Doctor’s
Diary
(Friends, hundreds of thousands Gujarati
readers are acquainted with Dr Sharad Thakar”s
two popular columns : “Doctor's Diary” & “Rann Ma Khilyu Gulab”
since last 18 years. I too have read him
in different newspapers earlier and presently read him in “Divya Bhaskar”.
When he arrived at Nihar… with severe pain, we were in a way happy.
We were grateful to this pain which brought Dr Thakar saheb to us.
Dr Thakar saheb was cured at Nihar Arogya Mandir and he wrote about this
on
11th January, 2012 in “Kalash”
( a weekly supplement of Divya Bhaskar daily newspaper )
We received numerous telephones and many came to us for treatment also
with full faith in us ,
because Dr Thakar saheb had fully narrated his case history.
It is a matter of deep satisfaction for us that inspite of practising as
MD (Gynec) ,
Dr. Thakar saheb placed immense faith in naturopathy and was kind enough to re-write
the episode for us for our
journal “Anupan”
– Mukesh Patel )
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“How are you, doctor”, I was repeatedly
greeted one day in September by a barrage of telephone calls.
I would answer: “ See, I am not
well. I am sick”. Quickly came a second question: “ You mean even doctors fall sick ?” Boring questions. I
would reply: “ Not only doctors fall sick, but they die also. Many of the
greatest doctors of this planet are presently in the heaven today.”
My bad luck was at its peak on 16th
Sept. I had travelled to visit one
institution. But I got a bad bargain. Two hundred kms journey one way was
completed entirely in a bus. The vehicle was large, spacious and comfortable but the roads were
very bad.
They were perhaps the most underdeveloped roads in our
otherwise most developed state.
The monsoon season was just over. There were pot holes all across the roads, reminding of the tar
and grit which was there once upon a time.
We had a rough ride and with every jolt, now & then, I would sigh painfully: “ ah”, “ouch” and “ oh my god”.
I was back home a little past
midnight, fully wrenched, turned and twisted – just like a damp garment that
has been processed in a washing machine.
The road journey had created a
two-fold problem: My back had been jolted beyond my capacity to bear and I
got a swelling in my stomach and
intestines. The waist was sprained and repeatedly gave me shooting pain from
one specific point. I could not sleep for the whole night. To cure hyper
acidity, I took two tablets but the nausea continued till morning.
First thing in the morning, I rang
up a friend who was an orthopaedic surgeon: “ when you start from your home for
the clinic, please do visit my residence on the way”. He asked: “ Why,
what is wrong with you?”. I replied: “ I will tell you when we meet.”
He could sense my boredom in my voice and was with me in
next few minutes. He asked me again: “ what is wrong with you?”
I was soon describing the problem
in detail: “ The sciatica nerve passing through the two spinal discs seems to have been injured. There is non stop
sensation in right leg. It feels like some type of electrical current .
We have studied the human anatomy
and the complete route of sciatica nerve. I am able to narrate it without any
dissection of the body, because whole of it is paining. I am unable to
sleep, in whichever position I may try.
I have tried sleeping in each and
every position, turning to right and left, sleeping on my stomach, on my back,
sleeping on four ‘legs’ like a frog, keeping pillows on both sides, but no relief.
The electric current is running non-stop.”
Doctor examined me and then
advised : “ Your judgement is correct. The jumpy bus ride has injured your
spinal discs. Sciatica nerve has been inflamed. Take some pain killer tablets
and also bed rest for some days. You will be alright”.
I quickly disagreed: “ Bed rest is impossible. Where is rest or sleep?
There is huge work load. Pain killer tablets do not suit me. I have my loyal,
age-old acidity problem which no doctor has been able to treat so far. These
tablets cause vomits.’
“Never mind, take them together with antacid tablets ”, he said.
“ I am doing that. I am gulping
down all sorts of them; digene, ranitidine, famotidine,
rabeprazole , domperidon, and what not. I have emptied in my throat half
a bottle of mucaine gel also. I have been taking
only cold milk and ice cream. Inspite of all this, a small fire is burning in my stomach”.
He suggested his last remedy: “
take paracetamol”. I said: “ I can’t. For me, it is not vomit-proof.
My orthopaedic friend had nothing more to offer. He did not say it in so many words that ‘my
dear, this is all that allopathy can do for you’. But his helplessness was clearly
visible on his face. He gave me
some words of consolation and left.
I kept tossing for three long days and nights. I was unable
to sit in my consulting chair , yet I was forced to sit. I was tired and was
losing the battle.
Suddenly, a name flashed brightly
on my mental screen!
Before some months, I was
introduced to one gentleman: Mukesh Patel. He runs a nature cure clinic ..
