Homoeopathy is showing light to globe and participants from all over the world are flocking to India to learn the sprit of this science and its art. However, mere speculative seminars do not satiate the appetite of the serious learners, who look forward to practical and applied training in the field. It is with this view in mind that the Pareek Hospital & Research Centre, Agra organized a four day seminar in the first week of February in which 86 participants from 11 different countries including India, UK, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Armenia, Russia, Indonesia, Estonia, and Ukraine participated. The deliberations were held in Hotel Holiday Inn , whereas the practical training was imparted at Pareek Hospitals, the uniqueness of the seminar lay in the fact that here day to day difficulties encountered in treating both acute emergencies and chronic conditions in homoeopathy were discussed threadbare at patients bedside. The effective application of Hahnemannian principles in the backdrop of modern medical  scenario was cornerstone theme of the seminar.

The teaching faculty comprised the Dear of the Faculty, an ever smiling and energetic octogenarian Prof. Dr. R. S. Pareek, the seasoned and youthful Vice Dean Prof. Dr. Alok Pareek along with te guest faculty from Nagpur Prof. Dr. S. S. Kochhar, Head of Department of Physiology, Gonida Homoeopathic Medical College, Maharashtra, and Dr. med. Dario Spinedi from Clinica Santa Croce, Orselina (Switzerland).

The topic taken up for study on the first day, the Thursday, 7th February in pre lunch session were, management of difficult paediatric cases including mental retardation, autism and related behavioural disorders, cerebral palsy, childhool psychoses. In these conditions the application of  nosodes in paediatric practice was death with in detail.

The post lunch session at Pareek Hospital covered bedside patients of thalassemia, nephritic syndrome and cirrhosis of liver, which were demonstrated and discussed. Paediatric case taking in Homoeopathy was dealt in detail covering practical and applied aspects.

Both the sessions were aptly handled by Dr. Alok Pareek with seasoned inputs from Dr. R. S. Pareek.

Friday, the 8th February
The pre lunch session excavated the gold mine of clinical paediatrics namely, the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, which was discussed with the help of an audio visual presentation of different childhood personalities. It covered Stramonium, Tarentula hispancia, Baryta carb etc. by Prof Dr. Alok Pareek. This was followed by a lively seassion on art of identifying miasmatic states and its therapeutic importance in everyday practice covered by Prof. Dr. S. S. Kochhar in his lucid style with the help of audiovisual presentation.
An exhaustive post lunch session at Pareek Hospital covered cases of cancer tongue, skin, stomach, rectum, breast and also of leukemia which were discussed at bedside. The deliberations covered clinical efficacy of homoeopathic remedies over chemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced cancers, which was shown analytically. The participants took keen interest in a case of acute cerebro-vascular accident admitted in the intensive care unit of the hospital and collaterally managed with the help of homoeopathy.

A patient on whom a bottleful of some strong acid was thrown, but who refused to try to trace the culprit for any revenge, and chose to bear the agony of extensive burns affecting a large portion of his body including face, was present before the delegated to demonstrate and describe his history as to how homoeopathy performed miracles on him, picking a burn with contractures and keloids was discussed and the clinical experiences were exchanged. Prof. Dr. Alok Pareek and his father Prof. Dr R. S. Pareek, the Dean of the Faculty conducted the sessions in which Prof. Dr. S. S. Kochhar also participated.

Saturday, the 9th February
The pre lunch session focused on applied Materia Medica of cancer remedies, which was dealt in immaculately by Prof. Dr. Alok Pareek. The delegates were also spell bound when Dr. med. Dario Spinedi from Switzerland presented a case of cancer of nasopharynx which was treated with 50 millesimal or Q-potencies. Case was very well documented and followed for more than five years. Efficacy of L. M. potencies in advanced cancers with least aggravation was shown. Dr. Spinedi head a team of doctors in a cancer Homoeopathic hospital in Switzerland and exclusively use L. M. potencies. He is a direct discipel of Dr. Pierre Schmidt. This was followed by a presentation on the practical role of mental symptoms in day to day acute and chronic practice, dealt with in details by Prof. Dr. S. S. Kochhar.

The post lunch session at Pareek Hospital covered bedside teaching and discussion on clinical cases of renal, various cardiac conditions and musculo-skeletal disorders, which were demonstrated and discussed before the delegates.

Sunday, the 10th February
The last day of the seminar was a different and unique experience for the participants from different countries. At Khel Gaon Sports Complex they participated and took keen interest in yoga, pranayam and deep meditation with practical guidance. Explanations covering their therapeutic value, which was known to saints and yogis of ancient India, impressed all and sundry. It has been observed at our centre with documentary evidence the Pranayama techniques along with indicated Homoeopathic remedies bring a far better result in increasing number of advanced pathologies, helping to set right the disharmonious functioning of the life force.