post - Stroke care

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The mind should be free from all kinds of tension.

 

A gentle oil massage on the head is recommended.

 

First and foremost is to keep the patient warm as warm as can be.

In the villages they make them sleep on the rice husk or the dried rice plants.

 

Nothing cold should be given.

Not only that which feels cold to touch, but also that which has cold

properties, like the banana.

Banana is totally prohibited as it is very cold.

No fruits other than Apple, Papaya and cheeku are to be given, no fruit juices,

only soups and that too, the best is of black channa to which some Kulthi (horse

Gram) should be added.

These should be boiled (without being pre-soaked, as pre soaking makes it

cold), the thick dark extract should be given, for utmost strength to the body.

 

Nothing should be soaked for the stroke victim.

Black channa gives strength and kulthi is for all nerve disorders.

In a stroke, the patient loses weight too fast and too much, actually the cause

of stroke is also malnutrition, so all kind of nutritive things should be given,

of course taking into account the things prohibited.

 

Bottlegourd, coriander, onions, curds, and tomatoes, sugar and tea, these all

come under cold foods.

These should be avoided.

 

All kinds of fruits also have cold properties other than papaya, apple and

cheeku.

 

It is better to avoid tea and coffee and to give lots of milk.

Sugar can be replaced with jaggery and sugar candy (mishri).

 

As this happens due to malnutrition, so nutrition has to be supplemented as much

as possible and through food alone.

The water in which the patient takes bath should not be mixed with cold water.

 

Water should be heated only to that point and no more.

In case cold water has to be added then it should be mixed very well by lifting

it and putting back with the mug.

The glass or cup that is used for the patient should be first rinsed with hot

water so that there is no trace of cold in the last bit of the drink given to

the patient.

 

Make it a habit for everyone.

 

Cow's ghee preferably made at home is the best medium to cook a stroke patient's

food.

This has the properties of retaining what is needed by the body and throwing out

what is not needed.

 

It is not heavy as people generally believe; rather it is lighter and healthier,

and it provides the much needed nutrition to the body.

 

In the right sided stroke, speech is affected and there are many ways to bring

it back.

 

One is a homeopathic medicine by the name Causticum.

It can be taken in 30 potency.

 

Then Kali phos again of 30 potency is good for speech.

Magnesia phos is good as well.

 

It is also for all ailments of the right side.

Another very interesting cure for speech is vadas made out of urad

dal fried in cow's ghee.

 

This has been mentioned in three books that I had.

In earlier stages when the patient is not able to chew any thing and the diet is

semi liquid, that time these vadas can be crushed in the mixie and added to the

soup of the patient.

 

Many oil formulations are there for application (oil massage of the body) on the

side that is affected.

 

The easiest one to make at home is; take sesame or mustard oil and put garlic

and ginger in it, let it heat to the point of the herbs getting burnt, let cool

down, then strain and bottle it.

 

This has to be applied (not rubbed vigorously) on the affected parts and the

applying has to be done downwards and outwards, away from the body, and after

that a hot fomentation should be given.

 

For this take an old cloth put some urid lentils in it, tie the cloth make two

such potlis (bags) and on the tava, (the girdle), put both to heat, take one,

give fomentation to the whole area where oil has been applied by the time this

gets cold the other one is ready on the tava, now take that and put this first

one on the girdle.

 

It goes without saying that the potlis should be just hot enough to be bearable.

 

This should not scald the patient.

Like this alternate between the two so that there is no gap during fomentation.

 

The hot oils for massage can be bought from any shops that dispense ayurvedic

medicines.

 

Mahanarayani is the most common oil but there are many more with good effect.

 

This is good for the blood vessels that have gone cold; they come alive with

this fomentation.

 

Kali phos, a bio chemic medicine or cell salt or in plain language homeopathic

medicine is the main remedy for the limp in the leg, the slur in the speech as

well as the afflictions of the brain.

 

It also helps the High Blood pressure.

Kali phos is also a brain tonic thereby greatly helping the stroke patient.

 

Kali phos helps the affliction of the speech due to paralysis, in short it is

good for the total affectations by the stroke.

