What are the different types of CAM?

Many different areas make up the practice of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In addition, many parts of one field may overlap with the parts of another field. For example, acupuncture is also used in conventional medicine. In the U.S., CAM is used by about 38% of adults and 12% of children. Examples of CAM include:

• Traditional alternative medicine. This field includes the more mainstream and accepted forms of therapy, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and Oriental practices. These therapies have been practiced for centuries worldwide. Traditional alternative medicine may include:
  • Acupuncture
  • Ayurveda
  • Homeopathy
  • Naturopathy
  • Chinese or Oriental medicine

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINES

Integrative medicine is grounded in the definition of health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

Integrative medicine seeks to restore and maintain health and wellness across a person’s lifespan by understanding the patient’s unique set of circumstances and addressing the full range of physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences that affect health. ² Through personalizing care, integrative medicine goes beyond the treatment of symptoms to address all the causes of an illness. In doing so, the patient’s immediate health needs as well as the effects of the long-term and complex interplay between biological, behavioral, psychosocial and environmental influences are taken into account.

Integrative medicine is not the same as alternative medicine, which refers to an approach to healing that is utilized in place of conventional therapies, or complementary medicine, which refers to healing modalities that are used to complement allopathic approaches. If the defining principles are applied, care can be integrative regardless of which modalities are utilized.

The defining principles of integrative medicine are:

• The patient and practitioner are partners in the healing process.
• All factors that influence health, wellness and disease are taken into consideration, including body, mind, spirit and community.
• Providers use all healing sciences to facilitate the body’s innate healing response.
• Effective interventions that are natural and less invasive are used whenever possible.
• Good medicine is based in good science. It is inquiry-driven and open to new paradigms.
• Alongside the concept of treatment, the broader concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are paramount.
• The care is personalized to best address the individual’s unique conditions, needs and circumstances. Practitioners of integrative medicine exemplify its principles and commit themselves to self-exploration and self-development.

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FACULTY

Prof. Dr.A.K.Gupta

MD (Hom.), Homoeopathic Consultant (Gold Medalist)

Founder Director-AKGsOVIHAMS (Om-Vidya Institute Of Homoeopathy and Allied Medical Sciences). Visiting Prof. of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Therapeutics in B.R.Sur Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital Delhi

Dr. Gabriel César Dias Lopes , Ph.D

MBA in Marketing and Management
Strategic, Post-Graduate in Psychoanalysis: Doctor in Education ; Ph.D in Psychoanalysis, Member of the Scientific Committee of Olympus Intellectual Center, Athens
Rector Unilogos :President LUI – Logos University® / Director Califórnia University – South America. Hon Rector UNUGP South America Chapter
Member President’s Education Awards Program – USA :Ambassador UNESCO South America

Sr. Dr Veronica Njideka Irrigwe

B.Sc /B.Ed Accounting (Nigeria)
Masters in psychotherapy and counselling (India)
PhD in Holistic Medicine (India)

Dr. Maitreya R. Venugopalan

M.PHIL (YOGA)FROM Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical science
• M.A (YOGA) FROM HIMALAYAN UNIVERSITY
• M.SC (NATUROPATHY) FROM GLOBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
• M.A. (PSY) FROM HIMALAYAN UNIVERSITY

M.D (ACUPUNCTURE) FROM INTERNATIONAL
OPEN COMPLEMENTARY UNIVERSITY,
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
• DOCTORATE IN SIDDHA SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

Dr. Ambi Paul

Professor of Physiology

Prof. Dr. Sir Deepak Rout

BYNS Sai Nath University;, PhD (Reiki) Jyotish Vishwa Vidyapeeth, MP
MD (ACU)/ PhD Open International University, Sri Lanka: FRCP, MTBCCT
PhD (ACU) Open International University, Sri Lanka
MD (AM) Alternative Medical Council Odisha

Dr. R. Chandrika Rajapakshe

Doctor of Ayurveda

Head of Department

BAMS (University of Colombo),
M. Sc. Ph. B. (University of Peradeniya),
Dip. in Counseling Psychology & Ad. Dip. in Psychotherapy,
Dip. in Ayurveda Beauticulture, Panchakarma & Yoga,
CCHRM (IPM, Sri Lanka),
Professional Counselor of SLPPCA- SLF

Dr. P.A. Koshila Madushani

Graduate in Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (Honours) University of Kelaniya
Diploma in Japanese Traditional Karate Black Belt(Dan1st) (WTKF, ITKF, WUMA)
Diploma in Astrology (2014)
Diploma in Counselling (Following)(University of Kelaniya)

Dr. Kruthika B

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from Rajiv Gandhi University of health Sciences, Karnataka (
M.D – AYURVEDA (Panchakarma) from Rajiv Gandhi University of health Sciences,
University Topper in M.D – AYURVEDA (Panchakarma), 2016
University gold medalist in M.D – AYURVEDA (Panchakarma), 2018