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32. HEART DISEASES 87
Symptoms
Strong
beating sound in the chest ,chest pain, breathing
troubles,
trembling of arms and legs etc. are the symptoms of
this
disease.
Causes:
There can
be many reasons for heart disease.
1.Persons who keep their stomachs ful
and heavy need a
greater
blood supply for their stomachs, and their hearts have
to
overwork in order to keep up that extra supply
Consequently
their hearts become weak. 91
2. Persons above thirty – five or forty
years of age who
consume an
excessive quantity of non- vegetarian food
out of
greed may
also suffer from heart disease; because
non-vegetarian
food increases the acidity of the blood, and
this compels
the heart to overwork in order to purify the
blood; and
the heart becomes weak .An increase in the acidity
of blood
also gradually weakens other organs of the body ,
and those
weaknesses directly or indirectly weaken the heart.
3. Taking excessive fatty and oil food
and not undertaking a
proportional
amount of physical labor loads the human
Nervous
system down with at ,and as a result it becomes
impossible
for the nerves to properly assist the heart .as a
result the
heart becomes weak. Fat accumulated in the nerves
and blood
vessels terribly hampers the blood circulation ,and
in order
to maintain the circulation , the heart is forced to
overwork
.as a consequence the heart soon becomes weak.
4. Due to the debility o the liver
.surplus fat o the body
may get a
chance to accumulate in the nerves and blood
vessels
,and the heart naturally becomes weak
.Usually patients
of this
condition have chronic dysentery also.
5. Another reason for heart disease is
the practice of eating
too
much food at one sitting with little
or no appetite;
because
taking a large quantity of food enlarges the stomach,
and that
enlarged stomach starts putting pressure on the heart
above it.
Persons who do not have breakfast and a afternoon
snack
usually eat heavy meals at lunch and dinner .If such a
habit
continues day after day ,their
stomachs get enlarged and
they
suffer from heart disease.
6. Constipation is another reason for
heart disease .If the
bowels are
not cleared ,the accumulated stool
decays inside
the body
and breeds a certain type of germ. If these germs get
a chance
to strike the heart ,the patient suffers from heart
disease.
7. Ill-tempered persons also run the risk
of heart disease, 92
because in
ager the flow of blood to the head and face
becomes
suddenly accelerated (which makes
these people turn
red). To
supply this extra blood ,the heart has suddenly to
work very
hard .That is why persons who are habitually
ill-tempered
suffer from weakness of the heart .For the same
reason
,extreme shyness may make the heart very weak.
8. In extreme fright also ,the blood all
of a sudden leaves
the other parts of the body and rushes towards
the heart in
great
quantity. It is difficult for the heart to stand this pressure,
so in
extreme fright the heart pounds or
palpitates ,and often
even stops
beating and causes death .(People have often been
known to
die of heart failure in fear of imaginary ghosts ;and
just before death or immediately thereafter ,
such
,terror
stricken people suffer from bleeding from the mouth
and other
people see it and think that the victims
have
really been killed by ghosts).So fearful persons are often
found to
be suffering from heart disease.
9. For the same reason ,indulgence in
sex causes heart
to strain
and the breathing to become heavy .so habitually
passionate
people also suffer from heart disease. too much
seminal
loss in young people also brings about
heart disease.
10. Use of wine ,tobacco, viri,
cigarettes and other
intoxicants increase
the acidity of the blood ,weaken the
glandular
system ,and ultimately prevent the
active
co-operation of the heart and the glands
,causing them to fall
sick.
11. When a person suffers from devitalizing or chronic
disease
for a long time ,his or her blood will become weak
And to
revitalize that blood ,the person’s heart has to
overwork
,and gradually the heart becomes weak.
that is why
with
beriberi , pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes, gonorrhea,
syphilis
and female disease ,the longer a patient suffers, the
more the
heart becomes weak ,and when it
becomes
extremely
weak it stops and the patient dies.
Treatment:
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Morning—Utksepa
Mudra,(don’t drink too much water),
Yogamudra,Diirgha
Pranama, Bhujaungasana,Vayavii Mudra
or Vyavii
Pranayama and Padahastasana.
