The case of 'powerful' pituitary gland becoming 'powerless'.
(Or how did Naturopathy reduce the daily dose of 20 tablets
to just ½ tables & made the pacemaker redundant)
World Health Organization ( WHO) has recognized more than 150 branches of alternate medicines over and above ayurveda and allopathy. The oldest therapy in the world is ayurveda. Nature cure and naturopathy are as old as our existence. We have been daily using these therapies, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Some where it is adopted unconsciously and some where systematically.
Several tribes use nature cure in a very natural way and live happily. If some one who is living in a city gets a fraction of this natural treasure even once in a while, there is no limit to his joy. One such city dweller, Ashok Shah happened to come to ‘tribals’ like us and he could get the key to this natural treasure. Let us peep into Ashokbhai’s real life story.
Name: Ashok Shah. Recently retired, in April 2011, from GNFC Ltd ,Ahmedabad . The beginning of our story goes back to 1999. One day in that year, Ashokbhai was running fever. Medically speaking, the cause was viral infection. His treatment was done by the expert physician and cardiologist Dr Kaushik Vaidya of Ahmedabad.
Ashokbhai was taking twenty tablets every day when he first came to Nihar. For various conditions such as Thyroid, blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, sleeplessness, pituitary gland problems, fatigue, collapsing often any time and any where, weakness,… Now his only condition is good health. Out of twenty, now he takes only half a tablet for diabetes, more as a precaution. The pace maker fitted to regulate his heart beat is sitting idle, doing nothing like a caretaker government. His heart is functioning on its own.
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The treatment was taken for about ten days. The fever had gone away in two days. But due to viral infection, the laboratory test showed higher presence of lymphocytes. Dr Vaidya made one observation. Ashokbhai’s heart beats were slowing down due to the infection. Normally, the heart beats seventy two times in a minute. Ashokbhai’s heart beats will slow down to forty five per minute. Dr. Vaidya handed over the case to Dr Tarun Dave. Ashokbhai was truly had a lot of patience as a patient. He took the treatment for full six months as advised by Dr Dave . But the heart was still beating irregularly.
In 2000, Ashokbhai went for a battery operated ‘pacemaker’ which was installed inside his body, to regulate his heartbeats. Normally, the heart beats seventy two times in a minute. Ashokbhai’s heart beats were often slowing down to forty five per minute. At such times, the battery of the pace maker will provide electric impulse and support the heart to beat faster.
The battery would run down if the heart uses it daily . In April 2003, it was observed that the pacemaker which was supposed to last longer, was actually having a battery in a very run-down condition and battery would barely run for six more months only. However, after the naturopathy treatment at Nihar , the heart felt no need of the pacemaker. In 2006 , out of caution, a new pacemaker was installed ( but the battery of the old pacemaker was still having very good life). Nature had started to give the natural electric impulse to his heart.
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Let us now get little deeper in Ashokbhai’s medical condition. Slower heartbeats or higher level of lymphocytes shown in the test reports were hinting at some possibilities. But the situation was far more serious. Ashokbhai will become unconscious any time and any where, all of a sudden. He would collapse on the floor like a pile of clothes. The root cause of this was still not found by anyone. He was required to be hospitalized now and then.
The case finally reached the renowned Dr Parag Shah. Dr Shah advised to go for some essential test reports and finally the diagnosis was done: “Partial Pituitarism”. Ashokbhai’s pituitary gland was affected and now was functioning poorly. Pituitary is a very important gland, of the size of a pea and weighing 0.5 gram located at the base of the brain and controlling very important functions like body Growth, Blood pressure, Thyroid gland function. conversion of food into energy and body temperature regulation etc. The ancient Yogic science, used the word chakra for the power point near this gland.
The chakra located near pituitary gland is known as agna chakra. If the affected gland is located near the chakra which gives command ( agna) , it is quite normal that other functions will go out of control. Thyroid, out of control. Pancreas , out of control. Network of nerves in the brain, full of disorder.
Thyroid test report was quite abnormal. Its treatment began. Pancreas was affected so diabetes became unstable. The medicines were to be taken carefully. Network of nerves in the brain was also upset and so sleeplessness was added in the list of problems. Now its medicine was also started. Cortisol secretion produced by his gland had reduced & some medicines for that also were added. Ashokbhai was cholesterol-rich so how can he be spared! So some more medicine was added. Total tablets were around twenty- per day.
