The news on the BBC website speaking the words of VOYS [voice of young science] related to their appeal to the WHO, give clues on an extremely poor and negative appraisal on clinical acumen and professional instinct of Homoeopaths by the young scientific world and probably the WHO experts who indirectly hint at fanatic & blind homoeopathy practiced evading general measures when it comes to conditions like infant diarrhea. They believe that homoeopaths sideline/overlook all the accessory methods which have to fall in place in disease management. Though the WHO did not react to the VOYS, the media distorted the facts and we saw what followed.

The issue was probably triggered by the medical research students of UK as mentioned in the news who pepped up pushing the WHO to come out with statements injuring Homeopathy, when they were flabbergasted by the huge H1N1 preventive campaign across India in the past couple of weeks by most healthcare giants operational in Homoeopathy across the nation and so did the rest of the bigger players. Not to forget that the genus epidemicus varied from town to town, clinic to clinic, doc to doc and btw homoeopathic organizations ! It was a surprise that many homoeopathic pharmacies and clinics at the major metros in India found it a huge opportunity gear for a commercial overdrive which was a pathetic development and am sure there is lot more damage to come in triggered from those!

We can only be happy that the Homoeopathic fraternity of IHMA did not contribute to the damage in H1N1 on the commercial angle as we think and act superior, But we need to genuinely introspect on the allegation regarding the general measures and make sure that all of us do it effectively associated with our therapeutic application. There are many times when we find our doctors 'shrinking in' as mere homoeopathic prescribers instead of medical doctors which they are expected to be, before being an expert on Homeopathic therapeutics and philosophy. They probably do not believe that an average patient seek them for a medical consultation primarily followed by homoeopathic therapeutics delivered. In other words a true professional medical service using homoeopathic medicines is to be rendered and not a Homoeopathic service.

I think its time when Homoeopathy and Homoeopaths re-arranged priorities and got better aligned embracing the no-mans land of medical science which include the general measures and supplements which does not sync as medications of any system whatsoever, apart from effectively applying our gifted therapeutics. Else we might have to face worse allegations and find us cornered to extremely compromising situations like the present one on the world health stage which was triggered by our adversaries.

We, therefore irrespective of associations and class perhaps need to look at this like never before and much more seriously or else would have to cut ourselves a sober face getting used on the defensive ever after ! When looked at collectively, it doesn’t take much effort for one to understand that Homoeopathy is not just under attack but is getting exceedingly obnoxious for many out there, be it VOYS or the sponsored international health magazines like lancet. The impact of Homoeopathy does displace a large fraction of the turnovers of the giants among the drug manufacturers, especially when the world walk into Homoeopathy seeking care on the most commonest of clinical conditions.

It is a very important phase when every Homoeopath need to know the necessity of being united at the national. The reasons are simply more than one.

* We do not have a single mouthpiece representing the qualified homoeopaths of the nation nor does we have common stands or a common voice about multiple issues that keep popping up critical on Homoeopathy or at times misconceptions related to Homoeopathy. At times when the nation desires to hear from an alternative medical system we deliver the same in the form of peaky scattered voices instead of one from a central common source which is well attended to by the print and visual media.

* Most of the serious developments at the national level related to Homoeopathy are mostly not the choice of the younger and the middle generation of Homoeopathy who has whole-heartedly, unconditionally committed their career to this therapeutic discipline, but those who spent a successful plight as Homoeopaths through times unlike the rough terrains of today. Our choices, opinions and reasons were not never ever looked into or heard, nor were they ever considered.  It was mostly the one-sided priorities from a common and ever sustaining group of docs who had their voices, opinions and thoughts which echoed throughout the nation. Are we sure that our priorities were the same? I leave us to ponder on those.

* The standardization and a perfect streamline and integration of the multiple approaches prevalent in Homoeopathy across the nations under various schools of Homoeopathy led by powerful teachers of Homoeopathy is a vital priority. Their contradicting and critical teaching does mean mayhem. Intolerance to other schools of Homoeopathy is unfortunate. This indirectly speaks loud about the vacuum on a common platform which could integrate such schools and bring them to absolute use for the generations of Homoeopaths ahead. This platform has to be a homoeopathic association with firm presence across the nation which can be the mother of all and which will contain every qualified Homoeopath in its stream.

