For Indians who cannot afford or do not trust Western medicine, the alternative may be someone like Abdur Razzaq Qaasimy, a 72-year-old hakeem in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. Practicing according to Ayurvedic principles, which teach that the human being is a miniature imitation of the universe, Hakim Sahab, as he is known, sees about 20 patients a day.