There was no satisfactory solution for unstable heartbeats. The doctors advised Ashokbhai in 2002 to have one pacemaker placed inside his body. At times when the heartbeats go below seventy two per minute, the battery of the pace maker will provide electric impulse and support the heart to beat faster. This battery supports the heart. However, we know very little about how our hearts are running in a normal situation.
Ashokbhai was operated below his right shoulder and a pacemaker was placed inside the body. With such and so many artificial supports here & there, Ashokbhai’s first two years passed without much trouble. He would not be hospitalized as often as it was in the past. He would have some problem once in a while but he was other wise hale and hearty. But, these artificial supports crumbled soon and, sadly, the engine derailed again. Now Ashokbhai went to Mumbai.
In the beginning, when Ashokbhai first arrived at Nihar, his priority problem was sleeplessness. Even after taking sleeping pills, he was not able to sleep. After about one and half month’s naturopathy treatment, one day he came almost running and told us: “There is a different problem now. I start getting sound sleep at 8 pm every day”.
I explained to him that: “this is not a problem; it is a solution. The micro level activity of the glands in our body can start properly only if the body gets sound sleep. The process of reversing the damage done to the pituitary gland can happen only during sound sleep. And this repairing is being done by you body only. Go to sleep without any worry and if you wake up at 4 am, start your daily exercise. If you still feel sleepy, then go to sleep otherwise engage yourself in the activity that you like most.”
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There are several expert doctors in Mumbai. He consulted Dr. Vivek Mehan of Bombay Hospital Sir Harkisandas Hospital Bombay Hospital
Now what Ashokbhai, a devout Jain, needed most was the kind blessings and grace of Lord Mahavir. And this was not far away. It actually flowed in the form of a few sacred words from the mouth of Dr Vivek Mehan. He clearly told Ashokbhai: “ Please go and get kind some treatment other than ours. If you continue to take so many high power tablets, there are more chances that life will become shorter…”
And Ashokbhai got a strong message which changed his life. Here was a specialist doctor who was kind enough to frankly admit the limitation of his branch of medicine! Ashokbhai could sense a very clearly a divine signal in these words. He returned to Ahmedabad. But how to find a branch of medical cure other than allopathy? Yogasana are being taught free of cost at several places in Ahmedabad. But what he needed was a scientific medical treatment which will get to the roots of his problem and provide a cure.
The divine signal was not wrong. Jay Jinendra. Shri Nishitbhai Prajapati, his colleague in the office gave Ashokbhai the details which he was looking for. His relative Shri Bharatbhai Pattani had suffered a paralysis type of effect due to compression of a section of the spine, but little different. This problem caused by the neurological disturbance was successfully treated with naturopathy , without any support of medicines. Ashokbhai was instantly now felt connected with what Dr Mehan as well as Nishitbhai had told him.
It was one summer evening in April, 2003. I was relaxing in my backyard garden at Nihar. Some friends had come from Vadodara. And, all of a sudden, Ashokbhai appeared before us. Times were different and the system of giving appointments to the patients in those days was more liberal than what is today.
The bulk of his medical case papers was heavier than his own weight. There were seven or eight huge files full with reports and prescriptions. I requested him to explain the case history in short so that the treatment can quickly begin. It would take long time to read all the files. Ashokbhai is very methodical person and he handed me two long pages which gave short but point-wise descriptions of all his health related problems. This paper remained with his files for seven years.
Then the treatment was started. A serious, major operation was done on him. It lasted for about five thousand hours. This is not a joke or an exaggeration. Mukesh Patel put him in the operation theatre of mother Nature. The operation / treatment was done by the ever ready team of five renowned doctors, Dr. Agni (fire), Dr. Prithvi (earth), Dr. Jal (water), Dr. Vayu (air) and Dr. Akash (space), in other words - the five powerful natural elements.
Instead of giving anesthesia, these doctors would prefer the patient to do deep breathing . instead of cutting body parts, they would cut the disease with their powerful but invisible force. They would feed not the vitamins through some medicines but through simple, fresh, natural diet. But here was a strange problem.
