DIABETES MELLITUS









                                 DIABETES MELLITUS IS A DISORDER IN THE METABOLISM OF SUGAR. IN THE DIABETIC, THE PRIMARY PROBLEM IS THE DEFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF SUGAR BY THE BODY. DIETARY SUGARS AND STARCH ARE BROKEN DOWN TO GLUCOSE BY THE PROCESSESS OF DIGESTION, AND THIS GLUCOSE IS THE MAJOR FUEL FOR THE VARIOUS PROCESSESS, ORGANS AND CELLS OF THE BODY.




THE CAUSE OF DIABETES







YOGIC SCIENCE RECOGNIZES TWO INTERRELATED CAUSES OF DIABETES. FIRSTLY, LONG-TERM DEVITALIZATION AND SLUGGHISHESS OF THE DIGESTIVE PROCESSESS DUE TO DIETARY ABUSE, OVEREATING, OBESITY AND LACK OF EXERCISE. HIGH INTAKE OF SUGAR AND CARBOHYDRATE RICH DIET IS ESPECIALLY IMPLICATED.




IF A PERSON TAKE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUGAR, SWEETS OR CHOCOLATES, ETC, THEIR PANCREAS IS READY TO RESPOND BY POURING OUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF INSULIN TO RAPIDLY MANAGE THE ROCKETING BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL WITHOUT INCIDENT.




TYPE OF DIABETES






THE MORE COMMON FORM IS THE LATE ONSET DIABETES, WHICH DEVELOPS GRADUALLY IN MIDDLE-AGED, STRESSED, OVERWEIGHT, UNDEREXERCISED PERSONS, WHOSE DIET CONTAINS AN EXCESS OF SUGARS, STARCHES AND FATS. THIS LONG-TERM OVERLOADING OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY THE PANCREAS, LEADS TO PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION OF THE INSULIN SECRETING MECHANISM AND DESENSITIVITY OF THE BODY TISSUES TO INSULIN.




THE DANGERS OF DIABETES






BECAUE INSULIN IS REQUIRED TO PUSH SUGAR FROM THE BLOODSTREAM INTO BODY CELLS, INSULIN DEFICIENCY CAUSES HIGH BLOOD SUGAR BUT LOW INTRACELLULAR SUGAR. THOUGH SUGAR IS FREELY CIRCULATING IN THE BLOOD, IT IS USELESS BECAUSE IT IS NOT BEING PUT TO USE BY THE BODY'S CELLS. THEREFORE, THE CELLS MAY ACTUALLY BE STARVING. IT IS A CASE OF "WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK" THE MUSCLES CELLS WHICH FORM THE WALLS OF THE BLOOD VESSELS ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY SUGAR STARVATION, LEADING TO A WHOLE RANGE OF DEGENERATIVE VASCULAR CHANGES, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE, INCLUDE SKIN INFECTION, GANGRENE, RETINAL DESTRUCTION LEADING TO BLINDNESS, LOSS OF SENSORY NERVE FUNCITONS IN THE EXTREMITIES, AND IMPOTENCE.




YOGIC MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES






IT IS IMPORTANT THAT DIABETICS UNDERTAKE YOGIC THERAPY IN CONJUNCTION WITH QUALIFIED MEDICAL SUPERVISION. LABORATORY FACILITIES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE, SO THAT PROGRESS IN THERAPY CAN BE OBJECTIVELY MEASURED BY SERIAL ASSESSMENT OF BLOOD AND URINARY SUGAR LEVELS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE PERIOD OF TRAINING WHEN BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS BEGIN TO DROP.




SIMPLIFIED ONE MONTH YOGA PROGRAM







THE YOGA SADHANA AND PROGRESS WILL VARY FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. THIS PROGRAM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ABSOLUTE FOR ALL DIABETICS, BUT SHOULD SERVE AS A GENERAL GUIDELINE FROM WHICH PROGRAM CAN BE DEVISED ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND CAPACITIES. HERE IS A GENERAL PROGRAM OF PRACTISES FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT, MODIFIABLE ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.




