Japan has one of the world’s best Institute of Natural Medicine  headed by Professor Dr  Komatsu in Toyama and her team of dedicated workers at University of Toyama.    It houses natural medicine covering various systems of Traditional Medicine practiced  in the world. Drug companies are in regular contact with research Institutes in developing traditional medicines to commercial level. 

 Someone asked me what is the need to give natural medicine when the chemical substances can be isolated  from plant sources and made into tablets. Chemistry has  delivered molecular structure of compounds and  biochemistry and molecular biology has elucidated their mode of action at molecular level. Biotechnology and Bioinformatics has helped in drug designing and drug delivery systems. Synthetic compounds are there to replace the natural compounds. 

Natural Medicine is not all about chemistry and molecular actions: it’s a wholesome treatment of human body : vat , pitta and kapha in Ayruvedic system. This system takes into account "man" of the man also. 

In Buddist Shrines one finds small areas for washing hand with holywater. My Professor Dr Ogita remarked this water helps to clean the hands and also helps to clean the minds also. 

It was a great statement. Man Vachan and Karma ( Thoughts, Speech and Actions) all affect the body system and Natural Medicine provides wholesome solution to the ailments of the body. 

It does not make body free from the disease it cures human health.  

A disease free body may not be healthy in mind and soul. 

Someone told me you can take iron tablets, Calcium tablets and vitamin tablets . Now all the compositions are known why do we need to eat salad and carbohydrates, proteins and fats from natural sources  ? 

Food in its natural form is accepted by body like iron from green cucumber then from iron tablets. 

Vitamins are best obtained from fruits and not from vitamin capsules . 

The form of nutrients presented to the body is important and in my opinion a food close to nature helps its absorption that is why people eat fruits and vegetables. 

So are the natural medicine. 

Preserve Nature to keep healthy and happy. 

In Japan Kampo medicine is regularly provided and practiced in the same hospitals dealing with Allopathic medicine (and its highly effective)  and the doctors are not uncommon who are trained in Allopathic medicine and then take degree in Kampo medicine and I even know one doctor who has taken degree from Homeopathy also. Surprisingly he belonged to one of the renowned health care centre from India. 

Live natural life and live happy and healthy and livelonger.