 

Magnesia Phos is for strengthening of the nerves.

A very good remedy for nerves as well as stroke itself, very effective for right

sided afflictions.

Calcarea flour is for the muscles.

Calc phos for general health.

All these are cell salts.

An effective remedy is the horse gram(kulthi).

Given in any form it relieves the effects of the stroke.

This is a must.

 

For general debility black channa soup can be given everyday.

 

As a brain tonic, five almonds, five pistachios, five small green cardamoms,

five munnakkas, five corns of black pepper all ground and mixed with misri

should be given to the patient.

 

One of the causes of stroke is malnutrition.

 

It does not mean that a rich person cannot suffer from malnutrition; they are

more prone to it as they eat whatever they like and afford and not according to

the nutritional needs.

 

So the deficiency of nutrients occurs and thus the stroke comes around.

 

Due to this very reason there is a strong possibility of the stroke repeating

itself.

 

But if proper care is taken of the nutrition then the chances of a repeat can be

aborted.

 

Bhupen lived a full life 14 years after the stroke and it did not repeat.

 

How do we make sure that nutrition is taken care of?

 

If we give all kinds of vegetables and legumes to the patient that will ensure

that he is fortified against malnutrition.

 

Milk is an absolute essentiality.

It should be cow's milk.

The cow preferably desi the one with a hump and not the jersey cow, not the one

which is genetically modified.

 

If that is not possible then whatever best is available.

Only three fruits, apple, papaya and cheeku can be taken.

All other fruits are cold.

 

All kinds of food, wide and varied should be taken if certain vegetables don't

fit in your food preparations then add them to soups, saag, sambhar, pav bhaji,

upama etc.

 

Lots of ginger should be added to food or to be given in any other way to the

patient.

 

It is warm in nature and is carminative and digestive.

Ginger with salt taken 20 minutes before meals stokes the digestive fire.

I add lime juice to it.

 

Similarly warm water taken in regular intervals helps the digestive fire.

 

It is important for a stroke patient to clear his bowels, for this triphala is

good as it is not habit forming and the best in initial stages is Castor oil

with ginger powder.

 

A tablespoon of castor oil and one tea spoon of ginger powder should be mixed in

warm milk and taken 2-3 times a week is very helpful.

 

Those who have bad memories of the smell of castor oil need not worry as these

days it does not smell so bad and ginger is also an ameliorating factor to that

smell.

 

There is an exercise for control over the bowel movements, it helps

dramatically.

 

With the patient on his back fold the legs such that the feet are on the bed and

closer to the buttocks, lift the hip region as much as the patient can and hold

it for as long as he can.

 

This exercise done regularly helps very much.

 

It is also called the setu bandh asana.

It is also called the pelvic lift.

 

There is another exercise for control over motions and urination and that is the

keggel exercises or in yoga it is called the ashwini mudra where you pull the

anus upwards and release, do it a few times about 50- 60 times a day.

 

Do not attempt to overdo this as it may result in adverse effect. Over doing it,

gave slip disc to some one I know.

 

Other exercises notwithstanding, those are as important so all the exercises

should be done.

 

For the mouth and the tongue:

Roll the tongue over the teeth, upper jaw as well as lower jaw and outside as

well as inside of the teeth.

This strengthens the teeth as well as the gums, and the tongue also gets

strength.

 

Then another exercise is taking the tongue from one cheek to another stretching

the cheeks out wards.

Filling the mouth cavity with air is another good exercise.

Filling air in the balloon is often advised.

Stretching of the lips, action of saying U Z alternately also helps. All these

exercises help in drooling as well.

 

Simhasan is where we take the tongue out as much as possible make the sound of

the roar of the lion, hence the name, is another exercise for controlling the

drooling.

 

Physiotherapy not withstanding: as that is what starts the patient to regain his

functions i.e. movement of arms and legs.

 

These should be continued till total movements are gained.

Otherwise the muscles die away.

 

This happens due to high blood pressure which again happens due to malnutrition

and lack of oxygen.

