WHAT IS THE REMEDY FOR COLD AND ASTHMA!

THE COMMON COLD

THE COMMON COLD OR ACUTE CORYZA, ALSO TERMED CATARRH, IS QUITE A MILD DISORDER OF SHORT DURATION. IN ITS MORE SEVERE FORM IT IS CALEED INDLUENZA OR "FLU". IT IS A HIGHLY CATOGIOUS CONDITION AND ATTACKS PRODUCE ONLY TEMPORARY IMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GENERAL LEVEL OF THE BODY'S RESISTANCE IS LOW.

CLINICAL FEATURES

THE ONSET OF A COLD IS USUALLY SUDDEN WITH A TICKLING SENSATION IN THE NOSE AND BACK OF THE THROAT, ACCOMPANIED BY SNEEZING. THE THROAT OFTEN FEELS DRY AND SORE, AND A COUGH IS OFTEN PRESENT. THE HEAD FEELS "STUFFED-UP". THE EYES SMART AND THERE IS A PROFUSE, WATERY, DISCHARGE. A CHILLING SENSATION IS SUALLY EXPERIENCED IN THE BEGINNING, FOLLOWED BY SLIGHT FEVER. THE SKIN MAY BECOME HOT AND DRY AND THE SUFFERER FEELS THIRST, DRYNESS OF THE TONGUE AND LOSS OF APPETITE. THE URINE MAY BE DARKNED AND OF DECREASED VOLUME, AND THE BOWELS MAY BECOME TEMPORARILY CONSTIPATED.

COMPICATION

SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTION, WHERE THE SECRETIONS BECOME THICK AND PURULENT.
SINUSITIS, INFECTION IN THE SINUSES WHICH LEADS TO SWELLING, CONGRESTION, OBSTRUCTION AND THICK PURULENT (YELLOW) DISCHARGE.
MIDDLE EAR INFECTION, (OTITIS MEDIA), CAUSING FEVER, DEAFNESS AND EAR PAIN, AS BACTERIAL INFECTION SPREADS FROM THE NASOPHARYNX UP THE EUSTACHIAN TUBES.
LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTION, MAY LEAD TO TRACHEITIS (INFLAMMATION OF TRACHEA), LARYNGITIS (LARYNX),BRONCHITIS (BRONCHI) AND LOBULAR PNEUMONIA, AS SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTION DESCENDS DOWN THE BRONCHIAL TREE INTO THE LUNGS.

YOGIC MANAGEMENT

OVEREATING (ESPECIALLY OF THE WRONG FOODS) OFTEN PRECIPITATES OR WORSENS A COLD. A SHORT FAST, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS OFTEN SUFFICIENT TO AVERT AN IMMINENT COLD. AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A COLD OR SORE THROAT, WHICH REPRESENTS A SLIGHT PRANIC IMBALANCE, ONE SHOULD MISS A MEAL, PRACTICE NETI AND KUNJAL KRIYA, AND SOME ENERGIZING PRANAYAMA. THEN TAKE A CUP OF HOT TEA WITH HEATING SPICES (GINGER, PEPPER, CINNAMON) AND REST QUIETLY PERHAPS PERFORMING MOUNA (SILENCE) TO MINIMIZE THE WASTAGE OF ENERGY WHICH IS CAUSED BY TALKING.

PROBLEMS OF RECURRENT

COMMON COLD

PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE COLD OR CORYZA SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR, ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE AN IMPAIRMENT OF THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM. THIS CAN BE DUE TO ANY NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING FOOD ALLERGIES, VITAMIN AND / OR MINERAL DEFICIENCIES AND, VERY COMMONLY, PROTEIN DEFICIENCY WHICH, IN ITSELF, MAY BE DUE TO INADEQUATE DIETARY INTAKE OR AN INABILITY TO DIGEST, ABSORB OR METABOLIZE THE FOOD.