Evening –Yogamudra,Diirgha Pranama
,Bhujaungasana,
Padahastana
and Vayavii Mudra Mudra or Vayavii Pranayama
Remember that patients should practice no
asanas and
mudras
other than Utksepa Mudra when the disease is critical
Only after
some improvement in the disease should
these
asanas and mudra’s
be practiced.When patients are more or
less
cured,they should practice Karmasana instead of
Padahastana.the
practice of Vyapaka Snana is also
especially
helpful in this disease.
Diet:
Only fruits and milk should be taken with
disease
Breakfast
and afternoon snacks should also be composed of
fruits and
milk only .at noon a very small quantity of
easily
digestible and non constipating food
should be taken ;it
is better
to refrain from eating rice or ruti
but a little boiled
rice can
be taken.(Patients should not eat bananas
after sunset.) Those who cannot digest milk or who for
some
reason are
unable to procure it ,may drink curd water
instead
One shoul
not add salt to food while eating .Care should be
taken to
let breath flow thorugh the right nostril for some
time after
meal.
Do’s and
don’ts:
Patients should never eat a lot at one
sitting – rather they
should eat
a small quantity at a time ,several times. When
patients
are critically ill they should eat nothing but milk ,fruit
juice
especially orange /tangerine and tomato) ,milk or water
with
honey ,and the juice of spinach
,kalamii,beto,
punarnava
,shushuni or shulpha .when thirsty ,drink water
with a
little lemon juice.
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Sleeping during the day ,keeping late
nights ,and greedily
eating a
full stomach of food are all very dangerous for heart
patients.
Dinner invitations usually involve rich food, so
patients
should not accept dinner invitations .they should go
to bed
between 8 and 8:30 in the evening.
One should again remember that eating a
small quantity of
spinach ,
beto, kalamii, shulpha, shushuni or punarnava-leafy
vegetables-
is good for heart patients. Bara elaca is also
particularly
helpful in curing this disease .Utmost attention
must be
paid to clearing the bowels.
Heart patients should sleep at least
nine hours at night. The
mind
should
always be held back from anger and lust .Physical
and
mental, exertion garrulousness and sex should all be
strictly avoided.
Some remedies:
1. Everyday in the morning and before
retiring to bed at
night
,patients should take spoonful of bara elaca,powdered
along with
the husk ,with honey .this will give good results.
2. The juice of shulpha greens mixed with
honey is very
useful in
heart diseases.
3. A spoonful of cinnamon powder with a
little honey,
taken
twice a day, will bring excellent results.
4. Take 1/16 tola of bhumi kusmanda
powder with little
honey
twice a day.
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1..::ASTHMA::.
Symptoms:
Difficulty
in breathing, caused partly by kapha and partly by Vayu, is the
symptom
of this disease. The attack is usually felt towards the end of the
night.
Causes:
When
the fine bronchial tubes through which air flows to the lungs become full
of
phlegm or mucus due to weakness of the glands connected to the Anahata Cakra,
(*)
the passage of air becomes obstructed. Due to contraction of the weak
bronchial
tubes, the carbon dioxide of the body cannot come out as it should,
and
that poisonous gas, trapped in the body, is to a large extent responsible
for
the breeding of disease germs.
The
weakening of the glands connected to the Anahata Cakra cannot alone be
responsible
for permanent respiratory trouble. When weakness of the glands
related
to the Manipura Cakra (*) -- as a primary cause -- and of those related
to
the Vishuddha Cakra (*Psychic‑energy
centres located at the mid‑point of
the
chest,
the navel an the throat, respectively.)-- as a secondary cause-- is added
to
the weakness of the glands of the Anahata Cakra, then only does a respiratory
disease
express itself. If, due to weakness of the digestive fluids, the blood
gets
contaminated by acids, or if one is suffering from constipation, then
different
organs of the body also become weak. In such a condition, due to
weakness
of the lungs, the nervous system controlling the lungs also suffers
from
debility and finally the bronchial tubes as well become weak. That is the
time
when asthma becomes fully manifest.