 

If there is a clot and the stroke happens due to a clot then homeopathic

medicine, Calc Flour, a cell salt, (bio-Chemic) is very good to dissolve the

clot, it also helps the muscles.

6 or 6X potency is what I used.

 

In biochemic or homeopathic medicines Kali phos is the single best remedy for

stroke.

 

Of course Calc Phos should be taken for general health, calc flour for blood

clot and muscle strength, Magnesia phos for magnesium, nerves and for right

sided stroke, Kali mur for digestion, Natrum Mur for cold feeling or the cold

that has set in the body.

 

Natrum Mur also balances the water content in the cells.

 

Mridula Sharma

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Is there herbs and nutrients that can help a person after stroke?

[Guest guest]

What you have written hot , cold , sleeping on straw are  all appears a comic

story to me. banana is a food. what will happen if he eats Banana? A few oils

you mention and a few homeo medicines you mention, I don't want to comment. If

the season is summer, do you keep on  hot covering? This letter is not guiding,

but misguiding. I have treated more than 2000 stroke patients . Doctors don't

know which medicine cures a stroke, There are different medicines for cerebral

hemorrhage , Ischemia etc. Stroke is a matter of brain problem and not the

problem of the limbs. So brain needs to be strengthened and activated.

 

Generally a stroke patient automatically recover even without medicine for the

first two months then recovery stops. Many doctors thinking that their medicine

is working. Progress stops at a stage and no recovery due to any medicine. At

this stage you have to give medicine and produce recovery. The pity of the

stroke patient is he never understands his disease first . It takes a long time

to understand the right treatment procedures and mostly he don't know who will

help him to recover.

R.Vidhyasagar.

 

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The mind should be free from all kinds of tension.

A gentle oil massage on the head is recommended.

First and foremost is to keep the patient warm as warm as can be.

[Guest guest]

Stroke is never a disease of malnutrition.  Homeopathic authors may be less

knowledged of this disease.

Vidhyasagar.

 

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actually the cause of stroke is also malnutrition, so all kind of nutritive

things should be given, of course taking into account the things prohibited.

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Bottlegourd, coriander, onions, curds, and tomatoes, sugar and tea, these all

come under cold foods.

 

These should be avoided.

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[Guest guest]

I found the article intelligent and altogether excellent - instead of people

picking the article to pieces, why not give a blow by blow description of

how you yourself might manage the stroke patient - if you cannot do that

then it might be better to say nothing.

 

Jane

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What you have written hot , cold , sleeping on straw are all appears a comic

story to me. banana is a food. what will happen if he eats Banana?

[Guest guest]

Okay I suggest, BP, diabetic medication can be continued by either by modern or

by  ayurveduc system.sheerabala avarthi gritham can be started along with

 swarna vath ratchasan tablet. Oil massage could be givenDiets all vegetarian

preferably and no alcohol .That's all.

Most of you will get fast relief in this prescription.Fresh cerebral hemorrhage

cases to be delt carefully because vaso dilators may increase hemorrhage. So

experience is needed in sleeting medicines according to individuals.

 

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instead of people

 

picking the article to pieces, why not give a blow by blow description of

 

how you yourself might manage the stroke patient - if you cannot do that

 

then it might be better to say nothing.

[Guest guest]

Dr Vidhya sagar ,

you have treated 2000 patients, I have treated only one and that was my husband.

I looked into every book that was available to me and from there I am saying

that it is due to nutritional deficiency. Won't you agree as a doctor that

every ailment happens due to nutritional deficiencies. Some where others helped

me so what ever I had gone through and whatever i knew and worked on, I wrote. i

am not a doctor but I know that very simple things can work as wonder therapies.

and I am searching those.  

 

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I have treated more than 2000 stroke patients . Doctors don't know which

medicine cures a stroke, There are different medicines for cerebral hemorrhage ,

Ischemia etc.

[Guest guest]

There must be very different types of Ayurvedic practitioner, for this does

seem to be a very casual and therefore rather allopathic approach.