* The Homoeopathic medical professionals in India, in multiple domains under state and central govt., in academics, govt. health service and private practice are all poorly integrated though all carry similar basic qualifications. They are unfortunately too well insulated between each other and a poor awareness about how things function within another stream especially when related to research bodies and their activities is widely noticed. In effect each stream turn out an island of activity rarely integrated and less informed about the other.

* The common issues and challenges to Homoeopathy are dealt as a scattered force which in turn weakens the effort and never manage to attain the goal. Homoeopaths, their issues and their reasons go unnoticed.

* The effective achievements of Homoeopathic departments related to public service bodies as a part of the govt. in some states could not be pushed to be adopted by other states due to the lack of a force of a more national or a central nature which could access health departments of every state and convince them about the effective plight in those states where Homoeopathy is well promoted at the govt. sectors, the best example being Kerala where almost every panchayat has a govt. homoeopathic dispensary apart from the govt. district homoeopathic hospitals, the new NRHM clinics,  and the collegiate hospitals under the academic sector under govt. and private. Here we are talking about generation of thousands of govt. jobs for qualified homoeopaths which gives them the freedom and the recognition from the society apart from the monetary benefits.

An association at the national level, compared to IMA to allopathy could have re-written the fate of every Homoeopath in this nation for sure. This is precisely where the further development & evolution of an existing association in Homoeopathy which now holds a near national status by being present in 13 states get important. The following objectives brings its purpose to a better clarity and the above reasons make it much more committed to the Homoeopathic community and convinces every Homoeopath that it is their only lifeline ahead.

To serve the human society by awarding the benefits of homoeopathic system of treatment to public, especially the low socio-economic groups.

To improve the quality of homoeopathic medical practice.  

To improve the quality of homoeopathic medical education. 

To maintain the honor and dignity and to uphold the interest of the profession of homoeopathic practice and to promote cooperation amongst the members thereof. 

To work for the abolition of fake Homoeopathic practices.

To achieve welfare of qualified homoeopathic doctors.

To stand for integrated medical research in homoeopathy.

To conduction of medical camps, especially in epidemic affected areas.

To promote and advance homoeopathic system of medicine and allied sciences and to benefit and improve public health thereby.

IHMA has an well defined functionality at the chapter, district state and national level with working committees at state and national levels. The very academic IHMA School of Homoeopathy functions in these states and renders clinical exposure to homoeopaths from less exposed areas from those appropriate zones of the country with ample homoeopathic exposure. The IHRC, a research body under IHMA takes up the vast challenges in the field of Homoeopathic research and often leads the activities when related to similar epidemic & pandemic outbreaks like that of today. One should observe that ars alb 30 as the genus epidemicus for H1N1 was arrived first by the RAECH [rapid action epidemic control cell - Homoeopathy] functioning under Kerala govt. well represented by IHRC, and the drug was then declared so weeks later by the AYUSH and other central bodies of Homoeopathy. The tri-monthly IHMA Panorama at the national level and the monthly IHMA News at the state level has always been firm and efficient means of communication with its members and a platform for propogating works related to rserach activities, drug studies, clinical discussions & trials and almost anything conected to Homoeopathy in India and abroad.

I therefore leave the reader with an appeal to interact with the homoeopaths around you, to start off with a chapter [after coordinating with the present IHMA leadership] in your hometown and then to integrate at the district, state and national level. Your state might already be having an IHMA chapter and more chapters like yours can then take things to the next level, the state chapter of IHMA. Your PRO would address the print and visual media on behalf of Homoeopathy from then. Your state working comm. [SWC] will then represent to the national working comm. [NWC] which functions well today and have its national office bearers who shall be the mouthpiece of Homeopaths of this country. IHMA carries out seminars at the district, state and national level apart form the leadership training camp at every state annually.

It’s an 'aude sap ere' call once again to every homoeopath of our nation. Its now or never, the way things look like today and a forecast of how it would be tomorrow.