Diet:
For
breakfast patients should eat local sweet or sour fruits, or meoya fruits
soaked
in water for a few hours. A little lemon juice should be consumed a
number
of times during the day. The patient should never completely fill the
stomach.
The bowels should be cleared carefully, because constipation aggravates
asthma.
As for food, a small quantity of hot boiled rice or ruti, together with
sufficient
leafy‑vegetable soup, milk, curd (yogurt) or curd‑water should be
used.
In fact all alkaline foods are beneficial in this disease. Ghee, oil,
rice,
pulses, rutis, and all non‑vegetarian
foods are acidic, therefore the less
these
are taken the better.
Do’s
and Don’ts:
Milk
should be the main drink for asthma patients. It is better for them to
finish
the evening meal as early as possible, certainly by an hour and a half
after
sunset, that is, by 7:30 or 8 PM, because it will keep the stomach light,
having
digested the food well before dawn. Then acute asthmatic spasms cannot
occur.
Remember that asthmatic spasms cannot occur when one's stomach hungers
for
food, so in a severe attach of asthma, the more one fasts, the better.
Asthma
patients should strictly abstain from all sorts of intoxicants. Anyone
who
drinks less than three‑fourths
seer of milk a day should not drink even one
cup
of tea. Also, all non‑vegetarian
types of food are to rejected.
For
a person who cannot avoid eating non‑vegetarian
food, a little soup of small
and
freshly‑caught fish is permissible. In
those countries where it is almost
impossible
to obtain vegetarian types of food, patients should use myrobalan or
some
other laxative agent after meals in order to save themselves from
constipation.
In summer, winter and in all seasons, patients should take a long
walk
in the open air.
Some
remedies:
1.
Excellent results can be achieved if the patient takes on tola of the branch
roots
of white punarnava ground together in river water with 2 1/2 pieces of
black
pepper. Do this on an empty stomach while sitting facing north, on any
Monday,
after bathing.
2.
Boil 5 tolas of cow's ghee in a kansa pot. In another pot heat 2 1/2 tolas of
ginger
extract, and mix it into the boiled ghee and cover with a Kansa plate.
When
the mixture has stopped simmering, take about 2 tolas and pour it into 1/8
seer
of hotmilk and give it to the asthma patient to drink when his/her
suffering
is acute. Plenty of mucus and phlegm will immediately be brought up,
and
the patient will feel relieved. If the mixture can be taken continuously for
fifteen
days, the disease will be completely cured.
3.
Catch a frog and take out its heart. Cut the heart into four parts. For four
consecutive
mornings, after having a bath, eat one piece together with a banana
on
a completely empty stomach. It will bring good results.
4.
Catch 6 or 7 cockroaches and boil them in half a seer of water. When the
water
has boiled down to 1/8 seer (10 tolas), strain it carefully and drink it
hot
twice a day, 5 tolas each time. This relieves asthma.
5.
Burn a peacock feather to ashes and take 1/16 tola of the ashes by slowly
licking
with honey. This will relieve the suffering of asthma within a short
time.
6.
Aged raw cane sugar and pure mustard oil mixed in equal quantities
(preferably
one tola each), if taken by licking them each day early in the
morning
for twenty‑one days continuously on an
empty stomach, will give
excellent
results in asthma.
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2.::ACIDITY::.
Symptoms:
Physical
weakness, acidic or watery belching, dizziness, burning stomach,
heartburn,
etc.
Causes:
Oxygen
inhaled in breathing enters the body and eventually turns into carbon
dioxide.
Through the influence of this carbon dioxide, the digestive
fluid‑secreting glands are activated. If food is taken irregularly and
excessively
day after day, or if food is forced down with little or no appetite,
or
if eating rich food becomes a steady habit, it becomes impossible for the
digestive
fluid to digest the food properly. then, just as one the one hand the
undigested
or partially‑ digested food turns into
poisonous gas, so on the other
hand
the secreted digestive fluid gradually turns into harmful acid.
The
digestive fluids are themselves acidic, but under normal conditions when
they
digest food they themselves are digested. When, however, as a result of the
aforesaid
irregularities, they are unable to digest the food, the fluids
themselves
also remain undigested.
