic hospital, while 29,791 OPD patients were recorded in the 50-bed homoeopathy hospital in 2017, with an average of 200 patients recorded every OPD day.
“Ayurvedic panchakarma modalities, yoga and pranayama along with diet and medications are highly effective in the management of common health ailments such as lower back pain, neck pain, frozen shoulder, different types of joint pains, migraine, bronchial asthma, hypertension, diabetes, different types of paralysis, et al,” Dr PK Goswami, director of the institute told the media last week .
