Role of nonconventional remedies in rural India

Abstract

India, a country where eclectic health system is practiced is experiencing a rural health crisis, one that has uncomfortable echoes of the past as well as the present. Indian government is said to be on its toes to provide good health care system. Its modus operandi has provided some comfort to the rural people but the functioning public health-care system they crave for still remains elusive. This review illustrates and explores the challenges which the rural populace has to face in order to maintain a healthy living and the significant role of the ‘much questioned’ practice of unconventional remedies in maintaining a sound health.