Preface

Integrative medicine (IM) is developing in India and has been described as frugal innovation contributing to the health design for well being of patients affected by chronic illness. There has been some claim that yoga protocols which are part of IM for lymphoedema are a reverse innovation. The Prince of Wales advocated for integrated health care. IM intensely engaged the most thoughtful of Indian Ayurveda and Yoga leaders. Albeit at the bottom of the evidence pyramid, there are a few success stories of Ayurveda treating patients who could not be managed by Allopathy.