FURTHER RECOMMENDATION

A LIGHT NATURAL DIET WITH PLENTY OF FRUIT IS ADVISED, AND FOR WEAKENED PATIENTS, A LIQUID DIET IS BEST. HOT SOUP PREPARED FROM SEASONAL VEGETABLES, SUCH AS CARROT, SPINACH AND TOMATO, CAN BE MADE, TOGETHER WITH CORIANDER LEAVES, CHILLI AND GINGER. FOODS RICH IN VITAMINS C AND A ARE USEFUL.
STEAM INHALATION FOR TEN MINUTES IS ADVISED IN CASES OF NASAL CONGESTION AND OBSTRUCTION. THIS CLEANS THE HEAD AND EASES THE BREATHING. IN CASES OF COUGH, AND SORE AND INFLAMMED THROAT, GARGLING WITH WARM SALINE WATER IS USEFUL.
SMOKING IS IRRITATIVE TO THE NASAL MUCOSA AND SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED.
REGULAR PRACTICE OF SURYA NAMASKARA TO CAPACITY BUILDS UP RESISTANCE TO COUGHS AND COLDS.

FURTHER RECOMMENDATION
FOR ASTHMA

AS SOON AS AN ATTACK APPEARS TO BE IMMINENT, INSTEAD OF REACHING FOR DRUGS, THE ASTHMATIC SHOULD PERFORM KUNJAL KRIYA OR, IN THE CASE WHERE A MEAL HAS RECENTLY BEEN EATEN, VYAGHRA KRIYA. THIS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY NETI AND THE PRACTICE OF ABDOMINAL BREATHING IN SHAVASANA. THIS PROVIDES A MEANS OF MAINTAINING UNION BETWEEN THE MIND AND BREATH, SO THAT AIIENATION OR SEPARATION FROM THE BREATH, WHCIH IS THE BASIC PSYCHIC EXPERIENCE OF THE ASTHMATIC DURING THE ATTACK IS AVOIDED.
PHYSICAL FITNESS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND EXCESS WEIGHT REMOVED, AS IT ACCENTUATES THE RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES OF AN ASTHMATIC. SWIMMING PROVIDES EXCELLENT EXERCISE FOR ASTHMATICS. RUNNING AND JOGGING ARE ALSO USEFUL IN MODERATION. NEVER PERFORM THEM COMPETITIVELY, BUT USE THEM AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING SPONTANEOUS BREATH AND MANTRA AWARENESS.
A COLD SHOWER SHOULD BE TAKEN EVERY MORNING, PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO APPLY COLD WATER TO THE NECK AND SHOULDERS.
AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY CAN BE MADE BY LAYING VERY THIN SLICES OF RAW ONION AND GARLIC ON A PLATE AND SPREADING HONEY ON EACH SLICE. COVER WITH AN INVERTED PLATE AND LET IT STAND ALL NIGHT. TAKE A SPOONFUL OF THE RESULTANT SYRUP FOUT TIMES A DAY.

YOGA NOTES FOR HEART PATIENT !

A TIRED AND OVERWORKED HEART NEEDS REST MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, FOR REST ENABLES THE LEVELS OF VITAL ENERGY, PRANA, TO BUILD UP AND BEGIN THE WORK OF REGENERATION. ADEQUATE REST SHOULD BE COUPLED WITH ASANA AND PRANAYAMA, A SHORT WALK EACH DAY AND MODERATE LIFESTYLE.

ASANSAS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT, BUT SHOULD NEVER BE PRACTISED BEYOND CAPACITY. THE HEART MUST NEVER BE STRAINED, AND AT THE SLIGHTEST SIGN OF DISTRESS OR PAIN THE PRACTICE OF RELAXATION SHOULD SUPERVENE.

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1. ASANA : BEGIN WITH PAWANMUKTASANA PARTS 1 AND 2 . THESE SHOULD BE COLD IN SUMMER BUT WARM IN WINTER. IF PAWANMUKTASANA PART 2 PROVES TOO HARD, IT SHOULD BE OMITTED. SHAVASANA SHOULD BE PRACTISED WHENEVER TIREDNESS SUPERVENES, AND THERE SHOULD NEVER BE ANY HURRY TO FINISH THE PRACTISES. YOGA SHOULD BE A SOURCE OF REST, RELIEF AND RELAXATION WHICH WILL GRADUALLY SPILL OVER AND TRANSFORM THE WHOLE LIFE. THESE ASANAS SHOULD CONTINUE DAILY FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. THEN SHAKTI BANDHA ASANAS, IF POSSIBLE, CAN BE INTRODUCED, AND THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ASANAS ARE RECOMMENDED: VAJRASANA, SHASHANKASANA (RELAXING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES), SARPASANA, YOGA MUDRA, BHUNAMANASANA.

