PreHealing

Summary: We are a technological marvel. Our Five senses are sophisticated scanning devices, our brains have the codecs  to decode and create a world for us out of seemingly incomprehensible data. We are self sufficient organic machines with advanced AI  capabilities.  In a world where certifications matter the most, our bodies have been painstakingly built by the coming together of two illiterate simple cells- neither of them held any certificates or degrees! Every cell that makes up our body has its own life and each cell in itself is a distinct living entity that religiously abides by an embedded set of instructions ( the genetic code). Moreover each cell also has the ability to record their life experience by altering this code (Based on their interaction with the environment)  Commerce and trade within the body is much more advanced, fair and sustainable than the primitive and illogical currency based system of ours. Our body is...

  Blog Overview If you have a very busy lifestyle and you are exhausted at the end of the day, ask yourself if you were Busy Sitting! Most of us who are busy are either  1. Travelling- And are sitting 2. Attending Meetings- Yet again sitting 3. Working at Office - Most of the work is done while you are sitting 4. Come back late at home and need some rest- Sitting on a couch watching TV Steps we could take: Use a fitness tracker or a simple Pedometer to ensure that you are getting the required exercise. Daily monitoring is the Key --------- Keeping yourself busy is good. It is supposed to keep the body fit, the mind engaged and help optimize your productivity. However in this modern Busy-ness driven world, busy is synonymous with sitting for long hours. And if you are very very busy, then you are sitting for long hours at different locations. I will keep this post short. The reason as to why I wanted to write on this topic is because there ar...

 ( Summary for those who don’t have the time to read it all ) When losing weight becomes a real challenge.- Could it be your metabolism ? Is slow metabolism really bad – especially when all your physiological parameters are good Is something wrong with healthy people having a slow metabolism? Why would we have evolved to fine tune and optimize energy expenditure? Would you be unhappy if your car gave you a mileage of 100 miles per gallon instead of the usual 20 miles/gallon? Benefits of optimized metabolism ( Increased efficiency ) Why are we unhappy when we don’t lose weight as expected- especially after increasing our physical activity with the intent to lose weight. Time to have realistic expectations and appreciate our body just as we would appreciate a highly efficient car. A better option for losing weight: Using Diet and lifestyle modifications in lieu of exercise alone  Sheetal asked me the other day, “Can you help me with my metabolism issues....

( Summary for those who don’t have the time to read it all ) What is a Disease. Healing: as a Positive Disease. Understanding Covert and Overt Diseases What happens when you interfere with the Healing Disease Our current disease fighting methodology is to side with the enemy when there is a war. How can we cooperate with the body during a crisis -------- Hari was experiencing flu like symptoms. He was running a temperature, had severe body ache and was feeling very weak and nauseated. He wanted to know as to how he could arrest his fever as soon as possible, get rid of his weakness and be up and running so that he could attend to an important meeting in the office the next day. For Hari as for most of us the biggest problem was the Fever and the accompanying discomfort. When he went to the doctor the doctor gave a course of antibiotics, an anti-pyretic and an antihistamine. When Hari enquired if it wasn't prudent to do a blood test before taking the antibiotics, t...

   ( Summary for those who don’t have the time to read it all ) 1 Large Onion cut into 4-5 pieces, 4 cups of water (800ml) a pinch of turmeric and 4-5 cloves. ( Add Jaggery if you are making it for children or for patients who are feeling very weak ) Boil all these till the water is reduced to half the quantity. Filter, store in a Thermos flask and give the patient about 1/2 glass every half an hour or so  -------------- This Kashyam ( Herbal Tea / Anti Fever Soup ) helps the body heal faster and as a result helps normalize the body temperature. Given below is the recipe.  The Basic recipe is for emergencies and requires very few ingredients. The optional items could be used when you have access to additional herbs. Nevertheless both these recipes can help the patient recover from fever by addressing the root cause Onion Kashyam: Basic Recipe Ingredients: 1 Big Onion ( 120-140gms) 4-5 Cloves 1/4th Tsp of Turmeric powder Sma...