Health Fairs are normally organized in India. The idea is to seek relief from any chronic problem from practitioners of different therapies.

Scores of shops are being put up by various dealers of herbal medicines. They claim to help in gaining relief from problems related to stomach and digestive systems, asthma, Diabetes, heart problems, joint pains, back problems, paralysis, Sciatica and problems related to nervous system.

You can find different massagers and gadgets for comforting muscular problems and they claim to suggest easier ways to reduce weight without strenuous exercises

There are experienced practitioners of different therapies, such as: Acupressure therapy, Reflexology therapy, Aroma therapy, Colour therapy, Ayurveda, Yoga, and Tibetan treatments.

A practitioner of Acupressure therapy was drawing lot of patients. His way of treatment was very different. For most of the problems he used to request one of the visitors to apply pressure by his /fingers on the patient at some designated points for 3-4 minutes and the patient could gain relief from his problem.

His novel way of treatment could help in building confidence in the mind of patient and the other person who gave the pressure. Both could learn that particular simpler way of giving relief to anybody.

A person with neck problem approached the healer. The patient was not able to move his neck in any direction. It was a stiff neck.

On the Practitioner’s instruction one of the visitors volunteered to give the intermittent pressure on each of patient’s palm (at the inner base of the thumb). by his thumb– 20 times, Then he was asked to revolve each thumb- 20 times, in any direction. It took him 3 minutes.

The patient could move his neck without any problem.

Parting instructions were given to the patient that he has to repeat that exercise, 4-5 times each day. He was further asked to identify a bone at the back of the neck and give 20 rubbing pressures by his three fingers, three times a day.