Global doc on duty
The Pioneer Saturday, January 31, 2004
For the past four years, homoeopath Rajesh Shah has been breaking his own record in the Limca Book
by treating patients from all around the globe. This net savvy doctor, who has treated patients from
110 nations, now wants to open a homoeopathic college-cum-hospital in Mumbai, says TN Raghunatha
Homoeopathy may not be considered as modern and efficacious as allopathic medicine, especially for
chronic disorders. But doubting Thomases will change their preference the moment they interact with
Mumbai-based homeopath, Dr Rajesh Shah.
Dr Shah is one among the few most accessible doctors in the world. And, you need not rush to one of
Asia's largest homoeopathic clinic-cum- research centres at Ghatkopar. He is just a click away on
the Internet for both consultation and treatment.
Dr Shah may not like to talk about the emerging concept of e-medicine, but he has been practising
homoeopathic medicine over the Net for nine years. During this period, he has treated over one
lakh patients based in 110 countries - a feat that will win him an entry into the Limca Book of
Records for the fourth consecutive year in 2004. He got his maiden entry into the Limca Book of
Records in 2001 as recognition for treating patients from 77 countries. Since then, he has been
beating his own record. He is also now in midst of documentation for an entry into the Guinness
Book of World Records.
Forty-one-year-old Shah calls himself a homoeopath-activist. "More than recognition, what is
important for me is to create an awareness about homoeopathy all over the world," he says. No wonder
then that he and his homoeopath wife Rupal have together set up Life Force, a homoeopathic clinic-cum-
research centre. They have also launched 20-odd websites, giving information about homoeopathic
medicine for various chronic diseases.
A net-savvy doctor has developed an e-medicine data base for homoeopathy. He answers at least 100
e-mails from his patients in India and elsewhere in the world. In his data bank, he has the names
and addresses of homoeopaths working in 130-odd nations. "At any point of time, my team and I have
30,000 patients on our treatment rolls. Besides, I make the most of my database. Whenever I get an
e-mail, I see whether I can treat the patient myself. If I can, I diagnose the case, suggest the
line of treatment and courier the drugs if necessary," he says.
"In cases where I cannot give personal attention, I write back to the patients giving the names and
addresses of homoeopaths operating in their neighbourhood, be it the US, Europe, Australia or New
Zealand, so that they can meet the specialist doctors there," Dr Shah says. There are a million
homoeopaths all over the world. "A majority of homoeopaths live in India and not Germany where the
medicine was invented 200 years ago," he adds.
Dr Shah laments that the efficacy of homoeopathy in curing common and chronic diseases has not been
fully exploited in India. "What people do not realise is that homoeopathy is more modern and refined
than allopathy and ayurveda in curing chronic diseases. What we adopt in homoeopathy is a totalistic
approach. Here, we do not believe in treating the disease in parts. We take into account the mind-
body understanding. The constitutional approach helps us treat the patient at a much deeper level.
This is root-level healing," he says.
Homoeopathy is particularly effective against skin diseases like eczema, allergies, ulcerative
colitis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, migraines, multiple psoriasis, irritable bowel syndrome,
nephrotic syndrome and lichen planus - the last one afflicts nearly 1.3 per cent of the world
population. "Homoeopathy has cure for even Hepatitis-C which has hit the US in a big way. The number
of people afflicted with Hepatitis-C in the US is two-and-a- half times more than the ones suffering
from Hepatitis-A and B," Dr Shah discloses.
Though more known for on-line homoeopathic treatment, Dr Shah is more into propagating homoeopathy
the world over. Among other things, he runs the Homoeopathy India Foundation (HIF), whose key
areas are promotion, world-wide practice education and fundamental research. He and his wife also
take considerable time out to treat patients visiting their Sanjivak Homoeopathic Centre for
difficult diseases.
The homoeopath-couple also edits international journal Homoeopathy Times and holds three-week annual
clinical training camps for allopathic doctors from the US and Europe. The Shahs are now busy
expanding Life Force, which was inaugurated by Maharashtra Governor three months ago.
A student of CMP Homoeopathy Medical College at Vile Parle in north-west Mumbai, Dr Shah has fond
memories of those days. He recounts: "Even during my college days, I would go around with slips
carrying details about the efficacy of homoeopathy. I would hold forth about the medicine I was
studying, to people from all walks of life."
In the years to come, Dr Shah would like to set up a homoeopathic college-cum-hospital along the
lines of the one where he studied.
Ask him what is his ultimate aim as a homoeopath and pat comes the reply: "In the next 10 years, I
would like to bring homoeopathic drugs into mainstream medicine all over the world."
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