Hail and hearty, even after five years, in spite of serious heart condition and without operation!

Shri Shiv Shankar Joshi.

Hail and hearty, even after five years,

in spite of serious heart condition and without operation!

(With almost 99.99% blockage and just 10% heart efficiency,

this patient reduced 22kg weight and is alive and kicking after five years)

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Gandhinagar climate was cool as usual in February 2007. But, at noon time, heat would build up. In the development Commissioner’s office in Old Secretariat (Sachivalaya) building, Mr. SK Joshi was huffing & puffing and waiting for his work to be over. He was a govt. officer (Deputy Chitnis) at Palanpur and had traveled this far. He seemed little tense, because once he completes this work, he had to meet a heart specialist. After great efforts and a long wait, he had managed to get this appointment with heart specialist.

But his luck was playing fun with him. His superior was doing something more important and he was asked to wait. This way, doctor’s appointment will have to be cancelled.  Suddenly the officer walked out of his room and Shiv Shankar Joshi could barely ask him: “Sir, will you be back soon?” The boss replied: “I will come back and call you. Please wait.”  This was enough for Shri Joshi to get upset as cancellation of the appointment with the specialist was now almost certain.

Shri Hasmukh Ramanuj, the personal secretary to the Additional Development Commissioner, could sense that any more delay would be troublesome for Shri Joshi. He comforted him, gave him some water and listened to his story attentively. He could quickly grasp the matter about his heart trouble and a failed appointment. So, Hasmukhbhai telephoned me at Nihar..  with a request to see the patient. I quickly gave him an appointment as a special case. Shri Joshi soon landed in Nihar.. from Gandhinagar.

Here was a patient in whose case was given up by  all the  doctors. His angiography was done at a renowned hospital in Ahmedabad. The doctor had looked at the report and confidentially told Mr. Joshi’s  son: “it is a case of 99% blockage. Heart is pumping just 10%. Your father’s condition is very serious. He may live barely for an hour.”

         Another similarly renowned hospital in Ahmedabad had said:” There isn’t much hope”. Two major hospitals were not ready for his heart (by-pass) surgery. In a way, really a lucky patient, indeed!

Doctors were not in favour of surgery because his heart was functioning as if unwillingly. The blood was not circulating to every nook and corner of his body. Modern science was helpless and it had no solution for this malady. The specialists said so. What now?  What next?

Age: 54 years. Retirement was still 3 years away. But the heartbeats were running out of stock & completing the full tenure in office was quite far & away. Ask him to walk a small distance of just 20 ft and he would go short of breath. He came for consultation on 28^th February 2007 for the first time. He then weighed 88 kg.

For him my prescribed routine was very simple: fresh lime water to be taken twice a day, just five to seven steps of walking – not more, not less. Deep breathing - sitting in erect position - during the day time as and when he remembers to do so ( & permitted even when he is lying down & resting), holding fingers in Apan Vayu Mudra for total 45 minutes – for a period of one to five minutes. 

This a good remedy for heart blockages. When practiced continuously for 90 days, it reduces the risk to the heart. When the patient with blockages in the heart is operated upon, a stent is inserted to widen the artery & with the support of a stent, it remains in that position. But the stent, by itself, would not remove the cholesterol deposits. But here, in Nature Cure, the hardworking & naturally found ingredients clean the cholesterol deposits. This prescription is, however, not for those who have pitta prakriti or suffer from acidity or intestinal ulcers.

Four or five such remedial steps were prescribed and the list was handed over to Shri Shiv Shankar Joshi. He was asked to strictly avoid fried / barbecued type of foods in his diet. He was also advised to take juice extracted from raw dudhi (bottle gourd) added with  some tulasi and pudina (basil & mint) leaves & water. Raw vegetables etc can cause gastric trouble & therefore those who have such complaints should avoid taking raw foods.

And, now here is one remedy which is very effective with zero cost: Salutations to the Sun God or sitting for few minutes in tender morning sunshine every day. Mahatma Gandhi has already advocated this and I am not saying something new. This remedy is as ancient as the principles of Truth & Non-violence preached to us since ancient times. I am just reminding every one, nothing else.

Ancient science of health and hygiene is full of such preaching & teachings. There are time-tested, age-old remedies and just following them would open the treasure chest of good health. Taking deep breath while sitting erect under soft sunrays everyday in the morning will give multiple benefits such as improved blood circulation, stronger bones and better breathing capacity for the lungs.

With these prescriptions, I explained some fundamental concepts also to Shri Joshi. In February, Ahmedabad is a hot place at noon time – although  elsewhere it is still somewhat a wintry weather. Shri Joshi had to take a bus for  Palanpur and the bus stop was at least one km away. How will an unaccompanied heat patient reach the bus stop with not auto rixa around ? A lady in our staff offered to take him there on her moped.

One day I was reading an old wrapping paper used for packing our magazine Anupan. It contained a small article on a home remedy, extracted from one Urdu magazine, very useful for better blood circulation and lowering cholesterol : “Take juice of fresh ginger, lemon, garlic and apple vinegar – all in equal parts and boil it on low flame for 30 minutes. When it is reduced to three fourth quantity, remove it from the stove. After it cools down, add three small katori (bowl) of honey and put it in a glass bottle. Authentic apple vinegar may be available in Mumbai or obtained from abroad. Take three teaspoonful of this mixture with a cup of water every morning.  Do not take any food or drink for next one hour.”