The
cause of acidity, therefore, is the poisonous gas being produced by the
decomposed
food, together with the putrid acid produced by the deterioration of
the
undigested fluids.
The
putrid acidic gas and fluids cause a burning sensation in the stomach. When
they
rise up to the chest they cause heartburn; when they reach the throat,
burning
is felt in the throat; when they rise further they cause dizziness.
Due
to this excessive acidity, the blood becomes acid‑ dominated. Being
overworked,
the blood‑purifying organs of the body
also become weak, and the
patient
feels weak.
This
over‑acidity of the blood also causes swelling
and consequent pain in
different
parts of the body, especially the joints. The name of this condition
is
'rheumatism.'
When
a strong and continuous effort is being made by the body's organs to purify
the
over‑acid blood, this condition is called
'colic' or 'shooting pain.'
Diet:
In
acidity boiled old rice (grains a few years old), soup of green vegetables
(no
vegetables fried, parched, or taken in large quantity), juicy sweet or sour
fruits,
and curd‑water are especially useful.
Curd (yogurt) alone is not
particularly
beneficial for acidity patients.
Do’s
and Don’ts:
For
patients of acidity it is particularly important to walk in the open air, to
eat
less food than the appetite demands, and to drink plenty of water, in small
amounts,
at intervals throughout the day. Coconut and coconut foods and
medicines
are especially useful in this disease. Patients should refrain from
eating
breakfast and snacks. If the hunger is unbearable, the patient may eat a
little
bit of juicy fruit. A frequent symptom of this disease is that, due to
old
habits, the digestive glands discharge an excessive quantity of fluids, as a
result
of which the patient suddenly feels an extreme hunger at odd times, which
is
called 'demon hunger.' That is why we find that a patient who is often in a
depressed
mood about his/her disease or goes around talking about the disease to
everyone,
when he/she sits down to eat, eats excessively. This symptom is the
result
of the secretion of digestive fluids at a particular time in accordance
with
the old habits of the patient. It is therefore desirable to be cautious
about
this 'demon,' detrimental hunger. An acidity patient should never violate
these
do's and don'ts.
If
due to the over‑secretion
of digestive fluids the patient suffers from 'demon
hunger,'
it can be relieved by drinking a large glass of water. When the acidity
patient
feels pain, it is advisable to drink orange or tangerine juice mixed in
tepid
water. After the pain has subsided, lemon juice in cold water should be
taken.
As with dyspepsia, during mealtime and for an hour thereafter breath
should
be flowing through the patient's right nostril.
At
the time of severe colic pain, the dominant flow of breath should be changed
from
the nostril through which it was flowing at the time the pain started to
the
other nostril. allowing the bile to accumulate by not taking something when
one
is hungry should never be permitted, because in that even the undigested
bile
itself will become the cause of acidity.
Some
remedies:
1.
Eat some shredded dry coconut along with a prepared betel (Piper betle Linn.)
leaf,
or some flesh of mature coconut along with aniseed.
2.
To get immediate relief from a distressing colic pain, equal quantities of
chalk
and atapa rice powder should be ground together, and 1/2 tola of the
mixture
should be taken.
3.
Take with cold water 1/16 of the white portion of the ashes of the tamarind
(Tamarindus
indica
Linn) pod.
4.
Take 1/16 tola of the ashes of white akanda leaf and rock salt after burning
them
together in equal quantities in an enclosed earthen pot.
5.
As with dyspepsia, it is desirable for acidity patients to observe fasting on
Ekadashii
days and regulation of diet on Purnima and Amavasya.
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3.::DIABETES::.
Symptoms:
Incessant
desire for urination, burning sensation in the urinary tract,
continuous
thirst and sweet taste in the mouth, attraction of flies and ants
towards
the urine, headache, dizziness, pale and dry skin, becoming old in
appearance
at a young age, discomfort all over the body, etc., taken together,
are
the indications of diabetes. It is often found that diabetic persons suffer
from
cataracts.
Causes:
It
is not always the case that sugar is present in the urine of diabetes
patients.
Diabetes with sugar in the urine is called 'somaroga' or 'madhumeha'.
