Since ancient times, phase therapy or naturopathy is proving effective in all kinds of diseases. We should make maximum use of natural methods so that the cost of medical treatment in the world can be reduced and treatment can be easily accessible to the poor. The philosophy and methods of naturopathy are based on animism and folk medicine rather than evidence-based medicine. Under naturopathy, there are many methods in the society such as water therapy, homeopathy, sun therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, soil therapy etc. Including different dimensions of phage therapy in the proposed paper, where on one hand the body&rsquo;s resistance to antibiotics is decreasing, on the other hand, the effect of these drugs on the biological nature of micro-organisms is decreasing. Under naturopathy, the basis of treatment and recovery of diseases is - the body&rsquo;s natural power to fight germs. Today the most challenging task is to make cheap and effective treatment accessible to the common man and on the other hand, by freeing livestock from diseases, to include animal products more and more in the daily diet.

Naturopathy: The Body&rsquo;s Natural Power to Fight Pathogens

The study was conducted in crossbred Frieswal bulls (Holstein&ndash;Friesian X Sahiwal) during an outbreak of FMD and 24 FMD-affected animals were randomly divided into two groups&ndash;homeopathic treatment group and allopathic treatment group&ndash;consisting of 14 and 10 animals, respectively. &nbsp;Animals in the homeopathic treatment group were treated with Sulphur 200C @ 20 drops orally once, Kalium iodatum 200C @ 20 drops orally twice a day for 3 days. &nbsp;Calendula mother tincture was used for washing and topical application over the oral and foot lesions. Animals in the allopathic treatment group were treated with intramuscular injections of strepto-penicillin twice a day for 3 days, meloxicam once a day for 3 days along with washing of oral and foot lesions with potassium permanganate (1:1000) followed by topical application of 2% boroglycerine over the oral ulcers. The animals were closely inspected for 12 days for recording clinical signs. The mean rectal temperature in the animals of homeopathic treatment group was significantly (p&lt;0.05) lower than those of the allopathic treatment group on days 2 and 3 post treatment. Appetite score improved significantly (p&lt;0.05) in homeopathic treatment group as compared with allopathic treatment group on day 3 post treatment. Healing scores of oral mucosal lesion were significantly (p&lt;0.05) higher in the homoeopathic treatment group than that in the allopathic treatment group on days 2, 3, and 5 post therapy. Healing of foot lesions was significantly (p&lt;0.05) better in the homeopathic treatment group than that in the allopathic treatment group on day 3 and 5 post treatment.

Naturopathy: The Body’s Natural Power to Fight Pathogens

Comparative efficacy of homeopathic and allopathic treatments against Foot and Mouth disease in cattle