Nihar Arogya Mandir. He and his wife
make a zealous and enthusiastic
pair. He regularly publishes various
articles written by Kanti Bhatt, Gunvant Shah & also by my close friend
Madhav Ramanuj in his magazine ‘Anupan’. He has even published some articles
from my “Doctor’s Diary and I had also
visited his clinic once for attending some
meeting.
I rang him up immediately: “
Mukesh bhai, I have this type of problem and if you can treat me without a
single tablet or capsule, I can come to you.” He affectionately said ‘yes’ and
I started for his clinic with my dear, obedient wife.
Mukesh bhai and Deepika bahen
heard my problem with keen interest. Then Mukesh bhai asked me: “ your food
intake will have to be strictly regulated. Will you be able to control your
tongue and the taste buds?”
I promised him befittingly: “ Even
a royal buffet in a king’s palace will
not be able to tempt me. Please go ahead”
“OK then, no food from this very
moment. Only fruits and juices. No milk, curd or butter-milk. Do not even think
of tea. Your meals will have two bananas and one apple, two times a day. Are
you ready?” He asked. And I immediately agreed.
He then asked me to sleep on one
side on his table. I was asked to remove all upper clothes. Castor oil massage
was lightly applied on my waist and on the back. Steam fomentation was given. I
hardly got any quick relief.
“Now turn and lie down on your back. We will apply mud pack on the
abdomen.” Mukesh bhai’s advice reminded me of Gandhiji, who was a great admirer of this treatment. I hardly
had any faith in this treatment but like a good patient, I cooperated fully.
The cool black mud had a favourable effect on the fire burning in my stomach
since past few days. I spent about two hours there on and took their leave.
I had to be there for a full
course of seven days and this was very,
very inconvenient for me. But I was greedy and needy and had little
choice. I was to soon undertake two
journeys in a single week – of eight
hundred kms each. For two days there was not much change in my condition,
although the fire in the stomach was slowly cooling down. But sciatica was
still giving me the shocks.
At last, for a moment, Mukesh bhai
applied pressure at one specific point on my right leg. It was acupressure..
and the shocks and jerks were gone! It is eight months now and I am a jumping
jack once again, without any problem!
And what about my acidity?
His advice for diet control was only for four or five days, but I did it
for full twenty one days. I lived only on fruits. I created
a best example of controlling my taste buds and temptations. I even
attended a very delicious looking buffet dinner party , sitting all the while
like a yogi.
Jay Vasavada was sitting on one
side & Kajal Vaidya was on the
other. Both these friends were making
best efforts for tempting me and trying spicy varieties before my eyes. But I
was sitting in the middle, like a silent witness. Because I wanted to be cured.
After this incident, I have come
to realize the limitations of allopathic treatment. And what a wonderful
healing power resides in the five elements of Mother Nature, namely: Fire,
Earth, Water, Air and Space !!
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Thanks a lot, Thakar saheb. This
self-example that you have placed before our society speaks a lot about your
frank and straight-forward thoughts, which greatly reflect in you as a person
also, as we know it and as is reflected in your narration published above.
You have chosen to publish your
intimate, personal experience of
miraculous nature cure even though you
practice modern medicine.
We have a request for our readers.
Many of you might have taken out treatment and obtained best results.
By reading this article, if you also feel like sharing your personal
success story of nature cure for the
benefit of the society, please write to us. If you so desire, we will be happy
change your name and maintain confidentiality.
Nature cure is not a therapy but
rather a life style.
If one looks at 125 years’ history
of nature cure treatment, one unbelievable fact will observed: many physicians, MD etc have turned to nature
cure practice after doing the modern-day allopathic practice!
With this dual experience, they
have come to a conclusion that human body recovers by itself! It has great,
miraculous power to return to good health after sickness and that is how the
body can be maintained for long years.
If we observe fast and limit our
food intake to fruit juices, water, butter milk, salads & milk, the body
will have to spend less energy in digesting the food and it will be left with
much more energy to quickly heal itself by throwing out the waste, toxins and
other harmful substances.
Our body works day and night to
look after itself, to protect and cleanse itself. And we also work round the
clock to disturb our body by doing more and more wrong things.
It is a great pity that the so-called
intelligent human being is the greatest enemy of the human body. He finds out
so many new, artificial and unhealthy eatable items every day that his otherwise
powerful digestive system also does not know how to handle such modern foods.
Body wants to live longer. If you
can not help it, at least do not create hurdles for it. Have respect for its
self-healing powers. And if you wish to
live a healthy, energetic and disease- free life, come to Mother Nature with
full faith and devotion.
Fast regularly but do not starve
yourself. Follow a scientific diet plan. Do light and harmless exercise and
yoga. Take some food for the mind. Live in harmony with the nature, live
lightly and take natural foods.– Mukesh Patel 