FIRST WEEK







  1. ASANA : PAWANMUKTASANA PARTS 1 AND 2, VAJRASANA.
  2.  PRANAYAMA : BHRAMARI AND NADI SHODHANA STAGE 1.
  3.  SHATKARMA : NETI.
  4.  RELAXATION : ABDOMINAL BREATHING IN SHAVASANA.




SECOND WEEK







  1. ASANA : AS FOR THE FIRST WEEK PLUS SHAKTI BANDHA SERIES.
  2.  PRANAYAMA : NADI SHODHANA STAGE 2, BHASTRIKA (20 BREATHS).
  3.  SHATKARMA : KUNJAL AND NETI.
  4.  RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA.
  5.  MEDITATION : AJAPA JAPA STAGE 1





THIRD WEEK









  1. SURYA NAMASKAR : PRACTICE ACCORDING TO CAPACITY.
  2.  ASANA : VAJRASANA SERIES.
  3.  PRANAYAMA : NADI SHODHANA STAGE 3 WITH JALANDHARA AND MOOLA BANDHAS. BHASTRIKA (30 BREATHS), WITH ANTAR KUMBHAKA AND JALANDHARA BANDHA. SHEETALI AND SHEETKARI.
  4. SHATKAMA : FULL SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA ONCE. LAGHOO SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA EACH SUBSEQUENT DAY. KUNJAL AND NETI.
  5. RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA (FULL ONE HOUR PRACTICE).
  6.  MEDITATION : AJAPA JAPA STAGE 2.





FOURTH WEEK







  1. SURYA NAMASKARA : UP TO 12 ROUNDS.
  2.  ASANA : PRACTICE SARVANGASANA, HALASANA, MATSYASANA, PASCHIMOTTANASANA, ARDHA MATSYENDRASANA, MAYURASANA, BHUJANGASANA, GOMUKHASANA.
  3.  PRANAYAMA : NADI SHODHANA STAGE 4 WITH MAHA BANDHA. BHASTRIKA WITH ANTAR AND BAHIR KUMBHAKA AND MAHA BANDHA. SHEETALI AND SHEETKARI.





FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS


 







  • DIET : A LOW CARBOHYDRATE, SUGAR FREE, NATURAL VEGETARIAN DIET SHOULD BE ADOPTED FROM THE OUTSET OF THERAPY. AVOID RICE, POTATOES AND ALL SUGAR PRODUCTS. MINIMAL SPICES, OIL AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. EAT WHOLEMEAL CHAPATIS, LEAFY AND WATERY VEGETABLES, LIGHTLY BOILED OR STEAMED, SALADS AND FRUIT.
  • EXERCISE : DAILY WALKING IS RECOMMENDED.
  •  INSULIN : WITHDRAWAL  SHOULD BEGIN IN A STEPWISE MANNER AT SOME STAGE IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS WHEN LABORATORY RESULTS SHOW THAT YOGA IS EFFECTIVELY LOWERING BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS. CONTINUE REDUCTION UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION ACCORDING TO SERIAL TESTS.
  • DRUGS : ORAL DRUGS SHOULD BE REDUCED AND THEN STOPPED ONCE YOGA THERAPY COMMENCES.
  •  TIME : YOGA PROGRAM AND DIETARY RESTRICTIONS HOULD CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, AND LONGER TO PREVENT RECURRENCE.
  • FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE YOGIC MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA AND DIABETES, PUBLISHED BY YOGA PUBLICATIONS TRUST.







                    WHAT IS THE PROBLEM 

OF SKIN DISEASE?