The packer at warehouse of the Prithvi Hospital
At the end of seven months, what happened can be called a miracle in the eyes of the non-believers. May be it can be considered some thing that has happened rarely in our times. Oh, one important point was missed and not mentioned. These five doctors do not charge any fee. They do it fRee. They also have a hugely powerful battery - ‘ SOLAR brand’ - which has many wires and chords. This they offer daily for any one and every one who wishes to connect for free recharge .
One more time let us recall Ashokbhai’s health problems and then start forgetting them one by one, for ever. Foremost problem was with the pituitary gland and the cortisol secretion. This gland has direct connection with Agna chakra. In the absence of , steroids became a part of his treatment. After the treatment at Nihar, the body re-started cortisol production and steroids were not required any more.
Irregular and low heart beats was his second major problem. Despite of the presence of pace maker, from the seventh month, Ashokbhai’s heart started working with self-sufficiency 99.99% time. Poor pacemaker is idle and resting in a corner somewhere. Cholesterol has become an unwanted item in his body and is gone, but be careful, it is looking for a new address elsewhere. Diabetes earlier was shooting up. Now, the sugar level is falling down. As a precaution, he takes half a tablet for diabetes, a bit irregularly.
Funny thing happened about his sleep. Prior to nature cure, Ashokbhai was not able to get good sleep even with the help of sleeping pills. Now, he goes to bed at fixed time, 10 pm and enjoys eight hours of sound sleep. He enjoys two square meals with good appetite and works with enviable strength without fatigue or tiredness. After retirement, at the age of sixty one years, this score card is enviable.
The crux of Ashokbhai’s journey to natural health is very plain and simple both for a lawyer and a labourer to understand: there was some malfunction in his pituitary gland; his connection with agna chakra was disturbed. His muscular system was as disorganized as a class of pupils in absence of a class teacher. There was no obedience to commands.
Cardiac muscles were weakened and the pacemaker came to the rescue, like a class teacher from the neighbouring class room rushing to bring some discipline in another teacher’s class. But boys will be boys. So Ashokbhai would collapse anytime while walking. It was always a very uncertain and unstable walking adventure for him. He had to swallow twenty tablets a day and yet live the dull life like a push cart. And an altogether different, energetic and youthful Ashokbhai of nowadays with just half a tablet for diabetes. What a contrast!
It is quite natural for someone to ask: How could Ashokbhai come out completely from such multiple sicknesses? He followed the routine prescribed for him with patience , faith and sincerity. He took the diet exactly as advised. He carefully completed the breathing exercises, in the morning and at the bed time, twice a day. For two continuous months, he visited Nihar for treatment with Mud packs, steam and simple, light exercises. In between he visited as and when needed.
His breakfast included pineapple and apple juice. One third portion of pineapple and half an apple to be used for extracting the juice. This broke the cholesterol chain. Regularly, he took three shelled walnuts every day.
Supper would include some cereals, pulses and vegetables cooked together. To be precise, it would contain cracked wheat, green moong dal ( with skin ) and veggies which are very tender, like tindora ( ivy gourd) parwal ( pointed gourd) , turiya ( ridge gourd), dudhi ( bottle gourd) and galaka ( sponge gourd) . Cooked really soft with three times the volume of water on slow flame, this nutritious vegetable thuli will generate no load but all joy and comfort once inside the digestive system. (Some say sufiyana (veg) thuli was popular with King Akbar’s cuisine in 16th century also)
Jain families have daily rotating supper. If one can remain on simple, gentle diet for five days in a week, be on fast for one day and have a rotating supper once in a week; this will be quite a balanced and stable nutrition plan . Sun bath every day, light exercises, wise restraint in food intake, regular consulting at fixed intervals.. That is all.
This is enough to stabilize the rocking boat of some one’s health and hygiene. Ashokbhai was once injured in an accident. Here also, he went for naturopathy and had a quick recovery. Once you are back with Mother Nature and have settled down, how can you be away from it? It will keep showering its blessings endlessly.
Ashokbhai Shah
A-65, Sun Bridge Tower
Memnagar, Ahmedabad
Tel: 98988-54433
