Introduction: In conventional modern medicine, while dealing with a new patient, it has been the practice to elicit details of the patient followed by details of the illness. The presenting symptoms in chronological order give an idea about the pathological process involved, which is further understood through a detailed history of present illness, the past history, the occupational, personal and family histories. It is usual practice to proceed with understanding of the mental state in neurological and psychiatric illnesses.
In diseases of the body where the pathogenesis is presumed to be a disorder of structure and/or function of one or more of its components, the psychological aspect of the patient is usually side-lined. More so, the spiritual aspect is out of consideration in conventional modern medicine. There is a famous quote of Hippocrates [1]: ‘It is more important to know what…
