“Homeopathy …cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment, and is beyond all doubt safer and more economical, and the most complete medical science”
Mahatma Gandhi

“I have long been an ardent believer in the science of homeopathy, and I fell happy that it has got now a greater hold in India than even in the land of its origin. It is not merely a collection of a few medicines, but a real science with a rational philosophy as its base.”
Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize for Literature 1913

“I DO NOT ASK FOR ANY CROWN, THAT WHICH ALL MAY WIN; NOR TRY TO CONQUER ANY WORLD, EXCEPT THE ONE WHO IS SICK WITHIN”
–DR. HAHNEMANN

LET US BOW TO THE FOUNDER OF THE MOST COMPLETE HEALING SCIENCE I.E. HOMOEOPATHY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dr. HAHNEMANN

LET US GET RID OF OUR ANGER, FRUSTRATIONS, FEARS, PREJUDICES, COMPLEXES & ALL OTHER NEGATIVITES ON THIS DIWALI …

LET’ S PRAY TO THE ALMIGHTY THAT,

Lead Us From the Unreal To Real,
Lead Us From Darkness To Light,
Lead Us From Death To Immortality,
Let There Be Peace Peace Peace.

- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.

HAVE AN EXPERIANCE OF ENLIGHTENMENT WITHIN

WISHING YOU PROSPUROUS, BLISSFULL, EVOLVING & HEALTHY YEAR AHEAD.

                                                                                                                                                                 DR. PARTH MANKAD

-DR. PARTH MANKAD.

ABOUT FLU :

“Influenza”, “La Grippe” or, in common parlance, simply “Flu” is an acute infectious disease spread by virus. “Virus” is a Latin word meaning poison but is used specifically as a term for a group of pathogens which are barely visible or invisible under the ordinary microscope; they are generally believed to be living organisms or chemical entities on the borderline between the living and the non-living, causing disease in plants, bacteria, insects, animals and man.

Types of influenza

Types A, B, C and D of influenza virus are recognised.

Influenza A viruses are the most important pathogens among the influenza viruses, infecting man and many domestic animals and birds.

Influenza B virus causes influenza and sometimes pneumonia in man, the disease being more endemic than that caused by influenza A virus.

Influenza C virus is thought to cause sporadic, mild influenza-like infections in man.

Para – influenza viruses D, HA 1, HA 2, C A are other varieties.

ABOUT SWINE FLU:

Swine Influenza is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses cause high levels of illness and low death rates in pigs .

Swine influenza is also called as H1N1 flu, swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu is an infection by a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 that derives in part from human influenza, avian influenza, and two separate strains of swine influenza.. It passes with apparent ease from human to human .

In simple words swine flu is an influenza caused by H1N1 virus which replicates and spreads much faster than other virus .

TRANSMISSION OF THE SWINE FLU:

As with other flu like illnesses, Swine influenza is spread as follows:

• Coughing
• Sneezing
• Kissing
• Touching infected objects
• Touching nose, mouth and/or eyes with infected hands

CLINICAL FEATURES :

After a short incubation say of one or two days, at the most three, there is felt a

· Sudden malaise

· Headache

· Loss of appetite

· Pain in back and limbs

· Nausea & vomiting ( in few cases )

· Cough & croup

· Upper respiratory tract infection – pharyngitis , laryngits etc.

· Fever – around 103 F

All these features followed by great prostration and lethargy, which takes a person’s general health and vitality too much down.

“ SWINE FLU IS NOT AT ALL DANGEROUS TO ALL WHO IS H1N1 POSITIVE IT IS ONLY DANGEROUS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING LESS IMMUNITY AND ARE AT RISK TO GET THE COMPLICATIONS .”

People at risk :

* Wrong life style and prone to get infections for which who keep using antibiotics * elderly
* Chronic health problems (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease)
* Pregnant women
* Young children

COMPLICATION OF SWINE FLU:

* Pneumonia – Bronchopneumonia is the most important complication and is responsible for most of the deaths.

* Bronchitis
* Sinus infections
* Ear infections – otitis media
* Death due to acute respiratory distress syndrome.

MANAGEMENT OF THE SWINE FLU :

1.Bed Rest is of primary importance, the sooner, the better. Continue even after recovery.

2. In order to avoid complications like pneumonia the patient should under all circumstances be protected from a draught of air. However, the room should be well ventilated.

