Effective strategies of health planning would begin by identifying and strengthening, through modern interpretation, the existing healthy habits, and practices of the community. After building an adequate rapport with the people through the sympathetic interpretation of their cultural heritage, the health planner should identify their deficiencies and tell them how to overcome them. Both the processes require considerable amount of education and persuasion. In this task, the local leadership and the local institutions can play an important role. Also, the Indian system of medicine and the system of nature cure should be fully encouraged and taken advantage of.