Conversation with Homeopathy doctor, Dr. Ravi Doctor (Waghela)

Around 10 % of India’s population depends solely on homoeopathy, i.e. over 100 million people. Depend solely on homoeopathy for their healthcare. Having almost a quarter of a million registered homoeopathic doctors, India has more homoeopathic doctors than any other country in the world.  

 

Being a practising homoeopathy doctor since 2000, Dr Ravi Doctor (Waghela) has a specialisation in integrative and palliative oncology. While he mainly operates out of his clinic in Colaba (RD Holistic Wellness Clinic), he is also attached to the Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine of Saifee Hospital and Masina Hospital, which are leading super speciality hospitals in Mumbai. He is also the examiner on board with the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Nashik. 

 

Also serving as an honorary Homoeopathic physician to the Indian Army, he is also attached to the Mumbai Police Hospitals. He is one of the first Homeopathic Physicians in India to serve as a Homeopathic Consultant to the defence forces. Besides this, he is an associate professor with the Virar Homoeopathic Medical College. He is also the core faculty and founder member of the International Integrated Oncology Training Program (Switzerland). It is a certified Indo-Swiss initiative to train doctors in Integrative, Palliative Oncology and Mistletoe therapy in cancer.

 

Karina Pandya finds out some more about Dr. Ravi in a deep conversation!

 

Q1) What inspired you to become a homoeopathic doctor?

 

"Having both parents as doctors was very fascinating. Seeing so many people reaching out to them and going back with a smile. They both were allopathic doctors and I wanted to be a doctor but of a different kind; and homoeopathy is a bridge between modern medicine and the world of natural medicine. It looks at the person as a whole and not just his illness. This was very fascinating for me and fortunately, I could get into a college in Vile Parle which trained me as a homeopathic doctor with the same ideologies and concepts I had in mind."  

Q2) Is Homeopathy widely used in the West as compared to India and the East?

 

"Homeopathy was discovered in Germany and first introduced in India in the early 1900s. One of the promoters was Mahatma Gandhi. Today India is the mecca of homeopathy in the world; and is also recognised as a science by the Ministry of Ayush government of India. Homoeopathy is also prevalent in India due to its easy mode of administration and financially very viable for any economic strata. 

Q3) What do you think Is the future of homoeopathy?

 

 With the entire concept of individualised/personalised medicine homeopathy is the real future as it not only addresses individualisation but is also now recognised as the futuristic nanopartical medicine. With recent advances in laboratory research and clinical trials, homoeopathy as a stand-alone therapy is also gaining recognition in the scientific world." 

Q4) Describe one of the most unique cases of homoeopathy that you have dealt with.

 

 "There have been multiple cases and I help patients battle cancer using homoeopathy as a supportive therapy, but with a fair amount of success in helping prevent disease recurrence and improving the overall quality of life a unique case is what I saw was during the pandemic of a girl only 7 years of age suffering from leukaemia undergoing chemotherapy with covid infection. 

She had barely a few days of survival. The doctors had completely given up on her. That’s where we could send homoeopathic medicines for this little girl to help boost her broken-down immune system and magically her counts stabilised improving her general vital parameters. She could undergo chemotherapy without undergoing major side effects, battling her COVID-19 infection and coming out victorious. 

Today she is in the 9^th grade and every 15 days sends me a selfie of her beautiful smile."  

 

 

Q5) What advice would you give to someone to consider using homoeopathy medicines?

 

"Believe in your doctor and go to the right doctor with the right qualifications. Open up as if there is no tomorrow. We homoeopaths love to listen to your stories evaluate and medicate." 

 

 

Q6) Can homoeopathic remedies be taken along with allopathic medicines

 

"Yes for sure, In chronic diseases autoimmune diseases in life-threatening diseases, homeopathy can be used as a supportive medicine to cope with the disease and the stress of it." 

Q7) How do you prescribe medicines?

 

"My prescriptions are based on the case, following the rules of homoeopathy in combination with scientific research. This amalgamation is futuristic homoeopathy."