3. Isolation is necessary to avoid its spread. It may not be possible as the disease is fast spreading.

4. Diet should be liquid – hot and sweetened. Hot milk. Fruit juice, nourishing soup.

5. The patient should not be given bath (cold or warm) since it causes further chilling, particularly the chest and head.

6. To avoid droplet infection, all the expectorations should be received in a pot and the excretions should be incinerated.

7. As the patient is left a physical wreck, he should be instructed to clothe himself properly and avoid chilling and fatigue at all costs.

It is again stressed that convalescence being very slow, even after mild cases, several days of rest should be insisted upon before the patient is allowed to return to work.

EFFICACY OF HOMOEOPATHY IN SWINE FLU :

Homeopathy was very successful in dealing with the 1918-19 flu pandemic. Here is a quote from the famous historian Julian Winston:

Perhaps the most recent use of homeopathy in a major epidemic was during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. The Journal of the American Institute for Homeopathy, May, 1921, had a long article about the use of homeopathy in the flu epidemic. Dr. T A McCann, from Dayton, Ohio, reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homeopathically had a mortality rate of 1.05%. This last figure was supported by Dean W.A. Pearson of Philadelphia (Hahnemann College) who collected 26,795 cases of flu treated with homeopathy with the above result.

The most common remedy used was Gelsemium, with occasional cases needing Bryonia and Eupatorium reported. Dr. Herbert A. Roberts from Derby, CT, said that 30 physicians in Connecticut responded to his request for data. They reported 6,602 cases with 55 deaths, which is less than 1%. Dr. Roberts was working as a physician on a troop ship during WWI. He had 81 cases of flu on the way over to Europe. He reported, “All recovered and were landed. Every man received homeopathic treatment. One ship lost 31 on the way.”

(Ref. from hpathy.com )

PREVENTIVE :

most cases causes only mild symptoms and the infected person makes a full recovery without requiring medical attention and without the use of antiviral medicines. The only requirement is alertness of the right time and keeping the general health up and not to get panic with the name of swine flu.

Along with the all other preventive measures like wearing mask or avoiding contact with infected people and healthy diet one can use homoeopathic medicine in advance to prevent the self from infection.

Homoeopathic remedies increase one’s immunity for the same disease and work just as a harmless vaccine. ( as there are many side effects of the vaccine of the swineflu which are even more dangerous than the disease it self ) It also prepares the antibodies to fight with the infection if we get it.

Following 2 remedies can be best possibly act as a preventive in swine flu :

1. GELSEMIUM 200 – ONCE IN A DAY FOR 3 DAYS.

2. INFLUENZINUM 200 – ONCE IN A DAY FOR 3 DAYS. *

* it is always advisable to consult a qualified homoeopath before taking these remedies.

CURATIVE:

Homoeopathic remedies is having too less to do with the name of the disease as it is being given on the basis of the symptoms / sing s and general vitality of the person. So it can help magically to the person and help in reduction of the severity of disease and stops complications to happen.

One single and simple remedy can take care of the whole state of the sick individual which even includes the psychological phobia produced due to swine flu which no other medicine can cover. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CAN ALSO HELP IN REDUCING THE FRUSTRATION / PHOBIA / FEAR /PANIC HAPPENING DURING SWNIE FLU OR BEFORE OR AFTER DETECTION OF SWINE FLU.

As the symptomatology of the swine flu in this 2009 season appears following homoeopathic medicine can best possibly act :

1. GELSEMIUM 200
2. INFLUENZINUM 200
3. ARSENICUM ALBUM 200
4. RHUS TOXICANDRON 200
5. EUPATORIUM PERFORATUM 200 *

All these remedies can be differentiated only after talking to the patient. Repetition of the remedy also depends on the severity of the affection of disease.

* Homeopathic remedies need strict individualization .Please consult a qualified homeopath before taking any homeopathic remedy for Swine flu / influenza

FINAL NOTE:

Our body is ever ready with the equipments to fight with any new or old diseases happening to us but for that our immunity has to be kept up by ourselves.

Factors necessary to strengthen our immunity are

· HEALTHY FOOD

· HEALTHY AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS

· STRESSFREE MIND

· GOOD SLEEP

· AVOIDING UNNECESSARY ALLOPATHIC MEDICATIONS.

