ISSN (Online) : 2277-4572
Author(s): Kanishk Kala, Rupinder Kaur Sodhi, Upendra Kumar Jain
Throughout history, religion, spirituality, magic witchcraft, occult is linked with the practice of medicine and every religion has a health deity for health and supernatural cause of disease linked to demons sprits Ironically religion is utilized for treatment at present globally and even world’s leading medical institutions have religious roots. The word religion is derived from the Latin word religare, which means “to bind together.” same is the concept of union therapy to bind or amalgamate different medical practices in constructive way for treating patient and providing accessible and affordable health care to the community because all medical therapies have same goal of treating disease possess religious background. This concept will help to revive and protect our rich medical heritage which is losing grounds at a rapid pace. It will provide a platform for union of past, present and novel medical knowledge so that best solution could be sought out by focusing on overall dimensions of health. It will help in dealing with presently untreatable diseases and palliative care. It will increase the access of medicine and cover health care gap by filling it with suitable synergistic and positive collaborations of past present and novel treatment modalities. In addition, gaps like economy and accessibility, equitably and quality in the remote areas will be tackled. Fin