Diabetes
without sugar is called 'muratisara' or 'udakameha'.
The
debility of the Manipura Cakra (* Psychic‑energy
center located at the
navel.)
is the main cause of diabetes. Amongst the pancreatic juices, one
secretion
helps in the digestion of food, and another separates the sugar
content
from non‑vegetarian and starchy types of
food. The sugar is then stored
in
a particular section of the liver and according to body requirements it is
dissolved
to generate heat and vital power to run the body mechanism. Chronic
indigestion,
constipation (here also the stool usually turns into pellets), and
excessive
seminal waste-- all weaken the vitality of the liver. When such
weakening
takes place, the sugar contents of the food, failing to find a storage
place
in the liver, are assimilated into the blood and gradually accumulate. As
a
result, the blood gets polluted and loses its immune properties to a great
extent.
The natural reaction of the body in such a situation is to try to purify
the
blood by separating out its sugar content and expelling it with the urine.
To
dissolve the sugar, the human body needs plenty of water, and that is why
diabetes
patients suffer from a continuous thirst. Sugar emitted with the urine
in
a large quantity gradually reduces the vital energy of diabetes patients.
Diet:
As
diabetes is basically a disease of liver and pancreas, care has to be taken
to
keep these organs in a healthy state, and to do so patients must select food
that
will keep their bowels clear, yet which is nutritious and easily
digestible.
All types of fruits are good for this disease, especially ripe
bananas.
Non‑vegetarian food must never be eaten.
Vegetable proteins are also
acidic,
hence they are to eaten as sparingly as possible. It is therefore
advisable
to reduce the intake of rice and ruti (made of wheat flour) and
instead
to use more foods such as vegetable soup, plantain soup, patol, okra,
dhundula,
palta, squash (Lagenaria vulgaris Seringe), plantain spathes and
flowers,
figs, etc., which contain alkaline properties.PRIVATE
Do’s
and Don’ts:
Diabetes
is the disease of intellectuals. Those who do physical labor seldom
suffer
from this disease. Undergoing mental exertion, remaining indoors for a
long
period, physical laziness, constipation, intemperance, etc., are reasons
for
the contraction of diabetes. As has already been said, diabetes is basically
connected
with the liver and the pancreas, hence only those foods should be
selected
which do not over‑stimulate
those vital organs. Similarly, work and
exercise
which will help to bring these organs into their normal state of health
must
be pursued more and more. For those who are adverse to physical labor, a
cure
from diabetes is next to impossible.
The
human body also needs the nutrients offered by starchy and non‑vegetarian
types
of food; therefore foods which are not acidic but rather alkaline, yet
contain
those nutrients, should be taken in greater quantity to meet those
needs.
This will include coconut, peanuts, curd (yogurt), bananas, etc. A drink
of
peanut extract and water without sugar and with little or no honey is ideal
as
both food and medicine for this disease.
Remember
that insulin may increase the vitality of a patient but can never cure
the
disease.
Generally
diabetes patients are a bit greedy, and sometimes they eat too much
sweetened
food, which brings on the disease. Diabetes patients must keep control
over
such temptations and should practice fasting.
In
the severe state of the disease a continuous fast for two or three days
taking
nothing but a little juice of lemon or other fruit will definitely reduce
the
sugar content of the urine.
Sometimes
sugar is completely absent in the urine. In this respect one has to
remember
that sugar may be found temporarily in the urine if the urinary
bladder,
kidney or some other internal organ is subjected to a blow. If in such
cases
insulin is given, it will actually harm the patient. Under such
circumstances
the best thing to do would be to treat the injury of the concerned
organ
appropriately, and then the urine of the patient will automatically become
sugar‑free.
Some
remedies:
1.
Boil myrobalan, mutha, lodha and banyan fruits in equal quantities and drink
2
tolas of the extract early in the morning for a few days regularly. This will
bring
a good result.
2.
Crush about 1/8 seer of guava leaves in water at night. The next morning
strain
the leaves out and drink the water. This will bring good results during
the
severe state of diabetes.
3.