· TAKING TREATMENT FROM ALTERNATIVE BRANCH LIKE HOMOEOPATHY OR AAYURVEDA FOR EVEN SIMPLER PROBLEMS.

· DOING LIGHT EXERCISE, YOGA, PRANAYAM, MEDITATION OR AT LEAST WALK FOR 1 KM. /DAY.

· LISTENING GOOD MUSIC EVERYDAY.

· FOR KEEPING THE HEALTH ON TRACK IT IS ALWAYS ADVISABLE TO TAKE HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT AS IT IS THE ONLY THERAPY WHICH CAN HELP ON THE BOTH PLANES MIND AND BODY AND HELPS TO KEEP US WITH HEALTH IN ALL AREAS.

SWINE FLU IS NO MORE A BIG DEAL IF SUCH SIMPLE THINGS ARE FOLLOWED TO RAISE THE IMMUNITY.

HAVE A NON- INFECTIOUS TIME FURTHER.

For all queries, further inquiry or suggestions your comments are much welcomed.

]]> http://panaceanplace.com/?feed=rss2&p=111 1 http://panaceanplace.com/?p=92 http://panaceanplace.com/?p=92#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:27:43 +0000 Parth http://panaceanplace.com/?p=92 HAPPY DOCTOR S DAY TO ALL DOCTORS ….WHO HEAL OTHERS AND ALSO TO THOSE WHO HEAL THEM SLEVES.

A Doctor – the word by itself gives a great feel to the one. As it is by itself suggestive of a scholarly individual with due respect and of great value in the society in and around him.
Doctor’s Day is celebrated in India on July 1st every year. Doctor’s Day celebrations started in 1991 when the Government of India recognized July 1, the birth anniversary as well as the date of demise of famous physician, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (BC Roy).Dr. B.C. Roy worked a lot in area of medicine especially in terms of helping the poor patients.
Doctor is a healer …who reduces the pain , anxiety and fears in and around the people. It is a well known fact that mainly it is not the disease what makes the patient faint but it is the anxiety and darkness about the disease what makes the person faint. As a physician reduction of this anxiety and darkness in thousands of people coming to us is in our hands.
When there is doctor s day in India is there the duty and responsibility still more increases because we need to deal with the very wide range of patients…from extremely poor to rich , from quite illiterate to literate and from totally unaware to aware.
So I feel there is a lot of self actualization of being a physician is needed now days , as I feel a doctor should daily see mirror before going for the opd. And must measure the required honesty in the eyes of the self .
Most of the time medical profession limits itself only in giving the required medicine to provide the symptomatic relief….is it so ?
I will try to indicate at certain points via this article.
We can classify the duty of all physician mainly into 3 categories ..
1. Doctor as a preventative of the health
2. Doctor as diagnostician
3. Doctor as healer
1. as a preventative of the health :
Norms of life are the best safe guard of health and does much pioneer work in preserving our immunuity. Lifestyle and food habbits plays very important role in preservation of health.
There is much need of giving these things as a mass awareness . inspite of seen I have seen most of the doctors with their busy practice never stay attention in what sort of life style habbits patient is having..just giving symptomatic medicine anf suppressing it can never be an ethical job of the physician or any branch .
2. as a diagnostician
Diseases are coming now a days with many different aspects and symptoms . some asymptomatic disease comes with full of symptoms and certain disease sometimes even out of knowledge are coming completely asymptomatically. So the idea here to convey is one doctor has to be quite more attentive or alert for every case coming to him rather than allowing oneself fix to certain knowledge based on so called clinical experience.
It is really sad to say that it is too much malingering is going on at this stage. I have seen many physicians declare any acute abdominal pain as appendicitis.or declaring any headache as a sign of malignant hypertension. We can also see sometimes many physicians make the patient rush for variety of laboratory investigations sometime even without need . Such practice sometimes becomes a black line in the array of beautiful golden colored occupation. It is the main time where we can either reduce anxiety of the patient or can give them right light about their developed pathology.
Honesty with unprejudiced & alert mind should be alive in ones mind to be a right physician am I right ?
3. as a healer :
This role according to me includes
• listening the patient completely
• looking at that given case with unprejudiced mind
• giving him possible least harmful right medicine with possible minimum dose for minimum time .
• Sending him outside the opd with hope and smile on his face.
Most of the physicians forgets the many roles here and even I have seen becoming rude and curt to the person who is already suffering. Opd is environment is there to reduce the suffering and generate the health within . it couldn’t be tensed .
So far as all these things written above are too much old and told by many..yet unfortunately this remains theory in hundreds of opd s daily in India .
Respect given to us during such days should a wake up call for us.
So, as far as I feel physician must have that healing energy within which can give a sense of relief and security ot the patient in the area of health .
Only giving remedy is not all about being a doctor …it is only a part of job being a doctor. A doctor is much beyond that. Let us understand our value and maintain the same.

