Electropathy and Legal Status

ELECTROPATHY AND LEGAL STATUS

Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth
Director
GAD Institute of Development Studies
Amritsar-143008
(Email; idsasr@indiatimes.com)

Electropathy, a part of Alternative System of Medicine, having complete medical treatment is known as Fifth Medical System. Electropathy was discovered by a famous Italian scientist Dr. Count Ceaser Mattei in 1865 who devoted himself to the field of Medicine and discovered remedies, which could cure incurable diseases. He proved that man is the product of Nature and only a medical science based on the law of nature can prevent and protect its creation. He searched for cures in the vegetable kingdom and succeeded in curing some of the worst forms of Scrofulous Complaints. Encouraged by his success, he proceeded with his experiments, discovered many more medicines. At last he was successful in his work and extracted the Medicinal properties of 114 plants and prepared 38 medicines. Later, He added 22 more medicines. He used the medicines on the basis of the “law of Polarity” and demonstrated that any changes in the two vital fluids of the body, the Blood and the Lymph, will lead to disease. The principle of Electro Homeopathy holds that the body is a complex structure and only complex remedies for the complex disease will prove worthy. The Electropathy medicines are prepared by scientific process called Cohobation Me introduced by Dr Theophrastus Von Hoheneim in which living energies of the plant essences obtained from medicinal plants. These remedies have maximum curative capacity regulate the Lymph and Blood and also to keep them purified.
The Principle of this medical science is, “COMPLEXA-COMPLEXIS-CURANTURE” which means complex disease is cured through complex medicines, the human body being a complex structure. Electropathy recognizes human being and plant as two complementary electronic configuration of natural system in which, Medicine acts as a donor while human being as acceptor. Electropathy is a fifth medical system in India. Its medicines are purely herbal oriented, (spagric essence from medical plants), which are non toxin, non alcoholic, harmless with no side effects besides being cheap and within the reach of the poor people. Though only four recognized (Allopathy, Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy) medical system exit, there is no reason why fifth or for that matter sixth or seventh will not come. Certainly the fifth has come and even sixth and seventh medical system will also come and get recognition. This fifth pathy, Electropathy is being promoted, developed and propagated by Naturo Electro Homoeopathy Medicos (NEHM) of India. There was been no Act/Law which prevents/stops the new inventions/discoveries, their promotion and development of new medical system. Even the liberalization/globalization policy adopted by the Union of India stress for research and development activities in every field of activity. Many institutions and agencies have come up in recent decades to the ailing millions of India. No one can deny their praise worthy service. There is, however, a need for greater effort for the spread of Electropathy. However, various state government administrations are victimizing and harassing these institutions for nothing, unsupported bylaws. Punjab is no exception to this and issued a public notice of March 22, 2007 banning the teaching, training and practice of Electropathy in Punjab.
Naturo Electro Homoeopathy Medicos (NEHM) of India, a premier organization was established in the year 1983 under S.R. Act to promote this system of medical science. NEHM of India was authorized by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India vide letter No. 650/DM/91-M of 14.06.1991 for promotion, development and research in Electropathy. Further NEHM of India is authorized to issues various certificates and diploma in Electropathy. NEHM of India has technical collaboration for medicinal plants with Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan (HP); G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar (Uttaranchal) and Ministry of Public Health, Ukraine (Europe). Union of India (Ministry of Health) and Delhi Government had filed a case (FAO No.205/92) during 1992 against the activities of NEHM of India. However, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has ordered on November 18, 1998 that NEHM of India may issues diploma/certificates and the holders of such diploma/ certificates are entitled to practice Electropathy system of medicines. Union of India and Delhi government had again approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India against the above order through SLP No. 11262/2000. However the Hon’ble court dismissed the SLP and maintained the status quo. In pursuance of the order of Hon’ble Delhi High Court and Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, Government of NCT, Delhi has issued a notification (F.7/512/2003/ DHs/HQ/CC/AQC 8115 of 20.06.2003) that NEHM of India may issue diplomas/ certificates in Electropathy and holder are entitled to practice in this system of medicines. The Directorate of Health Services, Government of Punjab has also issued a notification (Drugs 1-Pb-2003/3674-76 of 25.03.2002) that no action be taken against these persons doing medical practice in Electropathy. Hon’ble High of Allahabad in a petition by KMI of Electropathy v/s Union of India and NEHM of India has clearly ordered that the respondents are restrained from interfering in NEHM of India’s working for promotion, development and research in Electropathy system of medicines. The same has been revalidated on 26.04.2007. The Hon’ble court of Civil Judge (JD) Jalandhar has also issued a decree in the civil suit No 244 of 2003 in his order of 15.12.2006 for permanent injunction whereby the defendants, district administration, police and State of Punjab have been restrained from interfering in Electropathy System of Medicines. Another civil writ petition (20521/2006) filed by Dr Kuldeep Singh Khera, a qualified practitioner in this system of medicine has already been dismissed by Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana on April 2, 2007. Likewise, another case (40/2002) before the State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, Chandigarh is pending for adjudication. In another Civil Writ Petition (6225/2007) filed by Dr Kuldeep Singh Khera in the Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana seeking direction to the state of Punjab for the closure of Electropathy institution in the state, Hon’ble Chief Justice has orally advised the state lawyers on January 31, 2008 to direct state administration not to interfere in the functioning of these institutions till the disposal of the case. As such the harassment by the government to these institutions is illogical and unwanted. It has no legal sanctity otherwise legally protected under specific order/judgments passed by various Hon’ble courts and unless a new law is enacted, banning the Electropathy system of medicine prevails all over India without the interference of any state or union territory. Kind intervention of the state government’s in this matter would go a long way in redressing the grievances of these institutes and the practitioners of Electropathy. Union of India should undertake steps to recognize this system of medicinal science through legislation or otherwise like Homeopathy, Allopathy and so on.