Iodised salt.

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr Durgesh,

 

Namaste. In holistic systems of medicine such as ayurveda it is not

the method to give medicines to healthy people. Nor does it advocate

a mass method of treatment preferring to judge each patient on

individual merit. So the principle of introducing mass use of iodised

salt, or iron fortified salt, or even antibiotic laced salt

is not an ayurvedic method of treatment. If you are so aware on the

subject then you must also know that iodised salt can cause deep

distress to many patients with thyroid disorders and that modern

medical practitioners have themselves cautioned against this.

 

I may be anti-modern medicine but I do agree with some of the

practices. For example the use of anaesthesia in surgery. But even

this method was adopted by ayurveds long before chloroform was

discovered. There are instances of wrong administration of

anaesthesia killing patients on the operating table but the acharyas

were so skillful that they did not commit such lapses.

 

For some this forum may be a mere chat line, but most use this forum

to discuss and learn without unnecessarily criticising each other.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

 

ayurvedaonine, durgesh mankikar

<d_mankikar> wrote:

> Thanx Todd for doing that piece on Iodized salt. This is what

Integrative thinking ( if not Integrated Medicine) is. I wanted to

give that information, especially about the effects on the thyroid.

But, some people are so anti-modern medicine, in this chat line, and

cannot see beyond their own biases, that I blanked it out, and knew

that somebody with a little more sense will respond to it

appropriately. I am glad it is you.

> d

[Guest guest]

It is a very blanket statement to say that there has

been no misadministration on part of the 'acharyas' or

that ayurved vaids are always on target and able to

'recover' from lapses. I know of several cases where

trust in ayurved vaids has led to some significant

disaster and loss of life/limbs due to incapacity of

the vaid to discern the symptoms and find & treat the

right cause.

 

I'm of the belief that the mass medication is def an

undesired effect, at the same time nutrient sources

that aren't easily available should be provided.

Something like iodine which is needed in trace amounts

could be provided, since we do know that this nutrient

isn't easily available to the remote areas of india

which constitutes a major chunk (in excess of 75%) of

the population. Ayurved maybe preventive in nature,

but it isn't necessarily proactive in taking

responsibility. I don't find many vaids going out to

treat the poor on their own free time. Its even

harder to find a well-qualified vaid these days even

in a city like Bombay that won't charge an arm and a

leg.

 

Its easy to gloss over the nicities of the art and

science that is ayurved, but its just as easy to be

defensive about the shortcoming of today's providers

which is what is causing the government to take some

responsibility and help the way they know best to take

care of the people at large.

 

Are the educated open-minded vaids on here doing

anything proactively to respond to that? What measures

are being taken to make ayurved available to all? The

science itself is kept in much secrecy.

 

Homeopath and Allopath drugs are easily avaiable and

generally monitored for potency. Are the Ayurveds

also taking responsibility that they supplies and

suppliers are well-conditioned so that the medications

produced are optimal? organic? grown per standards? if

so why would there be creeping concerns of heavy metal

seepage into the medications?

 

How will ayurved be responsible for the public at

large? make itself more accessible? make itself

standard based? make itself affordable to the common

people?

 

Any ideas?

you are right.. its easy to criticize... including

modern medicine, but its not easy to appreciate.. that

modern medicine has made itself accessible to the

public at large, taken their general pains and aches

and provided cures for it and easily at that. Ayurved

needs to step up those efforts if it needs to be seen

in the light its values are based off. too much

preaching... no practice.. that's my observation.

 

--- jagchat01 <jagchat01 wrote:

 

>

> Dear Dr Durgesh,

>

> Namaste. In holistic systems of medicine such as

> ayurveda it is not

> the method to give medicines to healthy people. Nor

> does it advocate

> a mass method of treatment preferring to judge each

> patient on

> individual merit. So the principle of introducing

> mass use of iodised

> salt, or iron fortified salt, or even antibiotic

> laced salt

> is not an ayurvedic method of treatment.