Although inspite of these many diversity our health and health management system works really efficiently. The doctors are giving the best possible dedication to the health system in variety of places across the country and hence we are one of the leaders in health all over the globe. Even technologically we are now quite more independent for diagnosis and treatments of some complicated diseases.
But here is one more point to be added it can make the health system complete and that is the co operation and multidisciplinary approach should rise a lot…a good cooperation among the doctors of various discipline such as modern medicine practioners , homoeopaths , Ayurvedic doctors , reiki and yoga practioners , music therapist etc. If all these disciplines chose to work with cooperation much holistic health can be provided to the society and can be fulfilled the definition of health given by WHO in India it its real means.

Health is all about creating the healthy experience within. Being a doctor I really have proud that I am the one chosen by the nature to have this ability to understand and reduce few people s pain.

A DOCTOR IS AN INSTRUMENT OF GOD TO HEAL…
                                                                                               Let us have a feel of it today.

                                                                                                                                                        Dr.Parth Mankad

It is very well known fact that we used to use music for getting refreshed and relaxed. This refreshment and relaxation are by it self having great healing energies within and this is one the best proof that music can be used as medicine.

In today’s era to survive in the competitions and to face different stressful situations we need to give our constant efforts which knowingly or unknowingly creates stress for our mind and body as well…and gradually we start suffering from different stress related disorders such as stress induced diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , autoimmune disorders , insomnia etc.

Music is the handiest tool to relive such stress. It is very well proven fact that music produces secretions of such neuro transmitters which relives unnecessary pressure and gives sound sleep. Music increases one’s efficiency to work remarkably. It increases one’s concentration levels which ultimately leads person to more efficient work.

Music is made up from different frequencies and every frequency is having different levels of its effect. So all different type of compositions is having different effect on individuals and can help in different systems of our body and in different diseases accordingly.

To use music as medicine there should always be a combination of science and art. There is a very scientific approach to apply music as medicine. It is having its own norms and forms. Just listening any music can not make any ones pathology or disease regressed. To apply music the Doctor should have a complete knowledge of diagnosis and prognosis. The physician should have clear knowledge of use of right raga and even should know the time of application of it.

Such scientific approach can always lead a person into right direction of cure only through music.
Much research work is required in this area. Whatever I am doing I will keep sharing here…and even you can also participate in my research work.

It is all about creating harmony within a noisy body. Daily body encounters various disturbances especially we used to encounter many digestive problems and physical exhaustion. Even after lot of work many people may suffer from insomnia and can not get good rest which ultimately leads to a stressed morning and creates irritability. All these cycles can not be handled by different medications but in all such cases which seemingly can be termed as minor but plays a major role in life and music can work as a key feature in diluting all these stress and can create a sound sleep without any harmful pills.

Music is all about allowing the self to get connected with the different vibrations can make us experience how these simple melodies can prevent complex diseases if they are used scientifically.

Have a melodious experience within…

Dr. Parth Mankad.

Love – a light within.

A quality which keeps us living, a quality which keeps our life flowing, a quality which is the most dynamic part of the life…it is love. Qualitative life energy.

From the moment humanity has taken birth, being a mammal they started getting attached with each other and gradually started giving names to different relationships. For social construction and harmony the different norms and forms of relationships have been decided by the society ,i.e. relationships with father, mother , friend , husband , sister and many more but the most basic quality which keeps all these relations alive is love otherwise it is nothing more than different parts of the social machinery .
Feelings which are necessary for human life is getting warmth , understanding , getting compassion , getting sympathy, care, nurturing, appreciation . All these feelings are making us feel emotionally secure. And this emotional security gives us feeling of being special for someone which gives great nourishment to a human common ego and gives an experience of fulfillment.

Combination of all this process can be covered under the roof of the name love.