2. PRANAYAMA : PRANAYAMA IS VERY IMPORTANT BOTH IN THE INITIAL RECOVERY OF A HEART PATIENT AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT REHABILITATION AND REJUVENATION PERIOD. PRANAYAMA SHOULD NEVER IMPOSE A STRAIN ON THE HEART AND LUNGS. IF IT DOES, THEN ITS PURPOSE HAS BEEN DEFEATED. IT SHOULD BE SOOTHING TO THE ANXIOUS MIND, RELAXING TO THE EXITED NERVES AND STABILIZING TO THE IRREGULAR HEART AND CIRCULATION. THE MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICES ARE NADI SHODHANA TECHNIQUE ONE AND TWO, AND UJJAYI PRANAYAMA. BREATH SHOULD BE ONLY SLIGHTLY DEEPER THAN NORMAL, WITHOUT RETENTION, EITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL. IT SHOULD BE AS NATURAL AND AS A QUIET AS POSSIBLE, AND THE AWARENESS SHOULD FOLLOW THE INFLOWING AND OUTFLOWING BREATH VERY CLOSELY. WATCHING THE BREATH IS WATCHING THE MIND AND GREAT RELIEF OF TENSION AND ANXIETY WILL BE EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATELY. CAREDIAC FUNCTION IMPROVES AND MENTAL STABILITY DEVELOPS WEEK BY WEEK. THE HEART BENEFITS GREATELY FROM THE MORE EFFICIENT OXYGENATION PROCESS AND DAMAGED TISSUES ARE RAPIDLY REPAIRED. TEN ROUNDS OF NADI SHODANA AND TEN ROUNDS OF UJJAYI PRANAYAMA ARE RECOMMENDED.

3. YOGA NIDRA : RELAXATION SHOULD BE PRACTISED AT REGULAR INTERVALS DURING THE ASANA PROGRAM. SHAVASANA, MATSYA KRIDASANA OR ADVASANA CAN BE ADOPTED. THE FULL PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA SHOULD BE FOLLOWED ONCE A DAY.

4. MEDITATION : MEDITATION SHOULD BE LEARNED NOT AS A DISCIPLINE BUT AS AN ENJOYABLE PASTIME FOR THE CARDIAC PATIENT. ESPECIALLY WHILE CONFINED TO BED IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF RECOVERY, AND LATER ON DURING REHABILITATION, IT IS MOST USEFUL AS A MEANS OF BECOMING AWARE OF THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TENSIONS WHICH HAVE WROUGHT SUCH HAVOC UPON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. THE MOST SUITABLE PRACTICES ARE AJAPA JAPA USING THE MANTRA SOHAM, AND ANTAR MOUNA (INNER SILENCE). THESE PRACTICES BRING DETACHMENT FROM THE MENTAL PROCESSESS, FEARS AND IMAGINATIONS WHICH ARE THE ROOT CAUSES OF MENTAL AGITATIONS AND TENSIONS.

5. SHATKAMA : JALA NETI IS AN EXCELLENT PRACTICE FOR THE HEART PATIENT. IT CAN BE LEARNED AND PRACTISED EVEN WHILE STILL CONFINED TO BED, AND SHOULD BE ADOPTED EVERY MORNING. KUNJAL AND LAGHOO SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA SHOULD NOT BE ADOPTED BY THE HEART PATIENT, AT LEASE FOR MANY MONTHS, AS THEY IMPOSE A STRAIN ON THE HEART.

6. KARMA YOGAM : SELFLESS SERVICE, WHERE ONE WORKS WITH ALL ATTENTION, CARE AND CREATIVITY, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO THE RETURNS, REWARDS OR PROFITS OF THIS WORK, CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY ADOPTED DURING RECOVERY FROM A CARDIAC ILLNESS.