Two kind-hearted  women in my clinic had tears in their eyes – one was my wife Dipika and another was Kirtida.  They were afraid that this patient has hardly any chance to live long. They feared he may not survive till his bus arrives. But Mother Nature is supreme. It decides about our life and death.

Shri Joshi came next time to our clinic after nearly four and half months, on the auspicious day of launching the first issue of Anupan, our monthly magazine. His weight was down by about three kg. He was getting short of breath while walking but not too much. He was able to breathe comfortably and felt more vigorous. Most important was the fact that his anger level had come down.

We need to remember that anger is the natural & automatic response of the body when brain receives lesser blood supply. The ‘apple vinegar’ therapy printed in a box above was found effective. Several patients have lowered their cholesterol levels with its help. So, it will be highly unusual if Shri Joshi’s cholesterol level did not drop.

Let us take just one example of miracle of our body system. When some one’s heart is not functioning well, his blood circulation is poor due to poor pumping of the heart ( poor LV function). Blood does not reach each and every part of his body in natural way. About one fourth of blood supply is used by our brain alone. When the pumping is poor, how would our brain get the required quantity of blood supply?  Persons who suffer from inadequate blood circulation in the brain get angry very easily. As soon as their anger builds up, the blood circulation increases and the blood will reach properly in the brain. May be that is why the weaker people get angry more often than others!

While living in his home town Palanpur only, Mr. Joshi very sincerely took this remedy & followed our other instructions and guidelines which were based on the constitution of his body, - and got very good results very quickly. Now, he was advised to walk a longer distance. The arteries had been re-energized and Dr Left foot and Dr Right foot were too eager to walk more and more.

But this was also the crucial time when he had to be careful and control himself. His heart was slowly healing itself and at this point of time, any jerky or rapid movements or exercise can be harmful for the heart.

He is now 59 years old and has already retired one year ago. He is under the treatment of Dr Mansuri in Palanpur since last one year. He has given him sorbitrate tablet (for use during any emergency) plus two  more tablets. From our side, walnuts are prescribed for him to be taken regularly as ‘natural medicine’. Walnuts improve the HDL (or ‘good’) cholesterol levels.

Good cholesterol is produced in the body itself by our liver. And if it is in good quantity, it can restrict LDL (or ‘bad’) cholesterol levels -just as we need a large number of good people in our society for controlling some bad elements. 

Remember your childhood? How much overjoyed were you on the day you learned to ride a bicycle! But, once you mastered it, how many times you did you fall down and had cuts & bruises on your body. Similar is the journey from illness to good health.   Once the patient starts recovering, he / she has to remain much more alert. If there is heart problem and due to your enthusiasm, you walk excessively or walk very fast, then you weak heart will have to take this load. Therefore, control is very necessary.

It is amazing that I have before me his reports for 2009 & 2010 and his  Left Ventricular (LV) function is just 10% in both these reports. At the time of writing this, the medical condition is serious. Severe triple vessel diseases, severe blockage in three blood vessels, poor heart function…….and yet...

And yet, at the end of 2011, he comfortably walks 3-4 km. every day, does not feel breathlessness & also gets sound sleep. With 10% LV function, surgery may become very risky.  Therefore, Shri S K Joshi does simple but light exercises, daily relaxes on the Operation Table of Mother nature & lives his daily life.

Even today, Shri Joshi visits Nihar Arogya Mandir about once in a year, for resolving some health related complaints or getting at least some relief in them. Apart from the heart, there are other organs in the body. So some times either it is his long troubling cold or his waist ache or indigestion; but Mother Nature has a solution for all of them.

Anyone and everyone who wish to return to Mother Nature, who wish to live a good life with least of medicines - (and also, God willing, a long life too) – can take support from Nature Cure and are welcome! Here nothing is ‘anti’, every thing moves in ‘harmony’ with you.

Whatever may be the disease, howsoever may be the condition, if you are ready to bow & surrender to Mother Nature, she will accept you with open arms. Mother Nature shows no arrogance, but is rather eager to embrace and welcome you….

Shri Shivshankar Khemshankar Joshi

4, Ankur Park, Near Golden Park,

Hanuman Tekari, Angola Road,

PALANPUR, Dist Banaskantha (Guj)

Phone: 98796-41603

After reading this case history, you may ask: “How is Mr. Joshi still alive and active – even with mere 10% LV function? How does his heart receive adequate and regular blood supply with 99.99% blockage? When we go out for some important work and if we find that the road is dug up, what do we do? Simple answer is that we take a diversion. We do not stop. We certainly reach our destination. In our body also, when the main arteries which carry blood to the heart nearly close down, small veins and venules carry the blood to the heart. Medically it is known as ‘collateral’ or additional bye pass Very renowned cardiologist, Late Dr  KK Datey has mentioned about this natural by-pass in his book ‘All About High Blood Pressure’. Of course, by this route the blood supply reaching the heart is very  minimum, just enough for the survival. Walking strengthens this alternative route and as a result more blood is supplied to the heart. Mother Nature has its own mystic ways about who will live and who will die. Where science stops, amazement and wonders begin!