                                     THE SKIN WHICH COVERS THE HUMAN BODY IS A UNIQUE AND COMPLEX LIVING STRUCTURE. ITS OUTERMOST CELL LAYERS ARE DEAD AND ARE CONTINUALLY FLAKING FROM THE BODY, YET IT IS THROUGH THEM THAT THE AURA OF VITALITY AND GOOD HEALTH IS REFLECTED TO THE WORLD LIKE A MIRROR. SIMILARLY, IT IS ONLY OUR SKIN WHICH UPHOLDS THE ENGROSSING ILLUSION OF OUR EXISTENCE THAT WE ARE INDIVIDUALS SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER.




                           THE FUNCTION OF SKIN

 

 








       PROTECTION

INSULATION-HEATING

ELIMINATION

ABSORPTION





SKIN CANCER


 

 




THIS USUALLY OCCURS ON THE FACE OR FOREARMS OF FAIR SKINNED PERSONS FOLLOWING MANY YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO DIRECT SUNLIGHT IN A TROPICAL COUNTRY. THE SKIN SHOULD BE SHIELDED BY A SUITABLE LOTION BEFORE EXPOSURE AND A WIDE BRIMMED HAT SHOWN BE WORN. THE PRACTICE OF AMAROLI (MASSAGE WITH THREE TO SEVEN DAY OLD URINE) IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIETARY MODIFICATION AND PRANAYAMA FREQUENTLY POVES SUCCESSFUL IN ITS PREVENTION AND CURE



YOGIC PROGRAM



SPECIFIC MODIFICATION IN INDIVIDUAL CASES MAY BE NECESSARY UNDER SKILLED GUIDANCE.







  1. SURYA NAMASKARA : TO THE POINT OF TOTAL BODY SWEATING, WHILE FACING THE NEWLY RISING SUN. THE SWEAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DRY ON THE BODY WHILE RESING IN SHAVASANA.
  2. PRANAYAMA : BHASTRIKA AND NADI SHODHANA PRANAYAMA SHOULD BE PRACTICED EACH MORNING. ANTAR AND BAHIR KUMBHAKA AND MAHA BANDHA (JALANDHARA, UDDIYANA AND MOOLA ) MAY BE INTEGRATED INTO THE PRANAYAMA PRACTICE.
  3. SHATKARMA : NETI, KUNJAL AND LAGHOO SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA SHOULD BE PERFORMED DAILY. POORNA SHANKAPRAKSHALANA SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN IN AN ASHRAM ENVIRONMENT, PREFERABLY AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THERAPY.
  4. RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA DAILY.
  5.  DIET : A LIGHT VEGERARIAN DIET, RICH IN ALKALINE FOODS (JUICES, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES), OIL, SWEETS, REFINED, FRIED AND SPICY FOOD SHOULD BE AVOIDEDAND SALT AND DAIRY FOODS RESTRICTED. AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF TREATMENT, A RAW FOOD DIET SHOULD BE FOLLOWED FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS. THEN, FOR A MONTH, EITHER LUNCH OR THE EVENING MEAL CAN BE MISSED.





FURTHER RECOMMENDATION

 











 

  • COLD BATH AND SKIN RUB EACH MORNING.

  •  SPARING USE OF SOAP AND COSMETICS.

  • SKIN RASHES SHOULD BE KEPT CLEAN AND DRY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND OPEN TO THE SUN AND AIR. THE AREA SHOULD BE WASHED FREE OF DEBRIS ONCE A DAY WITH A MILD NON-IRRITANT SOAP, AND DRIED CAREFULLY.

  • AVOID CONSTIPATION AND KEEP THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CLEAN.

  • DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

  • AMOROLI, APPLICATION OF FRESH MIDSTREAM URINE, IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN ELIMINATING ACUTE SKIN RASHES. HOWEVER, THE DIET SHOULD BE PURE. URINE THERAPY CAN ALSO BE USED IN CHRONIC SKIN DISEASES SUCH AS LEUCODERMA AND PSORIASIS. SEE AMAROLI, PUBLISHED BY YOGA PUBLICATIONS TRUST.