7. CHANGING THE LIFESTYLE : HEART ATTACK AND CARDIAC STRAIN OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY RAJASTIC, ACTIVE, COMPETITIVE TEMPERAMENT. BUSINESSMEN WHO BECOME OBSESSIVELY INVOLVED IN THEIR WORK ARE PRIME CANDIDATES FOR HEART ATTACK, FOR THEY NEGLECT TO TAKE TIME OFF FOR RELAXATION AND CELL REJUVENATION. THEY NEGLECT TO INCLUDE RELAXING PASTIMES IN THEIR LIFESTYLE, BECOMING TOTALLY DEDICATED TO THEIR JOB.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO REALLY RELAX AND HAVE REPLACED IT WITH A CONCEPT OF RELAXATION WHICH IS USUALLY COMPRISED OF STIMULATING HABITS SUCH AS SMOKING, DRINKING AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES WHICH EXCITE AND EXHAUST RATHER THAN RELAX THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. SKIPPING SLEEP AND OVEREATING FURTHER TIRE OUT THE HEART, CIRCULATORY AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS.

8. SWADHYAYA : STUDY OF VARIOUS SCRIPTURES AND INSPIRING LIVES OF SAINTS WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE REALIZATION AND SERVICE OF THE HIGHEST TRUTH, RATHER THAN TO THE ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL AND EMOTIONAL POSSESSION, IS OFTEN A REVELATION TO THE HEART PATIENT , SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION OF STRESS-FREE LIVING.

9. BHAKTHI YOGA : THE CHANNELING OF EMOTIONAL ENERGY AWAY FROM PERSONAL OBJECTIVES, DESIRES AND ATTACHMENTS TOWARDS THE UNIVERSAL SELF OR GOD CAN ALSO BRING RELIEF TO THE CARDIAC PATIENT. CHANTING, KIRTAN AND OTHER KINDS OF SINGING CAN ALSO BE VERY RELAXING FOR PEOPLE WHOSE EMOTIONS ARE OFTEN DEEPLY ENTANGLED IN A MESH OF ATTACHMENTS. RELEASE OF PERSONAL EMOTIONAL ENTANGLEMENT OFTEN PROVIDES IMMENSE RELIEF AND PAVES THE WAY FOR FULL RECOVERY.

10. DIET : DIET SHOULD BE LIGHT, AVOIDING MEAT, EXCESSIVE PROTEIN, MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS, OIL AND EXCESSIVE SPICES. THESE SHOULD BE REPLACED BY WHOLE GRAINS, FRUITS AND FRESH VEGETABLES. THIS WILL REDUCE OBESITY WHICH IMPOSES CONSTANT, EXCESSIVE STRAIN ON THE HEART. MEAL TIMES SHOULD BE REGULAR AND THE AVOIDANCE OF EATING BETWEEN MEALS SHOULD BECOME A RULE OF LIFE.

OVEREATING MUST BE AVOIDED, AS IT UNDOUBTEDLY STRAINS THE HEART. THE EVENING MEAL SHOULD BE TAKEN BEFORE 7 P.M. THESE RULES ENSURE THAT THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS ARE NOT CONTINUALLY OVERTAXED, AND LIBERATE ENERGY FROM DIGESTION INTO HEALING.

NECESSITY OF YOGA

THE NECESSITY OF YOGA CAN BE WELL UNDERSTOOD FROM THE FACT THAT COUNTLESS PEOPLE SUFFER FROM VARIOUS DSEASE AND SOME OF THEM AND THEIR LIVES JUST BECAUSE OF NON AVAILABILITY OF PROPER FACILITIES. THIS IS WORLDWIDE PHENOMENA AND HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND MAN HOURS ARE SPENT IN MEDICAL CARE AND STILL NO GUARANTEE TO CURE. YOGA HELPS TO PREVENT DISEASE WHICH IS REALLY A WELCOME MOVE RATHER THAN FIGHTING THE DISEASE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE OR WIN. THE PRACTICE OF YOGA CAN BE STARTED WHEN YOU ARE COMPARATIVELY HEALTHY, I MEAN HAVING NO PERCEPTIBLE DISEASE. EVEN WITH MINOR DISEASE YOU CAN START YOGA WITH LITTLE CARE AND SUPERVISION OF YOGA TRAINER. SINCE KNOWLEDGE CANNOT BE FORWARDED WITHOUT A TEACHER AND TEACHER IS AN IMPORTANT MEDIUM TO PROPAGATE YOGA IN PROPER SENSE. THERE ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIA AND ELSEWHERE, WHO HAVE TAKEN UP THIS CHALLENGE ARE DOING COMMENDABLE JOB FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND. WE MUST IDENTIFY ONE OF THEM TO SUIT OUR NEEDS AND SHOULD CARRY OUT YOGA UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION FOR BEST RESULTS. OTHERWISE ALSO, IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT ENOUGH, THE APPROACH ADOPTED BY EKLAVYA ALSO WORKS HERE, HE LEARNT ARCHERY AND EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF IDOL OF HIS GURU DRONACHARYA WITHOUT PHYSIAL PRESENCE OF GURU.

