Meet my first Guru who
reignited my latent passion in nature consonant medicine.
Fr. M. Britto Joseph
s.j. a Jesuit Priest, belonging to the Madurai Province, is credited with
evangelizing and proselytizing Naturopathy and Homoeopathy in India.
Affordable and safe
health-care has always been a need and it still continues to be a necessity for
the majority of the population (middle-class and rural) in India, a country
where major share of one’s earning is spent on housing and food, savings are
meager, often liquidated by medical and hospitalization expenses. Families often end up in huge
debt. A country that enjoys a rich
heritage medicine system in the form of Ayurveda and Naturopathy is today a
victim of lifestyle diseases that is only burdening the existing inadequate health-care
facilities in India. It is against this
background we can come to appreciate the value of Fr. Britto’s mission.
Fr. Britto has done a
yeoman service through his mission to make people aware of the efficacy of Naturopathy
and Homoeopathy and to this end he has run several health empowerment courses
in Mumbai and its suburbs, in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal, Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, as well as in Malaysia,
Singapore, and Sri Lanka.
The value of 'Preventive Healthcare' has gained credence and is a part of many top-line hospitals today merely as a promotional gimmick; empowering people isn't part of their plan. Fr. Britto initiated this decades ago.
Over the decades
thousands have attended his health empowerment courses and have experienced the
power of nature’s healing. Families have
rediscovered the secret of good health through right diet (includes correct cooking)
and managing and preventing chronicity of illness through naturopathic
means. Children of many of the families
who attended the courses and adopted his teachings have grown to become
doctors, especially homoeopaths. (This alone can be considered as a singular
significant contribution).
Fr. Britto has
profound knowledge of indigenous medicines and home remedies. He learnt
acupuncture from Chinese doctors in Malaysia and also holds a Diploma in Siddha
Medicine from Madurai. He is also a master in the art of therapeutic massage.
Fr. Britto was
instrumental in the founding of the department of Naturopathy and Homoeopathy
in the Holy Family Hospitals in Patna and Delhi, where he worked as Consultant
for five and three years respectively.
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