Dr. Shyam Sunder Singha Memorial Hospital & Rehabilitation Center - Dehradun
Ayurveda : Ayurveda provides authentic Ayurvedic treatment and medicines for all kinds of chronic and lifestyle disorders such as diabetes, arthritis, stress, migraine, high blood pressure, skin diseases, asthma, spondylitis, obesity and sexual disorders, among others. In Ayurveda, disease is always seen as an imbalance in the dosha system. As a result, the diagnostic process strives to determine which doshas are underactive or overactive in a body. Ayurveda offers mainly three kinds of treatment - through Ayurvedic medicines, diet and lifestyle control and Panchakarma.
Dr. Shyam S. Singha, D.O., N.D. (London 1961) Acu. (Hong Kong, 1964) was a true master of Acupuncture, Osteopathy, Naturopathy, and Food as a Medicine. Born in 1930 and raised in a spiritual community in Himalayas of Kashmir, he was immersed in a variety of traditional healing practices including Ayurvedic and Tibetan Medicine. His deeply compassionate nature and zest for life took him to China, Japan and Europe to pursue his studies. He founded the first School of Acupuncture in Great Britain in 1964 and was both Founder and Chairman of the natural Therapeutics Research Trust Ltd. Of London England, a Registered Charity since 1969.
Dr. Singha lectured at Harvard, George Washington and Miami University Medical Schools, also at the American Holistic Medical Assocation and the National Institute of Mental Health. His book, The Secrete of Natural Health, his BBC Radio broadcasts, and his video, Food as Medicine-Medicine is Food have all brought his unique and challenging perspective to a hungry public.
During the course of his life he became mentor to many. One of these was James Gordon, M.D., Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. and Chairman of the White House Commission on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Policy. Dr. Singha emphasized strengthening the body’s natural defenses through detoxification, nourishment, and true Ayurvedic balancing, and he inspired the desire for better health in an atmosphere of trust and celebration. He taught about the Ayurvedic Eight Tastes and their importance in our day-to-day food preparation. He always stressed the importance of the skin as an organ of elimination and absorption. With this in mind he developed his unique formula, Dr. Singha’s Mustard Bath.
Dr. Singha was a practicing Holistic Physician for 39 years and director of four clinics in England and others throughout Europe and the U.S., including the Natural Therapeutics Centers, Inc., Martha’s Vineyard and The Natural Therapeutics Center, Austin, Texas. He was one of the most sought-out healers ever to walk this earth and many well-known entities came to him: Krishnamurti, Alan Watts, Yehudi Menuhin to name but few. He was treating patients up to two days before the stroke that ultimately proved fatal to the 69 years old doctor. He died April 30, 2000.