Keki Sidhwa

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Keki Sidhwa, ND, DO, DNH, (b. Bombay, India) is a physician, poet, and the best known exponent of Natural Hygiene in the United Kingdom. Sidhwa was in private practice from 1952 until his semi-retirement in 2004. He is the co-founder and president of the British Natural Hygiene Society, a former president of the International Association of Professional Natural Hygienists, and founder and director of Shalimar Health Home, where he helped over 25,000 people overcome their ailments by fasting and following a hygienic life style before its closure in 2004. He is also the editor of The Hygienist, the oldest magazine of its kind. He has lectured extensively in Europe, India, America and Great Britain, where he now resides and continues to provide private consultation.

[edit] Background and interests

Sidhwa was born of Parsi, Zoroastrian parents. After studying at Bombay University, he graduated from the Edinburgh College of Natural Therapeutics and the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy.

His interest in primitive cultures, anthropology and comparative religions has helped him to formulate his views on natural living.

[edit] Publications

1994, The Quintessence of Natural Living for health & happiness, published by the British Natural Hygiene Society
The Problem of Ill-health
Medical Drugs On Trial Verdict Guilty
Fit For Anything
First Aid the Natural Way
Words and Music and All Alone (Poems on Health, Love and Life)