“Siliguri Homoeopathic Doctor’s Welfare and Research Foundation”

About Us

Established in 2011, the Siliguri Homoeopathic Doctors Welfare and Research Foundation is the only authentic homoeopathic organization and think tank in Siliguri and its adjacent District, State and Country to move forward the holistic approach of treatment along with community and social activities.

Organization Siliguri Homoeopathic Doctors Welfare and Research Foundation has been set up to support the society with several free health checkup and , diagnostics , community health talk and scientific seminar to upgrade the knowledge of Doctors from Govt. approved medical colleges, to serve this region in different ways.

Member`s of Siliguri Homoeopathic Doctors Welfare and Research Foundation is Graduate , Post Graduate from different Govt. approved medical colleges and institutes as per norms, guideline and approval from Ministry of Health, Govt. of India.

Mission

Introduce practitioners and researchers duly pass out from Govt. approved educational medical college and institute. Human resource development to support the community in respect to prevention of disease and promotion of health along with social activities and public awareness.

To provide technical and implementation support based on experiential learning , build sustainable partnership. To develop knowledge networks, strengthen technical strategies and management approaches to enable people centered health systems.

Homoeopathy is a therapeutic system of medicine based on the principle, “Similia Similibus Curentur” or ‘let likes be treated by likes’ and was discovered by a German Physician, Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann in 1796.

It treats the patient through holistic approach and by considering the individualistic characteristics of the person. The concept of ‘law of similars’ was also conceived by Hippocrates and Paracelsus, but Dr. Hahnemann established it on a scientific way, despite the fact that he lived in an era when modern laboratory methods were almost unknown.

Homoeopathy is being used in over 100 countries. It has legal recognition as an individual system of medicine in 50 countries and is recognized as a part of complementary and alternative medicine in 28 countries.

WHO considers Homeopathy as one of the most commonly used forms of Traditional & Complementary Medicine. The WHO states that Homeopathy is the second most used medical system internationally, with over $1 Billon in expenditures for such therapy.

Homoeopathy is found to be the most frequently used Complementary and alternative medicinal therapy for children in European countries and North America.

Homoeopathy was introduced in India when some German missionaries and physicians started distributing homoeopathic medicines amongst local inhabitants.

However, Homoeopathy took roots in India in 1839 by Dr. John Martin Honigberger when he successfully treated Maharaja Ranjit Singh for the paralysis of Vocal Cords by Dulcamara. He later settled in former Calcutta and became popular as Cholera-doctor. In the middle of 19th century, Babu Rajendra Lal Dutta came forward to support Homoeopathy by taking part in the “Native Homoeopathic Hospital and Free Dispensary”. He was known as “Father of Homoeopathy in India”.

Later, Dr. M.L. Sirkar, a reputed Allopathic Physician of that time, also started practicing Homoeopathy. He edited the first Homoeopathic Journal ‘Calcutta Journal of Medicine’ in the year 1868. In 1881, many renowned physicians including Dr. P.C. Majumdar and Dr. D. N. Roy established first Homoeopathic College – the ‘Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College’. Dr. Lahiri, Dr. B. K. Sarkar and many others made personal efforts in establishing Homoeopathy as a profession.

It is an important component of India’s health care system. The Government of India has made effective efforts for growth and development of Homoeopathy and other traditional systems of medicine including Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Sowa Rigpa. (Collectively identified by the acronym AYUSH). AYUSH services are included in the health care delivery system of the country at all levels of primary, secondary and tertiary health care. Healthcare services in Homoeopathy are provided by about 285 hospitals and 8117 dispensaries run by state governments and municipal bodies, Central Government Health Scheme, labour ministry and railway ministry. This permits patients to opt for treatment of their choice.

There are about 238 undergraduate and 47 post graduate homeopathic medical colleges with quality university education regulated by National Commission for Homoeopathy. Autonomous research council i.e. Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) has almost 22 institutes doing drug proving, clinical verifications, peripheral OPDs, laboratory-based research and research units for drug safety regulations with 403 drug manufacturing units. There are more than 2 lakhs registered homoeopathic practitioners in India providing service to mankind.

Since the last two decades, there is a consistent focus to enhance quality of services, with initiatives to upgrade education, research and drug development and escalate health care delivery for which many initiatives have been taken up by the Government of India. Various research and studies performed in India proved efficacy of homoeopathy.