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AVOID DISEASE ?

THE ANSWER IS YES AND HENCE THE PROVERB "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE" . A PARTICULAR SECTION OF OUR SOCIETY, STILL FEEL THAT DISEASE IS LIKE UNCALLED GUEST. I STRONGLY DISAGREE FROM THE IDEA, RATHER I FEEL THAT IN GENERAL, WE REALLY INVITE DISEASE BY NEGLECTING SANITATION, UNPLANNED LIFESTYLE AND UNNECESSARY WORRIES. NO DISEASE CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT ANY REASON. MANY OF THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOP DISEASE AND BECOME SERIOUS IN LONG RUN, AND THEN WE SUDDENLY WAKE UP. WE MUST CONTINUALLY ADOPT MEASURES TO ERADICATE DISEASE, IT IS NOT VERY DIFFICULT, JUST START AND SEE.

EFFORTS REQUIRED

PATH IS LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH CONTINUAL AND SYSTEMATIC EFFORTS. WE MUST HAVE BURNING DESIRE TO ACHIEVE IT. TRY TO LISTEN TO THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR BODY AND UNDERTAND INDICATIONS GIVEN BY YOUR BODY TIME TO TIME. THIS WAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COORDINATE PROPERLY WITH YOUR BODY FUNCTIONING AND PREVENT IT FROM MANY TROUBLES. NORMALLY WE ARE VERY MUCH IGNORANT ABOUT THE MESSAGES OUR BODY WANTS TO CONVEY. THERE ARE DISEASES LIKE BLOOD PRESSURE, JAUNDICE, THYROID , DIABETES, TYPHOID ETC. WHICH EAT UP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, BUT THERE IS NO CURE IN ALLOPATHIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINES.

MY POINT IS THAT WE NEED TO BECOME AWARE AND SHOULD NOT TRY TO FIND SHORT CUT OR EASY ROUTE FOR CURE. WE HAVE POTENTIAL TO LIVE MUCH MORE THAT WHAT WE PERCEIVE THAT TOO WITHOUT ANY HEALTH PROBLEM. ALSO IN ORDER TO FIGHT OVER WEIGHT, UNDER WEIGHT AND OBESITY PROBLEM, EXERCISES COMBINED WITH YOGA ARE THE BEST ANSWER. IF YOU ARE VERY MUCH LEAN AND THIN OR YOU ARE TOO FAT, BOTH WAYS YOGA IS HELPFUL REACHING PROPER SHAPE OF THE BODY.

NEED TO CHANGE OUR HABITS

DURING OUR APPOINTMENT WITH DOCTOR, WE ADVICE HAVE CROPPED INJECTION RATHER THAN PRESCRIBING MEDICINES AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER AS TO WHEN MEDICINES ARE TO BE TAKEN. IF DOCTOR PRESCRIBED FOR 5 DAYS, WE PURCHASE JUST FOR THREE DAYS AND ACTUALLY TAKE MEDICINES FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS ONLY. AGAIN AFTER FIVE DAYS, WE VISIT BLAMING THAT DOCTOR IS NOT GOOD AND READILY SWITCH OVER TO NEW DOCTOR. HISTORY MAY REPEAT HERE ALSO. OUR SELECTION OF DOCTORS, DEPENDS UPON HOW POLITELY DOCTOR SPEAKS, WHETHER HE/SHE PRESCRIBES BULK OF MEDICINES AND ANTIBIOTICS, NOT ON THE BASIS OF HIS CAPABILITIES AND RESULTS, BUT MOUTH OF WORD MATTERS A LOT FOR US. WE EXPECT VERY FAST RECOVERY AND SOMETIMES EVEN WITHOUT TAKING MEDICINES, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ABSURD. WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS ATTITUDE. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE ARE IN GOOD HEALTH, WE SHOULD CONTINUOUSLY TRY TO FURTHER VITALIZE OUR BODY WITH ENRICHED FOOD ITEMS AND PROPER EXERCISE.