In total, I spent four months traveling in India from December 2006 to June 2007 (with a 2 month visit to Nepal also). I went to Mumbai (formally called Bombay) for two weeks in January to visit and study with Dr.Farokh Masters in his busy Homeopathic Outpatient’s Clinic. I was so impressed; I ended up staying five weeks! My friend who is also a homeopath, Rachel Zammit came from Australia to visit the clinic also and every morning we would set off along the main streets of downtown Mumbai towards the clinic.

The routine of the day was busy. We would arrive about 9.30 am and patients would be queuing outside waiting for the clinic door to open. Morning hours were from 10am to 1.30pm. It would be hectic from the moment the clinic door opened. Dr Masters would have assistant doctors to help with all stages of patient intake, symptom recording and medicine dispensing, while he would usually decide on the medicine that the patient would need using his extensive knowledge and computer repetorisation. There were often up to 40 patients in the morning so I was constantly running around with a notebook taking in as much information as I could. Afternoons was siesta time, so a group of homeopaths from around the world who came to learn with Dr. Masters would head off to eat, hang out together, check out local markets or catch up on emails.

The clinic reopened at 6pm and up to 30 - 40 patients would arrive for treatment. Many were suffering from colds and influenza because it was “cold”. Being Irish I found 30 degrees plus was definitely not winter or cold for me!

The cures I saw were amazing and unbelievable. A young boy with Typhoid was cured in a matter of days. A woman with a benign tumor behind her eye had it reduce in size in the time I was there, on homeopathic treatment alone. Patients were always recommended to get tests for suspicious symptoms or to monitor a condition such as tumor size or hormone levels. All the usual clinical examination would occur also whether it was taking out the otoscope, doing some auscultation or taking patients blood pressure.

It was interesting also from a homoepathic practice how we get locked into stereotypical medicine pictures. I saw Sepia cure a 3 year old boy of flu which I would never have considered!

Many patients came back saying “much better doctor”,

“My symptoms are gone doctor and I have so much more energy”

“I am already 60% better doctor, and I’m only on the medicine one week now”

“I feel much calmer doctor, and my anxiety is much reduced”

Dr.Masters was using a specific method of homeopathy which reduced any possible aggravations while shortening the rate of cure dramatically. All his medicines were given in water, which he found to be more beneficial with faster results.

All the staff was really friendly and helpful. We were brought to a homeopathic hospital one morning and it was great to see gynecology wards etc. where patients were primarily treated with homeopathy. The hospital also had an Outpatients clinic which was very busy while we were there. The adjoining Homeopathic hospital trained students over 5 1/2 years to become doctors specialising in Homeopathy. I felt the training in India far exceeded the training in other countries.

I met some great people during my stay in Mumbai. Homeopathic practitioners from Holland, England, Finland, Germany, Bulgaria and India would turn up at the clinic to learn everything from one of the giants in homeopathy. It was also good to “nerd” together about our homeopathic experiences!

I learned an incredible amount in Dr.Masters clinic and will definitely return again in the future. India has an incredible wealth of knowledge, clinical experience and research. Any serious Homeopath should consider travel and study in India as imperitive to success in their practice.

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