The Degree courses in Alternative Medical Stream are 2 years (Four Semester Courses).

And for Indian Student it is 4 Years course. The name of the certificate is Bachelor of Alternative Medical System in brief it is known as BAMS(Alt.).

The system will be differ as your choice such as BAMS (Alt-Naturopathy) BAMS (Alt-Aromatherapy), BAMS (Alt-Acupressure) in Alternative Medical Degree Course you can Select two co-relating systems also.

As BAMS (Alt Naturopathy yoga), BAMS (Alt yoga & Message Therapy), BAMS (ALT Electro-Homeo, Magnet therapy) etc.

All courses will be complited by D.E.P. (Distance Learning Programmes Distance Education Pattern or By Correspondence pattern).

1. B.A.M.S. (A.M.):For 4 yrs (Bachelor of Alt. system of Medicines)

(All courses of Indian board of Alternative Medicines are approved and recognized by the senate of the is affiliated to Alternative Medical System H.O. Kanpur (U.P.) INDIA ( The IOSMS University).

2. M.D. (A.M.): For 1½ Years(Doctor of Medicine in Alt. Medicines)

(All courses of Indian board of Alternative Medicines are approved and recognized by the senate of the is affiliated to lternative Medical System H.O. Kanpur (U.P.) INDIA ( The IOSMS University).

Name of Course with Alternative System

Naturopathy

Naturopathy treatment is a practice of treating diseases by prescribing natural medicines. It is a form of treatment which emphasizes the tendency of the body to retain a sense of balance and cure itself. Naturopathy treatments are non toxic and stimulate healing and cleansing responses in a patient. Naturopathy involves diagnosis and prescription of modalities and methods of nature. Naturopathic medicines mainly include water, earth, air, light, heat and diet therapy.

Yoga Therapy

The most important benefit of yoga is physical and mental therapy. The aging process, which is largely an artificial condition, caused mainly by autointoxication or self-poisoning, can be slowed down by practicing yoga. By keeping the body clean, flexible and well lubricated, we can significantly reduce the catabolic process of cell deterioration. To get the maximum benefits of yoga one has to combine the practices of yogasanas, pranayama and meditation.

Message Therapy

Massage Therapy, a combination of science and art, provides a relaxing experience by artistic hand strokes on the body to rejuvenate the mind and body and eliminate stress scientifically. The concept of massage is evident throughout history. The origin of the term ?massage? can be traced to four sources:

• Greek - masso/massein, meaning to touch or to handle, also meaning to knead or to squeeze
• Latin - massa, lifted from Greek masso and means the same
• Arabic- mass'h or mass, means to press softly
• Sanskrit- makeh, also means to press softly

Acupressure

The body and all matter is made up of electro-magnetic forces. It was ironically western scientists who ingeniously verified the existence of electro-magnetism which provided a logical explanation for the positive results from acupuncture and acupressure therapy.It has a rapport with the energy of the body and can travel through the body like other forms of electricity, sound, and waveforms of energy. When needles or pressure are used, they act as antennae that conduct the electro-magnetic energy from the air into the body. Acupressure massage can be very effective both as prevention and as a treatment for many health conditions. Acupressure techniques have been used to provide quick, cost-free, and effective relief from many symptoms.

Acupunture

Acupoints used in treatment may or may not be in the same area of the body as the targeted symptom. The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory for the selection of such points and their effectiveness is that they work by stimulating the meridian system to bring about relief by rebalancing yin, yang and qi (also spelled "chi" or "ki"). This theory is based on the paradigm of TCM and has no analogue in western medicine.

Herbopathy

People on all continents have used hundreds to thousands of indigenous plants for treatment of ailments since prehistoric times. Medicinal herbs were found in the personal effects of Ötzi the Iceman, whose body was frozen in the Swiss Alps for more than 5,300 years. These herbs appear to have been used to treat the parasites found in his intestines. Anthropologists theorize that animals evolved a tendency to seek out bitter plant parts in response to illness.

Bach flower

Bach thought of illness as the result of "a contradiction between the purposes of the soul and the personality's point of view." This internal war, according to Bach, leads to negative moods and energy blocking, which causes a lack of "harmony," thus leading to physical diseases. Rather than being based on research using the scientific method, Bach's flower remedies were intuitively derived and based on his perceived psychic connections to the plants. If Bach felt a negative emotion, he would hold his hand over different plants, and if one alleviated the emotion, he would ascribe the power to heal that emotional problem to that plant. He believed that early morning sunlight passing through dew-drops on flower petals transferred the healing power of the flower onto the water, so he would collect the dew drops from the plants and preserve the dew with an equal amount of brandy to produce a mother tincture which would be further diluted before use. Later, he found that the amount of dew he could collect was not sufficient, so he would suspend flowers in spring water and allow the sun's rays to pass through them.

Recki Healing

In Western Reiki, it is taught that Reiki works in conjunction with the meridian energy lines and chakras through the use of the hand-positions, which normally correspond to the seven major chakras on the body. These hand-positions are used both on the front and back of the body, and can include specific areas (see localised treatment). According to authors such James Deacon, Usui used only five formal hand-positions, which focused on the head and neck. After Reiki had been given first to the head and neck area, specific areas of the body where imbalances were present would then be treated. The use of the chakras is widespread within Western Reiki, though not as much within Traditional Japanese Reiki, as it concentrates more on treating specific areas of the body after using techniques such as Byosen-ho and Reiji-ho, which are used to find areas of dis-ease in the auras and physical body. Though the specific use of breath and breathing is central to many styles of Japanese Reiki, it is often a neglected topic in Western Reiki.