 

Jane

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Okay I suggest, BP, diabetic medication can be continued by either by modern

or by ayurveduc system.sheerabala avarthi gritham can be started along with

swarna vath ratchasan tablet. Oil massage could be givenDiets all vegetarian

preferably and no alcohol .That's all.

[Guest guest]

I think you seems wounded by my writing. sorry that is not my aim. Medicine is

science and doctors know the causes. In India stroke patients are treated

magically fearing that their enemies did some black magic against them. Patients

are always ignorant and having wrong beliefs about diseases. That is natural.

 

This disease is incurable after one year by any method.

poor progress with in six months of attack.

Well progress if treated with in three months of attack.

 

In India Asthma patients, Brain fever attacked children, stroke patients are

changing their doctors in  every two three months with a belief of curing them.

They are attempting without success.

At one stage they will automatically stop treatments.

 

Also they were misguided by different religious spiritual healers and no

success. I thought you are a physician  so I protested.

 

Vidhyasagar

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you have treated 2000 patients, I have treated only one and that was my husband.

I looked into every book that was available to me and from there I am saying

that it is due to nutritional deficiency. Won't you agree as a doctor that

every ailment happens due to nutritional deficiencies.

[Guest guest]

Yes there are different types of Ayurvedic practitioner. Yes this seems

a rather allopathic approach.

 

There are different realities of health care in different countries. In

India one studies 5-6 years to become a practitioner who can do

virtually anything - make diagnosis for all conditions, practise

obstetrics and gynaecology, perform surgery, treat severe infectious

diseases. They study to become frontline physicians. The thousands of

patients they see often do not have the luxury of exploring diet and

lifestyle changes. They need results - and fast. Their family

livelihoods depend on their health.

 

Yes, it can be a symptomatic, allopathic approach - with the potential

for a more holistic approach given the time and resources.

 

In the " West " Ayurvedic practitioners study from 6 months to 3 years.

They are often approached by people who have tried the medical system,

who already have a diagnosis in hand (correct or otherwise). In the west

there is a stronger perception of stress and its impact on health, and

there is probably a greater exposure to various diets for health. In the

west, people don't go to Ayurvedic practitioners if they have a heart

attack, stroke, STD or cancer - they get medical attention first. They

mainly go to an ayurvedic if they have a chronic illness or want a good

health maintenance plan.

 

Most of my clients (here in Auckland, New Zealand) are 45+ women who

realise they are getting older, who have established a financial base,

and who want good health through their mature years. They have more time

and money to explore health and wellbeing. Ayurveda - and Yoga - can

offer a lot to these people; yet I believe it is in a form that is

substantially different from that actually practised in India.

 

It is this different reality that divides Indian and western ayurvedic

practitioners; and it becomes so obvious in the discussions on this

forum. Indian practitioners talk about treating patients with powerful

medicines; and western practitioners discuss the doshic infuences of

various foods.

 

It must be also realised that much of ayurvedic understanding in the

west, and especially in the US, originates from a few individuals who

have spread Ayurveda to these places. Just about every " authority " in

the US studied under Dr.Vasant Lad, so they pretty much reflect his

approach. Likewise for Yoga and people like Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois,

Bikram, etc. This encourages points of view that can exclude a broader

approach and understanding.

 

Part of my work involves getting Ayurveda (and other natural modalities)

integrated into the mainstream health services in the west. In the

meantime I am liaising with education providers that are developing

Bachelors programmes in Ayurveda, here in New Zealand. As western

governments open up to including Ayurveda in hospitals etc, and as

western ayurvedic practitioners further their training to higher levels,

there will come a time when we also will be on the frontline. Perhaps by

then, our approach to Ayurveda will change as the patient base changes.

 

In the end, health care is driven by needs, and by what works. If a

homeopathic approach works - good. If an ayurvedic approach works -

good. I have heard of a practitioner in India who sees hundreds of

patients every day with excellent results - and he gives everyone

Triphala!

 

Go figure!

 

Regards,

Gerald

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> There must be very different types of Ayurvedic practitioner, for this

does

> seem to be a very casual and therefore rather allopathic approach.