The problem of us is feeling of this emotional security gradually makes us emotionally dependant…and every dependency gives birth to possessiveness and expectations. And sum total of these 2 feelings takes the whole purity of love into adulterations and gives rise to disappointments which creates noisy notes in a good romantic song. we don t allow the person whom we love to get change, we want him/her as we want , and thus the whole process of evolution of relationships gets stuck somewhere. In western most of the time this ends into separation and in India it ends into compromise & which blocks the flow of love or makes our heart blunt to experience the charm of love.

So on this valentine day let us celebrate love in the purest form. A charming positive energy with dynamicity.

Absence of love is the creator of all negative emotions like disgust towards all, superiority complexes, anger, frustration, depression, critical nature, malice and jealousy. Only love is the quality which can keep us far from all these if it’s pure and unadulterated.

Valentine day is an occasion to refresh our love towards all…just express it. You will feel filled with joy and happiness. Free your self from different prejudices and negativities in relation and just make it free flowing today.

Love is free from expectations, possessiveness, names and forms or anything material…it is just giving the positive energy and healing energy to anyone all the time and such energy will be the best valentine gift for all. Let us share it boundlessly today.

Love is experiencing some one within us not beside us ,transformation of this nearness into oneness is the ultimate experinance from love . it is all about experiencing light within …and the journey of this light to an enlightenment is the purpose of life. in India there is Radha ,Meera , Narsih Mehta , Surdas , Kabir all say only one thing that experience the love within ..it is the only way of salvation i.e. being one with god.
dissolve the boundries of ego , expectations and possessions and experaince and express the love today. Have a valanetine moments further to all..

with love..

DR. PARTH MANKAD.

Homeopathy is one of the most leading and reliable branch of medicine in today’s era as it can cure many diseases without any side effects with quite surety and with rapid relief .
Homoeopathy is totally based of nature’s principle

“similia similibus curanter “
Let like be cured by like
We can find the basics of homoeopathy in almost all old literatures including ‘Charak Sanhita’ of India with different names but all such uses of this principle were found either unintentionally or without any scientific proofs.

BIRTH OF HOMOEOPATHY :

In 18th century Dr. Samuel Hahnemann was practicing medical science in which he had seen the hazardous way of practicing . Patients were getting more agony rather than getting cured. He went through the fact that patients were coming again and again either with same disease or with some other deeper disease. Scientist and other medical professionals were trying to find out the reasoning and solutions but the most basic problem is all considered man as a machine. They missed the vitality and self healing capacities of man.

Looking at such situations Dr. Hahnemann left the practice and started doing translations of different books of medicine & material medica. While translating William Cullen’s materia medica , he came across one statement that “CINCHONA CAN CURE MALARIA BECAUSE IT IS BITTER ” . Dr,Hahnemann was not convinced with this statement and so to get the proof he started taking juice of cinchona bark daily & with his surprise after some days he had almost all symptoms which were quite malaria like. He had seen the same effect on many other s as well . so at last he came to conclusion that

CINCHONA BARK CAN CURE MALARIA BECAUSE IT CAN PRODUCE MALARIA.

This incidence in 1790 leads him to experiment more and more. He worked a lot along with various colleagues for 6 years and finally in the year 1796 he gave article on homoeopathy and with that homoeopathy was brought into existence.

FUNDAMENTALS OF HOMOEPATHY:

Homoeopathy is based on quite fundamental laws and principles. Each law and principles are not just true to the time but they are based on universal truths which are quite eternal. All these laws and principles are making a clear platform to practice.
All those laws and principles will be explained in detail later in this site but conclusively according to me,

Dynamism, holism & individualization these 3 things are forming an ethics of the practicing classical homeopathy.

  Dynamism -
Human being is having – life energy within which has been given different names as soul , aatma , yin & yang etc. in different customaries and religions but the ultimate truth is humans are expression of the universal energy and that qualitative force or dynamicity makes a transformation of the body into the living being.
Everyone has been given with a free flowing energy flow which makes human alive & healthy.
Dr. Hahnemann gave the name to that dynamic energy as “ vital force “ as it is the most vital thing for one.
Disease is nothing but actually a qualitative derangement of this vitality which makes a person dis-ease. i.e. not at ease. All signs and symptoms are nothing but just the expression of this disturbed vital force.

Holism –
Man has evolved in the womb from the single cell so, al though human body is divided into different parts but actually they all are the same and speak the same language. Mind and body both are not separated entities but they both are also interwoven.
In short human body works as a single unit …so when there is disease the whole unit should be seen not just the part which is giving the symptoms.