Magnet Therapy

Magnet therapy, magnetic therapy, magnetotherapy, or magnotherapy is an alternative medicine practice involving the use of static magnetic fields. Practitioners claim that subjecting certain parts of the body to magnetostatic fields produced by permanent magnets has beneficial health effects. Magnet therapy is considered pseudoscientific due to both physical and biological implausibility, as well as a lack of any established effect on health or healing.[1][2][3] Although hemoglobin, the blood protein that carries oxygen, is weakly diamagnetic and is repulsed by magnetic fields, the magnets used in magnetic therapy are many orders of magnitude too weak to have any measurable effect on blood flow.

Electro Homeopathy

Electrohomoeopathy is a derivative of homeopathy that had its origins in the 19th century with the claims of Count Cesare Mattei. The name is derived from a combination of electro (referring to an electric bio-energy content supposedly extracted from plants and of therapeutic value, rather than electricity in its conventional sense) and homeopathy (referring to an alternative medicinal philosophy developed by Samuel Hahnemann in the 18th century). Electrohomeopathy has been defined as the combination of electrical devices and homeopathy, however some contend that it is the therapeutic use of homeopathic preparations of certain "electric bio-energy" herbs that is intended by the term. It is regarded as distinct from traditional homeopathy, which relies on serially diluted remedies of substances that cause similar symptoms to those as it is attempting to cure as its primary form of treatment, electrohomeopathy, however, does not directly follow the "law of similars". Like traditional homeopathy, modern day applications of electrohomeopathy are generally regarded by the medical and scientific communities as pseudoscience or quackery.

AeromoTherapy

Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile plant materials, known as essential oils, and other aromatic compounds for the purpose of altering a person's mood, cognitive function or health. The effectiveness of aromatherapy is yet to be scientifically proven, however some evidence exists that essential oils may have therapeutic potential. Since some essential oils such as tea tree have demonstrated anti-microbial effects, it has been suggested that they may be useful for the treatment of infectious diseases. The evidence base for the efficacy of aromatherapy used to treat medical conditions remains poor with a particular paucity of methodologically rigorous studies.

Traditionac Medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous or folk medicine) comprises medical knowledge systems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. Practices known as traditional medicines include herbal, Ayurveda, Siddha medicine, Unani, ancient Iranian medicine, Islamic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Muti, Ifá, traditional African medicine, and other medical knowledge and practices all over the globe.

Homely Medicine

In this study, we explore how specific individual, family, and family-within-community characteristics, as well as aspects of in-home family therapy, relate to responses to treatment. The Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale scores and Global Assessment of Functioning scores were used as outcome measures. Results revealed significant differences between pre- and post-scores for clients receiving in-home family therapy services, providing an initial indicator of treatment success. In addition, primary family caregiver social support, role performance in school/work, and self-harmful behavior were indicative of successful outcomes. Clients with higher problem levels had the greatest rates of change, and clients receiving more hours of services fared better in therapy.

Hypno Therapy

A person who is hypnotized displays certain unusual characteristics and propensities, compared with a non-hypnotized subject, most notably hyper-suggestibility, which some authorities have considered a sine qua non of hypnosis. Hypnotherapy is often applied in order to modify a subject's behavior, emotional content, and attitudes, as well as a wide range of conditions including dysfunctional habits, anxiety, stress-related illness, pain management, and personal development.

Gem Therapy

In this mechanical world, the life is full of stress and strained and these often disturb us. Where as every body desires peace and prosperity in life? There are various options such as allopathic medicine, homeopathic medicine, ayurvedic, holisticpathy, yoga, naturopathy etc. to help us. The gemstone therapy is one of the ancient & natural science followed in India million years ago but lost in transition, does now gearing up with better understanding. This therapy is harmless with no side effect, and may resolve many forthcoming issues for the control of problems aroused. The disappearance of this science in the last few centuries appears to be associated with two reasons: - the leaders in each society knew the concepts but did not pass on to others for one reason to other. The cost of gems and their rare availability. However this science remained in the hands of limited people.

Hydro Therapy

Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy involves the use of water for pain-relief and treating illness. The term hydrotherapy itself is synonymous with the term water cure as it was originally marketed by practitioners and promoters in the 1800s. A hydrotherapist therefore, is someone who practices hydrotherapy. Water cure has since come to have two opposing definitions, which can cause confusion. (a) Water cure therapy ? a course of medical treatment by hydrotherapy (b) water cure torture ? a form of torture in which a person is forced to drink large quantities of water.

Immuno Homoeopath

In Western culture, alternative medicine is any healing practice "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine", or "that which has not been shown consistently to be effective." It is often opposed to evidence based medicine and encompasses therapies with an historical or cultural, rather than a scientific, basis. The American National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) cites examples including naturopathy, chiropractic medicine, herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, hypnosis, homeopathy, acupuncture, and nutritional-based therapies, in addition to a range of other practices. It is frequently grouped with complementary medicine, which generally refers to the same interventions when used in conjunction with mainstream techniques, under the umbrella term complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM. Some researchers in alternative medicine oppose this grouping, preferring to emphasize differences of approach, but nevertheless use the term CAM, which has become standard.

Diet Therapy

Diet would seem to be something our body requires on a physical level to build new cells, to give us energy, to ease hunger, our diets are most important to feed our brain and our heart so we can maintain life. The choices we make of which foods we put in our bodies sets the basis for physical, mental and spiritual health Every single moment of every single day from the moment of our birth, our bodies strive for life - long, energetic, healthy, happy life. We are beautifully designed to live and to live fully! (Thank you God!) We are for sure the most sophisticated "vehicle" on this planet. Every single moment we are building bone cells, muscle cells, liver cells, pancreas cells, brain cells, skin cells and so on. In a one year time frame we rebuild and replace every single cell in our bodies. The catch here is, what quality of raw materials are we putting in while we are building all these cells?