Three things that medical doctors can learn from ayurveda and homeopathy practitioners

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Editor's note: The complementary and alternative medicine industry in India, officially and popularly known as Ayush, does not offer evidence-based medical options for treating acute or chronic diseases. The practitioners rely on their own irrational principles for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that never even featured in the classical texts. Their therapies are claimed to be ‘time-tested’ and appeal to ‘traditional or cultural values,’ but lack measurable and validated scientific evidence of benefits. Yet, even with an entire system that does not follow actual evidence for treating ailments, one that is based on blind faith, beliefs and hit-and-miss methods without realistic data on safety, Ayush practitioners almost never feature in data on violence against doctors. So, why are science-based medical practitioners always at the receiving end of patient satisfaction, even when evidence-based medicine is realistic healthcare. Empathy, not sympathy Merriam-Webster defines empathy as “understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing another person's feelings, thoughts, and experience of another.” Clinical medicine is not just about diagnosing and prescribing medications. Even artificial intelligence chatbots can do that. But something that …