 




                               KIDNEY STONE









                                 KIDNEY STONES OCCUR DUE TO METABOLIC AND DIETARY IMBALANCE IN THE BODY AND REFLECT DISTURBANCES OF THE BODY'S FLUID AND ACID BALANCE. UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, VARIOUS SUBSTANCES PRECIPITATE OUT OF THE URINE AND FORM SLUDGE, SEDIMENT, GRAVEL OR LARGE STONES. SEDIMENTS OR EVEN STONES MAY PASS IN THE URINE, ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERE PAIN AND BLOOD (HEMATURIA).



                               TYPES OF KIDNEY STONES







                          THERE ARE THREE MOST COMMON FORMS OF KIDNEY STONES :



  2.                         OXALATE STONES ARE LIKELY OCCUR WITH PERSISTENTLY CONCENTRATED URINE AND SOME PEOPLE ASSUME THAT A DIET INCLUDING TOO MUCH OXALIC ACID ENRICHED FOODS IN NECESSARY FOR STONE FORMATION. SUCH FOODS ARE SPINACH, TOMATOES, RHUBARB, ETC, BUT THIS IS YET TO BE SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN.
  3.                 CALCIUM OR PHOSPHATE STONES ARE LARGE AND STAGHORN SHAPED. THEY MAY FORM RAPIDLY UNDER EXCESSIVELY ALKALINE CONDITIONS, OR WHERE THERE IS A DISTURBANCE OF CALCIUM METABOLISM. THIS COULD OCCUR DUE TO IMBALANCE OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS, EXCESS OF CALCIUM FOOD SUCH AS MILK, OR WHERE CALCIUM IS BEING MOBILIZED INTO THE CIRCULATION FROM THE BONES OF THE SKELETO.
  4.             URIC ACID AND URATE STONES MAY FORM DUE TO ACIDIC CONDITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE A DIET TOO RICH IN PROTEIN SOURCES SUCH AS MEAT, FISH AND EGGS IS BEING CONSUMED.





KIDNEY PAIN









URETERIC COLIC IS AN EXCRUCIATINGLY SEVERE FORM OF PAIN WHICH ARISES WHEN A STONE OF RELATIVELY LARGE DIAMETER ENTERS THE NARROW URETER AND BEGINS ITS PASSAGE DOWN TOWARDS THE BLADDER. THIS PAIN RADIATES FROM THE LOIN INTO THE GROIN AND MAY OCCUR  IN RECERRENT BOUTS OF TWO OR THREE HOURS, OR A SINGLE BOUT MAY CONTINUE FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OR MORE. IT USUALLY COMES ON ACTELY, CAUSING THE SUFFERER TO DRAW UP HIS KNEES AND ROLL ABOUT IN AGONY. IT IS FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANIED BY VOMITING, PROFUSE SWEATING AND A GREAT DESIRE TO PASS URINE (STRANGURY), THOUGH ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS ARE PASSED. THIS IS A CLEAR SIGN THAT THE URINARY TRACT IS OBSTRUCTED.





THE ACUTE BOUT OF AGONIZING RENAL COLIC MAY REQUIRE A MORPHINE INJECTION  FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND SURGERY MAY BE INDICATED IN CHRONIC CASES WHERE THE PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE LARGE STONES IN THE PELVIS OR THE KIDNEY IS DETECTED.








