Effective cure and its relation to the mind.

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Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:39:57 -0000

" Shirish Bhate " <shirishbhate

Re: Effective cure and it's relation to the mind

 

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primarily and other members become secondary. For this reason, the

post did not attract the attention it deserved. However, one more

reiteration of the fact that this list belongs to all, irrespective

of their country, sex, disease, profession, bias etc. We are

here to discuss the ayurveda, without displacing other good

healing practices. We dont become " good " by calling others " bad " .

This post refers to all healing practices.

 

This author points out deficiencies in certain modern foods and

medicines only because his patients come loaded with toxins of modern

medicine/foods and a long time goes in cleaning those by ayurvedic

means.

 

Even homeopathy needs to prescribe medicines for this purpose.

Secondly, in several cases visiting him after frustrating experience

from modern medicine, the toxins surfaced on skin were clearly

visible at very start, and after proper ayurvedic blood cleanse, the

skin became normal in few days time.

 

Health is a harmonious equilibrium state of mind, body and soul.

(Msg# 3832). A few scattered related statements are:

 

It is possible to give energy for the development of body mind and

sole of the child in the womb by listening to special music. (msg#

3948).

 

The secret of yogasanas and breathing techniques yielding so many

benifits is also one more. Along with Chakras, the nadis which travel

all along body organs get activated for rapid conductivity of cosmic

energy. There are several important Nadi-vigyan critical points

located all along legs, hands, chest and a large number on stomach.

(Msg#3833).

 

Good yoga teachers ask the students to note the asana time by

counting breaths, not clock time. The advanntage is, while counting

breaths, you observe breath also, " prana dharana " being the term, and

mind becomes automatically thought-less or nearly so. When mind

becomes thoughtless, the demand of brain on heart, normally 30% of

total cardiac output, reduces to just 10% or so, releasing extra 20%

load on heart. This also happens in meditation, giving the secret of

meditation as hypertension cure. Liver, heart muscle and some other

muscles in body have certain capacity to regenerate, if given

adequate rest by observing fast or meditation.

 

The best example of mind-body correlation is given by the experiments

on dogs carried out decades ago. Dogs were fed and just few minutes

before feeding a bell was ringing always. Later it was observed that

dogs started salivating whenever bell used to ring. The bell used to

cause this mind-body reaction. Importance of mind is brought out by

Jagannath also in msg#4026, where he says controlling mind alone is

adequate.

 

Mind-body connection is used by midwives to encourage adrenals of a

laboring mother. Thoughts of her baby make her bear the pain. Under

the " informed consent " , several mothers have left decision to healer,

stating " do what is best for my baby " . Mother never thinks about

herself, first thought that comes to her mind is baby's well being.

 

The reason why simple home remedies often show wonderful reasults is

that they are told by mother or grand-mother. They have nothing but

love to offer. Same fact is used by spiritual healers and yogis. When

you approach a yogi, your faith on him, the thought that now you are

going to get well, itself is 50% medicine. When Jagannath Chatterji

says a healer must inspire confidence in patient by his austere

behaviour, the purpose is to invoke the mind-body connection for

healing.

 

This author has also sometimes committed mistake while prescribing,

and was surprised to see that the medicine worked despite not being

used for that purpose normally!

 

Often, it is found that there is subtantial difference between what

patient says about his symptoms and what his pulse tells. This may be

due to misunderstanding of Kapha with phlegm, heat with Pitta and Gas

with Vata. Vaidya must ignore the terminology of patient and

correctly diagnose on the basis of symptoms+pulse according to his

experience.

 

Ayurveda is a unique philosophy, where touch with the fingers in

pulse diagnosis invokes patients mind and focus. Touch language is

universally recognised, starting at the birth itself. A crying baby knows

mothers

touch and will not become silent till mother has held her. The change

in the pulse during the time diagnosis is going on, tells the healer

whether patient trusts him or not. Contrasts this with " white coat

syndrome " wherein patients B.P. always measures high in " clinic " only.

If ayurvedic vaidyas start wearing western clothes and white coat, they

will also invoke similar response!

