Do our own preferences colour our perception in healing?

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Dear Group,

 

I always tend to disagree with Todd on the issue of veg vs non-veg,

but I also cannot but bow down before his excellent arguments.

 

This brings us to the question, "how much does our own views of life

cloud our understanding of illness and its cure?".

 

I have tackled this in a very old post earlier where I tried to argue

that we need to differentiate people not only on their physical

composition but also on their calling. We cannot advocate a sattvic

diet to an armyman or a tamasic diet to a priest, no matter what the

exigencies.

 

But here I wish to dwell on another issue, the healers perception. Do

we have pet notions that we should stay away from while dealing with

illness?

 

In homeopathy, Dr Hahnemann noticed that many healers had their own

favourite group of medicines which they frequently resorted to.

Needless to say this led to many failures. He therefore advised

homeopathic doctors to learn how to make the mind completely blank

while case taking. He forbade presumptions/jumping into conclusions

and asked the doctors to decide on the remedy only after the entire

case is taken and matched with the remedies, thus throwing up a

particular group. He also asked them to regularly study the materia

medica (he said everyday) so that they would be well versed with all

remedies.

 

I think this bit of advice is good for all healers. We (please

forgive me for using this word as I am not a qualified physician)

should try to identify not only with the illness but the external

circumstances of the patient, his physical and mental needs and also

his stage of life. Try suggesting a sattvic diet to a newly married

couple !! They will simply take one look at you and disappear !!

 

Of course in patients who require a rajasic/tamasic diet we should

ensure that the elimination system is strengthened so that the toxic

remanants do not easily overpower the system. This is probably the

least we can do.

 

Nowadays we are seeing so many incidents of stress in the Army. The

Indian Army is now advising the force to take lessons on meditation

and also to take recourse to ayurveda and homeopathy to tackle

stress. But certainly they will not encourage a sattvic diet. Armymen

are trained to eat anything, from rodents, snakes to even human flesh.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

 

 

 

 

ayurveda, "Todd Caldecott" <todd

wrote:

> i agree that there are many ways to treat anxiety: reiki,

biokinesiology, massage etc - all

> of these i am trained in one capacity to another

>

> my experience with diet is that non-veg food has a more grounding

and stabilizing

> influence - in my experience many cases of anxiety are promoted or

caused by labile

> blood sugar levels, and i have found that a higher protein

breakfast, such as eggs, makes

> a person feel more in tune, grounded, and effective in their day

>

> best wishes... todd

>