                        CAUSES OF KIDNEY STONES








                            A NUMBER OF FACTORS COMBINE TO LEAD TO KIDNEY STONE FORMATION. THEY USUALLY OCCUR IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME METABOLIC DISORDER AND WHEN THE URINE REMAINS PERSISTENTLY HIGHLY CONCENTRATED. AN UNSUITABLE DIET CONTAINING EXCESSIVE MEAT PROTEINS, ACID FORMING FOODS SUCH AS REFINED FLOUR AND SUGAR PRODUCTS, TOO MUCH TEA AND COFFEE, CHEMICALLY PRESERVED AND TREATED FOODS, PUNGENT AND SOUR CONDIMENTS AND SPICES HELPS TO PRECIPITATE STONES. AN UNHEALTHY DIET CONGESTS AND OVERLOADS THE LIVER, AND WHAT THE LIVER CANNOT EFFECTIVELY DETOXIFY AND METABOLIZE IS PASSED ON TO THE KIDNEYS.THERE IT MAY CAUSE  INFLAMMATION OR GRAVEL AND STONE FORMATION. THE KIDNEYS PASS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE INTO THE URINE, WHICH IS USUALLY FOUR SMELLING AND HIGHLY IRRITATING TO THE URINARY BLADDER. THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THIS MAY BE INFLAMMATION, ULCERATION AND TUMOUR FORMATION IN THE BLADDER.






YOGIC MANAGEMENT OF 
KIDNEY STONES











KIDNEY STONE FORMATION CAN BE PREVENTED AND OLD STONES ND URINARY SEDIMENTS REMOVED BY ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING YOGIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS. THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A PRIOR BOUT OF MILD OR SEVERE RENAL PAIN OR HAVE RECURRING BOUTS ARE ADVISED TO ADOPT THIS PROGRAM IN ORDER TO PREVENT FURTHER RECURRENCES OF THE CONDITONS. LARGE STONES, HOWEVER, MAY PROVE TO BE A DIFFICULT THERAPEUTIC PROBLEM AND IF YOGA FAILS TO BRING RELIEF, SURGERY, MAY HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.











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  1. SURYA NAMASKARA : UP TO SIX ROUNDS.
  2.             ASANA : TRIKONASANA, USHTRASANA, HAMSASANA, KATI CHAKRASANA.
  3.  PRANAYAMA : BHASTRIKA WITH BANDHAS.
  4.         MUDRA AND BANDHA : PASHINEE MUDRA AND YOGA MUDRA, MOOLA BANDHA, VAJROLI MUDRA, UDDIYANA BANDHA.
  5.            SHATKARMA : AGNISAR KRIYA OR NAULI PRACTISED DAILY. SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA IN AN ASHRAM ENVIRONMENT. LAGHOO SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA ONCE A WEEK.
  6.          RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA AND ABDOMINAL BREATH AWARENESS.
  7.                MEDITATION : AJAPA JAPA, NADA YOGA.
  8.            DIET : A FRESH WHOLESOME NATURAL DIET IS RECOMMENDED. FRUIT, JUICES, AND LIGHTLY COOKED SUCCULENT VEGETABLES ARE RECOMMENDED TO ALKALINIZE THE URINE. AVOID OR REDUCE THE INTAKE OF MEAT, EGGS, FISH AND MILK PRODUCTS AS THEY PRODUCE URIC ACIDS WASTES IN HIGH CONCENTRATION. AVOID ACID FORMING FOODS AND HIGHLY REFINED FLOUR AND SUGAR PRODUCTS SUCH AS CAKES, SWEETS, BISCUITS, ETC. RESTRICT THE INTAKE OF TOMATOES AND SPINACH, WHICH ARE HIGH IN OXALIC ACID. DECREASE THE INTAKE OF SALT. TRY TO DRINK AT LEAST FOUR LITRES OF WATER PER DAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. IT IS CLAIMED THAT PEARS CAN DISSOLVE KIDNEY STONES IF UP TO A DOZEN ARE CONSUMED PER DAY.


 

  

FASTING : IN CONJUNCTION WITH INCREASED WATER INTAKE FASTING IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IN ORDER TO FLUSH, CLEANSE AND PURIFY A SLUGGISH URINARY SYSTEM.







FURTHER RECOMMENDATION 


 






  • A SHORT WALK EACH DAY IS RECOMMENDED, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE EVENING MEAL.
  •     TRY TO GET SOME OUTDOOR EXERCISE AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.
  •   PARSLEY TEA IS SAID TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL. TAKE A SMALL GLASSFUL EVERY THREE HOURS.