ABOUT

Naturopathy Day is observed in India on 18th November every year, to promote positive mental and physical health through a drugless system of medicine, called as Naturopathy. The day was declared by the Ministry of Ayush (Ayurveda,Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy), Government of India, on November 18, 2018.

It was on this day in 1945, when Mahatma Gandhi became lifetime Chairman of the All India Nature Cure Foundation Trust and signed the deed with the object of making the benefits of Nature Cure available to all classes of people.

Gandhiji is considered the founding figure of Naturopathy in India, as it was largely through his efforts that this practice which originated in Europe became popular in India.

The event is celebrated by organizing naturopathy awareness camps, workshops, seminars and conferences across the country. Several Naturopathy hospitals, organizations and BNYS degree colleges conduct a weeklong awareness and medical camps for the general public on this day.

   

Objectives

• Netizens and Citizens to be sensitized on Naturopathy & Natural way of living
• Awareness: To Create Awareness about Naturopathy among the masses
• Treatment: To integrate treatment of diseases with Naturopathy for faster recovery and maintain better health
• Use: To propagate less use of refined salt, sugar, processed foods and instead use more fruits , Vegetables, cereals, millets and juices.
• Reduce: To Reduce morbidity and mortality due to NCDs
• Enhance: To enhance public participation and awareness for Naturopathy
• Help: To learn to help oneself and their community through Naturopathy
• Encourage: To encourage home remedies, kitchen garden and kitchen pharmacy
• Allow: To allow for the body to heal thyself
• Learn: To learn simple and natural living
• Scientific: To propagate scientific basis of Naturopathy as an Integrative Medicine