Balendu Prakash
Vaidya Balendu Prakash | |
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Born | 14 March 1959 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Other names | Vaidyaji |
Occupation | Ayurveda practitioner |
Spouse | Gopa Indu |
Parent(s) | Late .Vaidya Chandra Prakash and Shashi Mukhi |
Awards | 1996 "Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman"
1996 "Pranacharya" 1997 "Doon Ratna" 1998 "National Citizen Award - 1996" 1998 Memento & Civic Reception 1999 PADAMSHREE 2000 "Best Ayurvedic Physician - 98" 2001 "Pride of Doon" 2011 "Bhishak Shree" |
Website | Official website |
Vaidya Balendu Prakash is an Indian Ayurveda practitioner.[1] He is a former physician to the President of India and the founder of Paadav, a specialty Ayurvedic hospital in Dehradun.[2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1999.[3]
Biography
Balendu Prakash was born on 14 March 1959, at Meerut, in the Indian state of
His treatment protocols have been subjected to studies in International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies in 2014.[5] He has published several articles in alternative medicine research journals about his findings, covering the treatment of cancer[6][7] and other diseases.[8][9] In 2000, when he set up a research unit at the Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, he found it difficult to get patient referrals from medical doctors of the Centre.[10] It is also reported that a team of British medical doctors scrutinised Prakash's treatment and his patients in 1990, only to report negatively about the therapeutic efficacy of the treatment.[4]
Prakash is a former member of the scientific advisory committee of Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) and served as the Honorary Physician to the President of India from 1997 to 2000.
Prakash is a recipient of several awards and honours such as Uttrakhand Gaurav, Doon Ratan, Ayurveda Chandrodaya, Paranacharya, Vaidya Ratanam, National Citizen Award and Pride of Doon.[11] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1999.[3]
Selected bibliography
- Vaidya Balendu Prakash (2015). "Positivism: An Approach to Develop Indigenous Medicine". Presentation. World Bank. p. 19.
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(help) - Vaidya Balendu Prakash. "Indigenous Approach to Combat Cancer". Health Administrator. XVII (1): 169–171.
- Balendu Prakash (2011). "Treatment of relapsed undifferentiated acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M0) with Ayurvedic therapy". International Journal of Ayurveda Research. 2 (1): 56–59. PMID 21897645.
- Vaidya Balendu Prakash; Shyam Prakash; Rajesh Sharma & Sanjoy K. Pal. (February 2010). "Sustainable Effect of Ayurvedic Formulations in the Treatment of Nutritional Anemia in Adolescent Students". The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 16 (2): 205–211. PMID 20180694.
References
- ^ "Cancer and the science of alternative therapies". Times of India. 17 April 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Bio Sketch of Vaidya Balendu Prakash". Ileza. 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Mystique of metal therapy". India Environment Portal. 29 November 1995. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ISSN 2348-0343.
- ^ Vaidya Balendu Prakash. "Indigenous Approach to Combat Cancer" (PDF). Health Administrator. XVII (1): 169–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018.
- PMID 21897645.
- ^ Vaidya Balendu Prakash (2015). "Positivism: An Approach to Develop Indigenous Medicine" (PDF). Presentation. World Bank. p. 19. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- PMID 20180694.
- ^ "Medical rivalry threatens cancer cure project". Rediff. 7 July 2000. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Panel of Doctors". A M Charitable Trust. 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
External links
- "Chronic Pancreatitis - An Innovative Treatment by Vaidya Balendu Prakash". YouTube video. Vaidya Balendu Prakash. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.