Individualization –
Everyone in the word is the different entity. Right from the face every body’s mental attitudes, mentalities are differing from each other. Every one is having different genetic background, everyone is differing in their likes and dislikes, everyone is having their different sensitivities in the same way disease happening to everybody are also different. But in other sciences of medicine it is the name of disease which decides the medicine , here in homoeopathy as whole a picture of a patient decides the name of the medicine. How one person who got headache due to over reading can get the same medicine which is given to the person with the headache because of sunstroke.
In homoeopathy there is a tailor- made approach.Each and every person can get different medicine as his whole picture is ..and this is the reason homoeopathy works rapidly as well as accurately.

HOMOEOPATHY TODAY :

Homoeopathy has travelled much long distance today and has reach at a position that It can be used as a mainstream medicine for all sorts of diseases ..even when disease seem to be incurable and irreversible homoeopathy can serve most efficiently.
Homoeopathy is much scientific and it is the only branch which covers all four aspects given by WHO. In its definition of health. Homoeopathy has ability to bring the qualitative change in one’s life & can make the life balanced with awareness. It can simply create symptomatic relief but apart from that gives mental, social and spiritually balanced life.
Health is all about experiencing life within & homoeopathy is one of the best instruments to help in experiencing life.

In 1952 , one marvelous movie came named “BAIJU BAWRA” and it had immortal music with many popular songs but in that movie there is one very nicely directed scene. In the scene, hero Baiju’s guru Swami Haridas is not getting any relief by any of the medicines of that time and he is just on the deathbed. At that time, Baiju sings “ man tarapat hari darshan ko aaj ” based on rag ‘Malkauns’ and as a result of it his stagnated guru starts movements in his limbs this is how Raga Malkauns gives his life back which was not possible by any of the medicines.

It is all about restoring the vital energy back to normal by applying the same qualitative energy pattern which is nothing else but homoeopathy.

Evolution of music & raga:

Music is existing right from the moment the first sound existed and sound is existing from the moment ‘big bang’ happened and birth of earth occurred. A sound of wind, sound of ocean, sound of rain, sounds of different insects, peacock and lot more are sounds which were existing even before the civilization came into existing .We can say that nature is never in mute mode. And each and every sound reaching to our auditory area affects us in certain manner.

As we know the mechanism of hearing sound is When air is vibrating with certain frequency sound occurs and it comes to us and travels through auditory canal and is received by cochlear portion of acoustic nerve. Here that mechanical energy gets converted into electrical energy and through impulses it moves to the auditory area of midbrain.

During evolution we have seen many vague frequencies of sound out of them some were soothing , some of them were producing irritability , so to utilize this vague vibrations ,we divided these different frequencies into sa , re , ga , ma etc…into different ‘Sur.’ Every sur is having their own expression of energy like every color is having , according to their frequencies they are having their own vibration pattern, their own time and their own indications ….which are made even clearer in ‘ SAMVEDA ’ years ago.
Arrangement of different ‘ sur ’ makes one ‘Raga.’ So it will make the unique energy pattern of that raga…which is quite individualistic and holistic.
And as we know when this energy is getting materialized it can create miracles. There is very well known example about raga Dipak which had lightened the lamps in the palace of lord Akbar. Even rain can come just by singing rag Malhar in its proper way. Gradually these ragas got converted into many domestic compositions which we are listening today in the form of different songs & Gazals.

Effect of music on humans:
Music has been an inherited part of us. Even we see an infant getting more active while listening to certain songs . In celebration of different kind different kind of music has always been an integral part of it . so it is suggestive that music is producing different kind of experiences within us.

So much research has already been done on effect of music on human mind out of them the most interesting is : music directly affects our Neuro transmitters especially ‘ dopamine serotonin , nor epinephrine and acetyl choline. All these are having their vaso constrictor effect , vaso dilator effect , effect on sleep etc. in short they are having much quite wide range of effect on both psychological and physiological planes.

One Doctor Working in Apollo hospital Chennai on music only, found that if the children in their early embryological life are made to listen to rightly prescribed music , their cognitive aspects and growth of their nerve pathways occurs much better than other ones. Music, especially Indian classical music is having marvelous calming effect and hence in many institutions ,especially those working with special children ,they are used to use music to improve their cognition and violent behavior.

