What a BHMS means on a doctor's profile
The BHMS is the primary degree of homoeopathy; its holder registers with a state homoeopathy board and practises homoeopathy, not modern medicine.
The BHMS is the primary qualification in homoeopathy: four and a half years of study and a year of internship, entered through NEET-UG, awarded by universities under regulations made by the National Commission for Homoeopathy. A BHMS holder registers with a state homoeopathy board and is licensed to practise homoeopathy. The MD (Homoeopathy) is the postgraduate degree in the system, and the DHMS an older diploma.
A BHMS holder is not on the medical register and does not hold a licence to practise modern medicine. On this site homoeopaths are listed under AYUSH with the system stated, so that a search for a physician does not return a homoeopath and the reverse.
The measured block below shows how many homoeopaths on this site record the BHMS and where they practise; a large share are in Madhya Pradesh, which is where the source data is deepest. A profile that records a BHMS together with a state medical council registration is carrying a contradiction, and is worth reporting through the corrections process.
How to check whether a practitioner holds a BHMS
The qualification is recognised under the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine or the National Commission for Homoeopathy, and the state board that registered the practitioner recorded it. Ask which board issued the registration and check with it; the awarding university can verify the certificate. On this site AYUSH qualifications are marked as supplied until a person has checked them.
932 doctors record a BHMS
None of them has the qualification checked against the awarding body yet. All are recorded as supplied. Counts are read from the live database and refresh hourly.
Specialities they practise
- AYUSH practitioners · 925
- Acupuncturists · 2
- Internal medicine physicians · 2
- Clinical psychologists · 1
- Cosmetologists · 1
- General physicians · 1
Where they practise
Questions people ask
- Is a BHMS a recognised qualification in India?
- Yes, when awarded by an institution recognised for it. The NCISM or National Commission for Homoeopathy maintains the list of recognised qualifications and of the institutions permitted to award each; a BHMS from a college that was not recognised for the course in that year is not a recognised qualification, and a registering body can refuse to enter it on the register.
Every profile lists its qualifications as supplied and says which of them have been checked against the awarding body and when. Where none has, the profile says so.
General information about medical qualifications in India, checked against the sources listed on 25 Sep 2026. Not advice about your situation. Errors can be reported through the corrections process.