 

Stress can be easily diagnosed using pulse as well as certain

accupressure points in the sole of the feet. If one repeats

pulse/B.P. measurement after asking patients to take 5 breaths with

heavy inhale and slow exhale, the loss in pulse rate and systolic

B.P. tells about stress. Ancient texts mention doing pulse check three

times in an appointment.

 

Just a simple morning walk for 10 minutes will relieve his

hypertension by about 10 points! The very sight of early morning,

rising sun has such a profound effect on mind! The village life style

in India even today requires visiting outskirts every morning, where

sounds of birds, and morning signs take care of stress. Stress is a

city phenomenon, and so hypertension is caused predominatly by stress.

Patients narrate their experience: " Cardiologist told me that I must

walk 3.5 kms everyday. Since my legs are paining, how can I? "

" OK as ayurvedist, I too tell you to walk, but just start with only 100

meters.

every week add 20 meters. " He is able to reach 5 km a day in just six

months. This gradual step-by-step approach has

yielded so many benifits to many. This approach works in all Vatic

diseases. Simple exercises, step-by-step increase in time and

intensity worked wonders in case of obese women. Their problems about

lack of time due to household chores must be solved first. In India,

a woman never visits a doctor alone. Some family member will always

accompany her. And if she takes your time in telling how family

members increase her work load, how they do not co-operate etc. let

her out with all her complaints! Once mind becomes empty, she is more

receptive to what Vaidyas say. Vaidyas, after long association with

patients from a family can assume a role of elderly doing ear-

pinching of erring family members!

 

An aged woman visited this author once, along with her husband. After

noting that she had lot of stress, this author wanted to know her

family life. She used to have frition with daughter-in-law daily, the

reason being her son was no more paying respect to her. The grand-

son wanted to spend time with grand-ma but was not allowed by

daughter-in-law! Growing children are so much like anti-depressant

medicines for grand parents. She wanted to go to old age home now and

asked if this author knew some good old age homes.

 

After sending her back with some mild medicines, author called her

son and daughter-in-law. They were told that their medicine

expenditure could be cut to 25% if they changed their family

environment.

 

After a month, when the old lady was given a phone call to tell

that a good old age home was located, she answered;

 

" Doctor, I have changed my plans. And forget what I told you about my

daughter-in-law. She is very good to me now. I am on way to being grand

ma second time! My whole time goes in playing with my grand-son and

not getting time to take your medicines. Half of them are still left

over. Since my problems have significantly reduced, can I send them

back for some other poor patient? "

 

This is not the fabricated story. She is a Mumbai patient, turning 72

next month. With many patients, author has understood that women differ

a lot from men. MOre about it at some other time.

 

Chemicals in herbs give only 50% help. Since discussion

on garlic is going on the list, let this author add his two cents.

Jain patients have aversion to honey. Hence any tablets, before

prescribing, author asks them can they take with honey? Though most

answer affirmatively, author presctribes them with ghee/milk and

earns their love, since respecting others feeling/religion is a must in

this profession.

 

There is no need to tell those who are addicted to intoxicants like

tea, coffee, alcohol, smoking etc to stop. " Medicine will reduce your

craving. You help medicine further by not smoking when there is

no strong urge " . This statement has yielded wonderful results! This

author also could quit cigarette when someone said " True love is giving

not receiving, right. Let me see. Give me your cigarette! "

See how patient-healer relationship works! The relationship should be

like mother-baby relationship. In agreement with what Todd says in a

recent post, the patients gifts are offered out of appreciation and

affections. As long as they are inexpensive, the intention is clear, Vaidyas

can accept, but tell patient not to bring it again.

 

In conclusion, author would say that every alternate healer should

learn other philosophies to some extent

 

In conclusion, treat mind first, infuse confidence in patients mind

first. If he/she knows that you mean " Do no harm " , patient is yours

for life time. And the satisfaction that you could be of some help to few,

itself will keep Vaidya's health in " gold " condition.

 

Dr Bhate

 

 

 

 

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