Homoeopathic application of music:

Homoeopathy is the principle of dynamic exchange of energy and restoration of vital force by giving the same qualitative substance to the person. That qualitative substance can be in any form – even in the form of music as well.
Being a homoeopath we believe strongly in 3 things :

1. individualization
2. holism
3. Prescription based on similia principle.
So utilization of music can be made in the same manner , By proving ragas and knowing their effects we can know the whole state of that raga in psychological and physiological planes & can be given to the patient who is experiencing the same state disturbances.

E.g. When I proved Rag Darbari kanda ..it had given the whole state of experience of tremendous pressure because of excessive responsibilities and given an image like being a responsible person , exhausted with it and wanted to get out of the trap created by that responsibility & want to break free those responsibilities …now we can surely apply this raga as medicine for the person suffering with complaints which got their arousal due to excessive responsibility issues and who is experiencing pressure due to it.

Already in homoeopathy Dr. Rajan Sankaran has used Ragas as therapeutic agents and proved some ragas as well.

Being a person interested in understanding this beautiful expression of cosmic energy of nature ,I have started proving ragas one by one in the same manner in which we are proving medicines to get the individual patterns of different ragas and to understand the state of that individual raga along with its physiological effects and effects on the pathology of the prover which is already existing.

Disease is all about disturbed harmony into different cells and tissues .it is absence of concordance between different systems of the body. By taking help of music along with the medicine or individually as medicine we can surely help the patient to rediscover his harmony in body , mind and spirit and can help in our mission of providing “ CURE ” as it is termed.
                                                                                                                                                                                      DR. PARTH MANKAD.

Asthma is a very common chronic disease involving the respiratory system in which the airways occasionally constrict, become inflamed, in other words it is a chronic inflamation of the airways that result in the obstruction of the flow.

These episodes may be triggered by such things as exposure to an environmental stimulant such as an allergen, environmental tobacco smoke, cold or warm air, perfume, pet dander, moist air, exercise or exertion, or emotional stress. In children, the most common triggers are viral illnesses such as those that cause the common cold.
This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as

wheezing, (a whistling sound when you breathe),
shortness of breath,
chest tightness,
coughing.

Signs and symptoms:

In some individuals asthma is characterized by chronic respiratory impairment. In others it is an intermittent illness marked by episodic symptoms that may result from a number of triggering events, including upper respiratory infection, stress, airborne allergens, air pollutants (such as smoke or traffic fumes), or exercise. Some or all of the following symptoms may be present in those with asthma: dyspnea, wheezing, stridor, coughing, a tightness and itching of the chest or an inability for physical exertion. Some asthmatics who have severe shortness of breath and tightening of the lungs never wheeze or have stridor and their symptoms may be confused with a COPD-type disease.
An acute exacerbation of asthma is commonly referred to as an asthma attack. The clinical hallmarks of an attack are shortness of breath (dyspnea) and either wheezing or stridor.[4] Although the former is “often regarded as the sine qua non of asthma”,[4] some patients present primarily with coughing, and in the late stages of an attack, air motion may be so impaired that no wheezing may be heard. When present the cough may sometimes produce clear sputum. The onset may be sudden, with a sense of constriction in the chest, breathing becomes difficult, and wheezing occurs (primarily upon expiration, but can be in both respiratory phases).
Signs of an asthmatic episode include wheezing, prolonged expiration, a rapid heart rate (tachycardia), rhonchous lung sounds (audible through a stethoscope), the presence of a paradoxical pulse (a pulse that is weaker during inhalation and stronger during exhalation), and over-inflation of the chest. During a serious asthma attack, the accessory muscles of respiration (sternocleidomastoid and scalene muscles of the neck) may be used, shown as in-drawing of tissues between the ribs and above the sternum and clavicles.

