Indian TV Media Changes Stance on Holistic Medicine.

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

Yesterday there was a critical examination of the Unani system of medicine and

also an interview of Swami Ramdev on two very popular TV channels.

 

The discussion on Unani brought to fore the fact that this system of medicine

has much to offer to the coffers of healing. Despite objections raised against

it, the Unani healers, backed by a spirited and informed audience revealed how

all tests have been performed as per modern parameters which has found the

system satisfactory. The results of these tests have also been published in the

scientific journals of repute. All that stood between Unani and success is the

need to inform the people and also to clear the misconceptions in the minds of

the mainstream doctors.

 

Dr Gulati of the MEMS tried to defend the stance of modern medicine vis a vis

the holistic methods but unfortunately he was confronted by a knowledgeable

audience which comprised of Health Ministry officials from the Central Council

for Research in Unani. These agitated officials rebutted his claims with

irrefutable facts, and a pensive Dr Gulati was forced to admit that all was not

well with the present medical setup. He said that the government was lax in

control. The programme coordinator opined in conclusion that patients must be

self informed and choose the system of medicine that suits their taste. The days

of blind faith are clearly over.

 

Swami Ramdev appeared stoical and answered all the charges levelled against

him with elan. He said his intention was not to cheat the people but to deliver

them from those who preferred to mislead them for financial gains. He said he

was not doing anything wrong by trying to collect Rs. 100 crores for a research

institute and a base for developing yoga and ayurveda. He said this sum was very

paltry compared to the Rs. 2,00,000 crores that went to the pockets of the

mainstream medical setup.

 

He said that while modern medicine admitted that all diseases stemmed from

lack of mental control and the resultant stress, the mainstream medicos did

nothing to rectify the situation. It was he who, through yoga and pranayama, was

trying to purify the mind to stem the flow of diseases. The interviewer, Sri

Prabhu Chawla, tried to look tough but was soon influenced by the frankness in

the Swami's thoughts.

 

These are happy days for all health activists who have been clamouring for

decades to rectify the present reductionist form of treatment and usher in the

era of holism. They have had to face unwarranted criticism, have been dubbed

unscientific, impractical, have been isolated and subjected to very crude

character assassination. The journey is not over yet but there is now light at

the end of the long dark tunnel. There is hope.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

 

 

" Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest

of life by the power of the spirit. " - Aurobindo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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