A patient undergoes treatment at the hospital on Friday. Picture by Ashok Sinha

Patna, June 3: Popping pills could be a prescription in time of illness but there are also ways to heal it naturally.

Dr Sriniwas Polypathy Hospital and Institute at Patliputra Colony could be a possible destination if one wants to nurse back to good health, naturally.

The hospital, an initiative of Dr Zakir Hussain Institute and IIBM Group of Institutions, was inaugurated last year and since then it has been offering natural ways to cure diseases.

Apart from a dental care clinic and old-age counselling centre, the hospital also offers naturopathy wheat-grass therapy, mesotherapy, colon cleansing therapy, magnetic therapy, aroma therapy, physiotherapy, juice therapy, vibration therapy, ayurveda and others.

Founder-director of Dr Zakir Hussain Institute and IIBM Group of Institutions Dr Uttam Kumar Singh, the brain behind the initiative, said: “I am a vaidya and although I have not made it my profession and don’t prescribe medicines to people, I kept myself updated on the case studies in past 15 years. Fascinated with the different kind of treatments it was my dream to open this hospital.”

Naturopath Dr Vishwanath Poddar, 74, who has treated Morarji Desai, Rajendra Prasad and Jayprakash Narayan over the years, is now the chief medical officer of the hospital. He believes naturopathy is effective, as it deals with the five elements of nature.

“Our body is made of five elements called panchtatva. Whenever there is an anomaly in the proportions of these elements in the body, a disease strikes. In naturopathy, we treat the disease by using these elements as medicine. Mud therapy, diet therapy and hydrotherapy are all part of the treatment.”

Tuhina Ranjan, a patient, said she has reduced 20kg within three months. “Earlier I did not have much faith in these therapies but now I have reasons to believe that I can get better without taking medicines. By relying on naturopathy, not only have I lost weight but I am also relieved from chronic body pains.”