During very severe attacks, an asthma sufferer can turn blue from lack of oxygen (so-called blue bloaters), and can experience chest pain or even loss of consciousness. Just before loss of consciousness, there is a chance that the patient will feel numbness in the limbs and palms may start to sweat. The person’s feet may become icy cold. Severe asthma attacks, which may not be responsive to standard treatments (status asthmaticus), are life-threatening and may lead to respiratory arrest and death. Despite the severity of symptoms during an asthmatic episode, between attacks an asthmatic may show few or even no signs of the disease.
 Cause
Asthma is caused by a complex interaction of environmental and genetic factors that researchers do not yet fully understand.
Environmental factors
Environmental tobacco smoke, especially maternal cigarette smoking, is associated with high risk of asthma prevalence and asthma morbidity, wheeze, and respiratory infections.[8] Poor air quality, from traffic pollution or high ozone levels, has been repeatedly associated with increased asthma morbidity .
Caesarean sections have been associated with asthma when compared with vaginal birth; a meta-analysis found a 20% increase in asthma prevalence in children delivered by Cesarean section compared to those who were not. It was proposed that this is due to modified bacterial exposure during Cesarean section compared with vaginal birth, which modifies the immune system .
Psychological stress, has long been suspected of being an asthma trigger stress modulates the immune system to increase the magnitude of the airway inflammatory response to allergens and irritants.
Antibiotic use early in life has been linked to development of asthma in several examples; it is thought that antibiotics make one susceptible to development of asthma because they modify gut flora, and thus the immune system .
The hygiene hypothesis is an hypothesis about the cause of asthma and other allergic disease, and is supported by epidemiologic data for asthma. For example, asthma prevalence has been increasing in developed countries along with increased use of antibiotics, c-sections, and cleaning products. All of these things may negatively affect exposure to beneficial bacteria and other immune system modulators that are important during development, and thus may cause increased risk for asthma and allergy.
Stimuli
• Allergens from nature, typically inhaled, which include waste from common household pests, such as the house dust mite and cockroach, grass pollen, mold spores, and pet epithelial cells;[citation needed]
• Indoor air pollution from volatile organic compounds, including perfumes and perfumed products. Examples include soap, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, fabric softener, paper tissues, paper towels, toilet paper, shampoo, hairspray, hair gel, cosmetics, facial cream, sun cream, deodorant, cologne, shaving cream, aftershave lotion, air freshener and candles, and products such as oil-based paint.[citation needed]
• Medications, including aspirin,[22] β-adrenergic antagonists (beta blockers), and penicillin.[citation needed]
• Food allergies such as milk, peanuts, and eggs. However, asthma is rarely the only symptom, and not all people with food or other allergies have asthma.[citation needed]
• Use of fossil fuel related allergenic air pollution, such as ozone, smog, summer smog, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide, which is thought to be one of the major reasons for the high prevalence of asthma in urban areas.[citation needed]
• Various industrial compounds and other chemicals, notably sulfites; chlorinated swimming pools generate chloramines—monochloramine (NH2Cl), dichloramine (NHCl2) and trichloramine (NCl3)—in the air around them, which are known to induce asthma.[23]
• Early childhood infections, especially viral upper respiratory tract infections. However, persons of any age can have asthma triggered by colds and other respiratory infections even though their normal stimuli might be from another category (e.g. pollen) and absent at the time of infection. In many cases, significant asthma may not even occur until the respiratory infection is in its waning stage, and the person is seemingly improving. Eighty percent of asthma attacks in adults and 60% in children are caused by respiratory viruses.[citation needed]
• Exercise or intense use of respiratory system. The effects of which differ somewhat from those of the other triggers, since they are brief.
• Hormonal changes in adolescent girls and adult women associated with their menstrual cycle can lead to a worsening of asthma. Some women also experience a worsening of their asthma during pregnancy whereas others find no significant changes, and in other women their asthma improves during their pregnancy.[citation needed]
• Psychological stress. There is growing evidence that psychological stress is a trigger. It can modulate the immune system, causing an increased inflammatory response to allergens and pollutants.
Cold weather can make it harder for asthmatics to breathe. Whether high altitude helps or worsens asthma is debatable and may vary from person to person.

Comments on asthma by Dr. Parth :
As we can see asthma is having its cause in many environmental and other factors but actually all these factors could be told as only a triggering factor to arouse a state of asthma. For treatment we rush behind signs and symptoms of asthma and also doctors suggest avoidance of triggering factors. Truly these things can only modify the intensity but can not give cure till we don’t treat the hypersensitivity or tendency of the person to get this arousal of asthmatic attack. Any pump can relive the asthma , can’t cure asthma.
Homoeopathy has very good ans. For asthma. homoeopathy not only decreases the no . of asthmatic attack but also sees to the tendency of the person to get it . Along with making person asthma free, homoeopathy also takes care of the general psychological stress of the person which also improves one’s general health.