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Being a social service volunteer during
his student life, Dr. Reji Thomas happened to come across the agony of some AIDS victims. Since then he
has put dedicated effort to tackle the world's most deadly virus. His visits to various high-profile medical institutions on this ground, interactions with many doctors within the country and abroad and with Ayurvedic experts in Kerala, enabled to sharpen his skills.
In 1996, his first HIV patient, a resident of Hyderabad, who had non-healing ulcers and venereal disease recovered from those opportunistic infections without side effects. In 1997, Andhra Pradesh Times published his innovative views on Ayurvedic management of HIV.
In November 2000, The New Indian Express published in detail the lab evidence for his claim of
immuno-modulation with Ayurvedic drugs. (See
Achievements).
His anti- retroviral package based on Ayurveda (the traditional and well-documented health care system of India) is named DIAS (Defensive Immuno-modulation and Anti-HIV Strategy).
This happens to be the befitting response to the WHO's appeal for "alternative therapies including traditional approaches to care and treatment". |