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Karnataka to get south India’s first college for Sowa-Rigpa system of medicine; awaits NCISM approval
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Nandita Vijay Bengaluru
August 13 , 2022
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Karnataka will soon have south India’s first and India’s second college offering a course on Sowa-Rigpa system of medicine or Tibetan medicine. A full-fledged college and hospital at Bidadi in Ramanagaram district is awaiting a letter of permission from the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) even as Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences has given the consent of affiliation to start operations.
The facility, with a student intake of 20, will include a 25-bedded hospital and ensures a student: patient ratio of 1:1. The 5.5 year graduation programme will have 4.5 years of theory and one year internship. There are already out-patient departments of Sowa-Rigpa in Karnataka at Mysuru, Bengaluru and Bylakuppe which is home to several Tibetans, according to an official from the Karnataka Ayush department.
Sowa-Rigpa medicine is based on Jung-wa-nga (Panchmahabutha), Nespa-sum (Tridosha) and Luszung-dun (Saptadhatu). According to Sowa- Rigpa, health is an equation of balance of Tridosha and five cosmophysical energies (Panchmahabuta), balance within the body, balance with the environment, and with the universe. Pulse examination and astrological evaluation of an individual are the diagnostic tools in Sowa-Rigpa. Natural resources which are safe, effective and time tested, are used as medication, according to information from the public domain.
The Karnataka Ayush department sees the need to make yoga and naturopathy an intrinsic part of modern medicine practice where allopathy doctors look at alternative systems of medicine and give referrals to patients to promote drugless therapy, said the official.
Without combining the two systems, allopathy practitioners can provide a separate room for Ayush practitioners in their clinics to help patients get holistic treatment with therapies like magneto, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, acupressure, acupuncture, diet and nutrition, the official said.
Yoga and naturopathy are the future since the way forward for many lifestyle disorders. However, there are not many takers for this system at present. The Covid-19 pandemic was an eye opener where breathing exercises from the science of yoga were an important part of the treatment protocol, stated the official.
It is estimated that 93 per cent of patients rely on modern medicine, 5 per cent on Ayurveda and 2 per cent on Yoga-Naturopathy, Siddha and Unani. Karnataka has 113 colleges of Ayush of which 78 are Ayurveda colleges, 11 Yoga-naturopathy, including the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana S-VYASA and Yenepoya Naturopathy and Yoga Medical College. There are six Unani colleges including one National Institute of Unani. There are 18 Homoeopathy colleges with two deemed universities at Yenepoya and KLE.
Ayurveda is the mother of all medicine, according to the official, who added, “Homoeopathy has also gained recognition. Leech therapy in Unani for skin disorders like eczema is well known. The leech is known for its 64 enzymes with anticoagulant properties. For pain management, Unani recommends cupping therapy.”
Under the Union government's Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), efforts are on to strengthen the infrastructure across states and co-locate Ayush facilities at primary health centers, community health centres and districts hospitals.
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