Treatments made from gemstones, flowers, herbs and honey; medications prepared by moonlight; potions ground by hand ... for thousands of years the healers of India and Pakistan have plied their ancient remedies. Today Asian medicine has taken root in Britain, practised by traditional healers, the hakims and vaids.
More and more white patients, dissatisfied with modem medicine, are turning to the treatment of the East. Producer SUE BOURNE
40 Minutes editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF