Iron rules of health - 1

[Guest guest]

The discussion on Vatic obesity, and especially the balance in the

diet, has inspired a series of posts by this author. Indians invented

zero and gave birth to Mathematics. The science of self realization

etc also is credited to Indians. Some of the ayurvedic thinking

rhymes with these philosophies. Thus absolute zero is absence of

everything. Disease is absence of equilibrium and health is

equilibrium. All equilibrium equations in science end with a zero,

and for self realization one must realize this zero, internal center.

 

Conventional medicine has made one fundamental misconception that

thousands of different diseases exist, all with varied causes

demanding different diagnostic methods and treatments. This is the

method used by blind men to find how elephant is. The controversies

in diets is just one example. This has led scientists down the flawed

path of categorizing symptoms as disease when symptoms are the

intelligent warning signals of disease. In a way, most of alternative

theories too have followed similar path of classifying diseases in

groups. Thus in ayurveda too we have different disease conditions,

symptoms, corresponding treatments, but ayurveda tries to categorise

common group of diseases and offer corresponding grouped treatments.

Pattern recognition and cognitive intelligence of acharyas made this

possible. Their obsevrations that particular diseases exacerbated in

a particular season would have contributed to humors being assumed

corresponding to three main seasons. The humors of the body, their

imbalance and corresponding set of symptoms are defined for easy

grasping the treatment modalities. Though one disease may have ten

herbs/formulations to use, one herb/formulation also tackles ten

different disease, at least partially. For instance, oil massage,

ingestion, insufflation (Basti) etc are commonly used for Vatic

disorders; these disorders are connected to planet Saturn and oil is

the medium to placate Saturn. The philosophical traits and

similarities of Saturn and Vatic diseases (slow progress, Vata taking

place of vaccum created by dhatus, Saturn is ascetic and does not

waste dhatus by observing celibacy etc) are notable. Saturn is

physically disabled and therefore Vatic diseases either do not allow

proper walk or sit with straight spine and neck. Vatic diseases are

most difficult to cure completely, and some residual disease leaves

its mark, hence termed "Karmic" too. Classic texts mention that a

Vaidya should not keep patient in dark under false hopes and tell the

patient right away. Some text even goest to the extent do not treat

such a patient. Leave him to fate. Or offer some palliative treatment

at best.

 

Author has written in a number of posts, a certain disease is being

termed "curable". Though only particular diseases were termed

curable, he goes one step further saying that every disease is

curable with a pinch of bitter spice that some karmic residue will

have to be accepted. In a series of posts, the author will discuss

inner secrets of the body and how to obtain best of health while

wiping away every disease, no matter how serious, how chronic and how

deadly. Whether caused by chemical diet or iatrogenesis. This is

first post in this series, and is introductory nature. Here we learn

body as a complete universe representing both micro and macrocosm.

Some of the material is from author's Gurus. Some thing he too has

added. He rephrased it in the language of science, to make it easy

for understanding by non-ayurveds also.

 

While there are regulatory agencies and big pharma trying to impede

the progress of the new world alternative health theories, author

would like to steer the discussion away from such controversies. Does

it really matter whether regulatory agencies are attempting

suppressing alternative science? Is it possible? A good science will

always grow. Health freedom, diet freedom, herbal freedom and

simplistic naturopathy techniques no organization can suppress. To

suppress such things, they will need a police force larger than the

present population! To cite an example, despite Government banning

common sea salt for consumption, same salt is available under the

label 'Industrial purposes, non-edible' and population has started

buying it, at a slightly higher price though. Hence, as long as

producer and consumer find some way, regulatory agency becomes a

puppet only.

 

Author strongly believes that for obtaining health one need not use

any drugs, herbs or therapies specifically belonging to one

discipline. All siblings of alternative theories unite into unified

thinking when naturopathy is approached, the mother of all theories.

Naturopathy existed even before the age of Ayurveda or Vedas. God has

given a means of maintaing ideal health to each specie. Author has

always advocated no medicine approach. Body knows nothing but health,

if left to itself without forcing it to exhibit the behaviour

observed in drug trials or documented by experience. Since every

individual is unique, so is his treatment or his roadmap to absolute

health. Here we need to define health. While modern science throws a

series of tests and corresponding numerical results and reference

ranges, ayurveda offers following definition:

 

Balanced Doshas (humours), healthy Agni, a good state of tissues and

their metabolic end- products lead to a balanced state of the senses,

mind and spirit, all of which lead to health.

 

[http://www.allayurveda.com/princ_mala.htm]

 

This definition is not satisfactory to author, since again a

practitioner comes into picture to judge the extent of doshas. But if

we interpret the words properly, one needs to note the

word "balance". This balance or equilibrium, let us try to

understand its meaning in modern science terms so that even non-

ayurvedic background people understand.

 

Indian spiritual Gurus and philosophers have treated body as

microcosm and universe as macrocosm. This same relationship science

extends to cell as microcosm and body as macrocosm. The factors

underlying the degenerative and metabolic disease process so

prevalent today can be understood by studying the inner workings of

the cell. All life begins at the cell, is maintained by the cell, and

ceases by the cell. our cells are pretty much the bricks and mortar

from which all living tissues and organs are made. Each cell performs

different responsibilities, depending on what type of cell it is.

Ayurvedia terms the cell and units as koshas, strotas etc.

 

In a complex macrocosm of over 100 trillion cells, the body is made

of at least 200 different cell types. For instance, brain cells, skin

cells, kidney cells, muscle cells, bone cells, nerve cells, and so

forth. All of the body's cells perform unique functions and

synergistically orchestrate the body's function capacity as a whole.

We cannot separate these cells any more than we can separate organs

or systems without suffering consequences. The problem with modern

medical science is they've compartmentalized the body into a bunch of

automobile parts which has led to the training of specialty fields

teaching that the cells, organs, and systems all work separately. we

cannot segregate or isolate any of the cells, organs, systems, or

even nutrients for that matter. They all work in synergy like a

synchronized orchestra. As long as there exists synergy, health is

the result. This synergy is what ayurveda calls equilibrium or

balance. The equilibrium between not only the cells of individual

being, but that between all species is the creation of the creator.

Moment one specie tries to dominate by its power, the seeds of its

destruction are automatically sowed. The disease caused by affluence

or excess materialism can be cited as mechanism of wiping off one

specie. Compare this with collection of humans on earth. As long as

there is love, co-operation, mutual help to satisfy needs, health of

society is certain. On the other hand, moment profit motive, self

interests come in to picture, diseases such as terrorism, corruption,

mass killings (often secretly through drugs, chemical weapons)

results, a global disease of earth. This is the reason that author

believes that ayurvedists need not spend time and energy in exposing

deficiencies of main stream practitioners. They, along with Pharma,

will destoy themselves.

One way our immune system fights infectious organisms is by

surrounding them by antibodies. In the same manner, if all

alternative practitioners surround and out-number mainstream,

mainstream has no option but to strangle itself. Or improve itself by

compulsory fasting. They can of course reform themselves, We must

give the opportunity to everyone.

 

In order that each micro unit of the body perform well, it has to

have proper nutrition and other requirements to remain in balance

with the environment

 

A. Chemical components of nutrition:

1. 24 amino acids.

2. Carbohydrates or glycogen.

3. Essential Fatty Acids.

4. vitamins.

5. minerals.

6. Enzymes (catalysts which make everything else work).

7. Phytonutrients (pro-oxidants instead of antioxidants coming from

green plants which have the chlorophyll).

 

B. Energy components of nutrition

 

8. Sunshine or photon light (electromagnetic pulse waves which come

from the sun).

9. Glyconutrients (essential glycosugars and glycolipids needed for

cellular communication).

10. Oxygen.

11. Water (elecrolyte)

 

To understand how deficiency of nutrition can effect cellular

function, let us take examples. The cells need over 100-plus

nutrients in eleven different categories to run cellular processes.

Let's say we have 30 nutrients out of 45 needed at a beta cell site

to produce insulin. The cell will sit there and wait for the next

meal to complete the extra 15 nutrients needed to synthesize the

insulin. If there's a deficiency, it will wait to complete the

nutrient recipe or synthesize inferior insulin. The sources of craving when diet

is deficient in some nutrient can be understood now. Another cell might be

a brain cell needing 40 nutrients to produce serotonin. If it's not

at the cell site or if the cell membrane is solidified, caked up with

toxins, or hardened with hydrogenated fats, obviously that would be a

factor in the cell not being able to receive the intelligent

nutrients or electrical impulse needed to produce serotonin. The

nutritional components needed for brain cells may be understood from

some ayurveda messages:

435, 504, 598, 629, 1680, 1980, 2578, 3036, 3066, 3812, 3820, 4030

and many more wherein the correlation between food and intelligence

of cells is discussed.

 

If it's a liver cell that produces bile, it's the same thing. If the

liver cell doesn't have the recipe of the nutrients out of the 100-

plus, the cell will sit there and wait for the next meal. Hopefully

we'll be smart enough to complete the cellular recipe for the

building material in order to make the bile.

 

So every hormone, neurotransmitter, peptide, and substance such as

ATP for energy, is actually built on a recipe or a synergy of

different nutrients from those eleven categories just listed.

 

Every cell, whether it's a nerve cell or a muscle cell or a brain

cell, is analogous to us as a whole in a microcosm. For instance, we

have to breathe oxygen -- cells have to breathe oxygen. We

communicate -- cells communicate in four different languages. They

communicate in electromagnetic language, neurotransmitter language,

hormonal language, and electrochemical language, which would be a

combination of brain and the muscle.

 

We have internal organs -- our cells have internal organs called

organelles or genetic material. We have skin -- our cells have skin

called semi-permeable membrane to protect the inside of the cell from

damage due to free radicals.

 

We conceive children -- cells actually conceive by splitting and

dividing into new cell generations called daughter cells. We produce

waste -- cells produce and release waste which has to be eliminated

from the body via the skin, colon and urine. We need photon light

from the sun -- every cell of the body needs photon light from the

sun for cellular communication which creates the electromagnetic

energy to light up the cell like a light bulb. We harness the micro-

electric current energy coming from the sun through photosynthesis --

cells harness micro-electric voltage inside the cell, in the

mitochondria which produces the ATP; the energy factories for every

cell. Cells are also manufacturing plants that synthesize hormones,

neurotransmitters, proteins, peptides and intelligent life force to

run all the body's functions.

 

So if we look at the correlation between a human and a cell, we have

100 trillion tiny cellular engines that are analogous of a human that

performs different functions. Cells are multifaceted. Some act as

miniature electrical generators, like lithium batteries. New Age

calls it aura but every human being produces energy that can be

measured by Kirlian photography. All of our cells store, repair,

communicate, and transport. Every second of every day our cells are

involved with waste disposal, food production, temperature control,

and pH balancing to maintain health and vitality all cellular

functions are dependant on the iron rules Health.

 

This is too much a diet for the day. The post will be continued next

week.

 

Dr Bhate

[Guest guest]

I hope we get at least twelve parts of this excellent discussion. We

have to present solutions to all the seemingly "incurable" maladies

afflicting us today. The weaknesses of the other systems are our

strengths, as we build from the base and don't take recourse to stop-

gap formula's.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

 

ayurveda, "Shirish Bhate"

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> The discussion on Vatic obesity,