alternative medicine

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The Way Home From Homeopathy

Kausik Datta 19/05/2022

For years the author clashed with his parents over...

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Bad Medicine, Fake History, Postcolonial Complicity: Ayurveda in the Time of COVID

Meera Nanda 16/09/2021

For more than a century, proponents of Ayurveda have...

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COVID-19 Spells Good News for Sales of ‘Ayurvedic’ Products

Shyama Rajagopal 22/03/2021

Entrepreneurs, businesspeople and political leaders briskly pushed Ayurvedic and...

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In Afghanistan, a Drug Sparks Hope – and Charges of Quackery

Ruchi Kumar 16/08/2020

In a short video posted online, Haji Mohammad Alkozai...

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It’s Time the AYUSH Medicinal Systems Developed a New Vocabulary

Megha 20/02/2020

We have a treasure trove of information on medical...

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The Fishy Quick-Fix for Asthma That Draws Lakhs of Devotees Every Year

Nandita Iyer 20/06/2019

Even the Ministry of AYUSH, which deals with alternative...

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How the Calcutta Medical College Led to the Rise of Biomedicine in India

Kiran Kumbhar 28/03/2019

The CMC's establishment in 1835 resulted in the British...