Can Homeopathy score over Allopathic treatment in Psychiatric Illnesses?

An interactive session by Dr. Kumar Dhawale at Chembur, Mumbai

22nd December, 2019

“Homeopathy is both effective and quick in showing results if administered correctly”, reiterated Dr. Kumar Dhawale in his engaging talk on Homeopathy in Mental Health at HCI’s December meet. The highly experienced doctor has a background like no other.  He has followed the tradition of his forefathers who have been doctors themselves, right from his great grand father who was a great believer in Homeopathy and influenced both his grandfather and his father and in turn himself. Dr. Dhawale, however was the first doctor in his family to have specialized in psychiatry.  Besides practicing in his clinics in Mumbai and Chembur, Dr. Dhawale is a humanitarian who runs a trust in his father’s name – the  M.L. Dhawale Trust since the last 20 years. The trust operates a full-fledged hospital in Palghar and mobile clinics visiting adivasi padas and charging only Re.1 from the poverty-stricken adivasis in the area. The hospital’s Department of Neuropsychiatry has set up a unique Compassion Ward to house patients with serious psychiatric conditions and manage them with Homoeopathic treatment.

Highlighting the differences between Allopathy and Homepathy in mental health, the good doctor explained to us that Allopathy basically worked by suppressing the mental illness while Homepathy aimed at curing them. He enlightened the assembled motley group of Hugging Club members by detailing the interesting history of Homeopathy, its founder and its basic premise of treating illnesses.  It was followed by a Question and Answer session on the merits of Homepathy, how it worked, the challenges in the modern world, the plight of caregivers of those suffering from mental illnesses and the stigma around it. He gave various examples of cases of his own patients who recovered quickly with homeopathic and saw an effective turnaround. The doctor in his soft spoken voice and patient demeanor met various queries put across by the curious group of Hugging Club members. It was a refreshing session as unique as the good Doc himself. The Hugging Club members returned home enlightened about the merits of homeopathy and its unique way of curing mental illnesses. —

– Mahrukh