(a) 1 tola of yajina dumura juice with honey; or
(b) 1 tola of telakuca leaf extract taken
with honey early in the morning by
licking
it; will relieve diabetes.
4.
(a) 1/16 tola of the inside of jam seeds with honey; or
(b) Dry shimula root crushed with powder, to
be licked with honey in a quantity
of
1/16 tola; will yield excellent results with diabetes.
5.
When the disease is worsening, 5 tolas of bansha leaves in half a seer of
water,
boiled down to 1/8 seer, and the leaves strained out, should be drunk for
immediate
results.
6.
Boil gente durba, vahina dumura, emblic myrobalan (emblica offinalis
Gaetrn.),
myrobalan,
coriander seeds and gandha‑mutha in
equal quantities in half a seer
of
water. When boiled down to 1/8 seer, drink it. Do this every day for a week
at
break of dawn. This will bring beautiful results.
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4.::RHEUMATISM::.
Symptoms:
Swelling
and contractions of the muscles or of different joints, acute pain or
deformity
of the swollen parts, etc., are the symptoms of this disease.
Causes:
The
causes of this disease are just like those of acidity. That is to say,
rheumatism
occurs when the vayu bodily air is disturbed due to excess of
poisonous
acids in the body.
Treatment:
Same as for acidity.
Rheumatism
patients should drink a sufficient quantity of water (say four to
five
seers a day, but not much at a time), and should also observe he bathing
and
sun‑bathing procedures. First the diseased limb
should be exposed several
times
to the rays of the sun, and finally the entire body. The prescribed
procedure
for sun‑bathing should be carefully
followed, i.e., exposing the
particular
limb or the entire body to the sun for fifteen to twenty minutes at a
stretch
at the time fixed for summer or winter months (see Appendix). When the
particular
limb or the entire body, as the case may be, has become sufficiently
warm,
the patient should retire to the shade and wipe the area with a wet towel.
This
can be repeated several times.
Diet:
When
a person's system becomes acid‑dominated
rheumatism is the consequence.
Hence
the more a patient takes alkaline types of food, the better. If
three‑fourths of the food is alkaline, it will cure rheumatism
completely within
a
very short time. That is to say, all kinds of sweet and sour fruits and
roots,
are
good for a rheumatism patient. Fasting with lemon juice and water on
Ekadashii,
Purnima and Amavasya days must be observed. Instead of cooked rice,
it
is better to take relatively dry food like ruti at night. But it is always
better
for rheumatism patients to take as little as possible starchy and acidic
food
such as rice, ruti, luci, etc., and instead to take fruits, roots,
vegetable
soups, etc., which are alkaline.
Do’s
and Don’ts:
Just
as for acidity; special care must be taken to clear the bowels regularly.
Some
special remedies:
All
remedies prescribed for acidity are also applicable in this disease. In
addition--
1.
When rheumatism first starts expressing itself, a mild purgative will cure it
quickly.
10 or 12 tender leaves of sodala fried in ghee; or
2.
10 or 12 tender leaves of bichuti fried in ghee-- either of the two eaten
with
rice, will yield good results in the initial stages of rheumatism.
3.
Castor oil with a little salt; or
4.
Akanda gum with a little salt; rubbed on the rheumatic limbs, will give good
results.
5.
Rheumatism can be cured by placing a warm solution of sajane gum mixed with
water
and a little asafetida (Ferula foetida Regel) on the affected limb, or by
applying
6.
Garlic, ginger and the root of apamarga, pounded together, to the affected
limb.
7.
Fry some pork in mustard oil and rub that oil on the limbs. This will ease
the
pain.
8.
Tiger fat rubbed on the limbs will work similarly.
9.
Either anantamula extract with honey: or
10.
Gulainca extract; duly cooled and taken in 5 tolas quantity every morning
will
yield good results within a very short time.
11.
Boil 2 tolas of triphala in half a seer of water; and when it has boiled
down
to 1/8 seer and is still warm, add 2 tolas of ginger extract. Drinking this
for
three days will surely cure rheumatic fever as well as elephantiasis,
filaria,
or any similar condition.
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measurement:
1 tola = 12 gm.
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