Rugna Mitra

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Acidity

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Suffering from Acidity???

A patient approached to ask a doubt. She had acidity. This acidity had developed to become gastritis and now the patient was suffering from repeated trouble. And her Doctor advised to have curds in the diet esp sweet curds. Having that will pacify the acidity is what he said. She had read one of my previous posts about curds. So she wanted to confirm.

This is a common misbelief that curds are cold. It is so deep that even doctors consider it to be cold. Especially the sweet curds are considered cold. Sweet curds give relief to patients only because of the sweetness. May curd be sweet or saur, it is hot in nature.

There is already Acid of about 3.5pH in the stomach. And if we add curds in it which is cold in touch but hot in nature; I can bet you may feel temporary relief, but will get long time or even permenant disease.

Sweet curds means improperly formed curds. Ayurved calls it Mandaka. And such thing does Prakopa of all three Dosha. So more dangerous and is not suitable for Gastritis.

©Vaidya Amit Pal

3rd August 2016
08:24:19 am

Diabetes

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Diabetes

Most of the people these days are afraid of testing their blood. Who knows, if the report yells at you saying, 'You are a Diabetic'. All fun in life will be lost in a moment. All the sweetness of life well be gone.

People go in depression when they come to know that they have diabetes. As if the life ends at this point. I was free till yesterday, and now I am bound with restrictions. Restrictions for lifetime. As if sentenced for Lifetime imprisonment.

There is a lower limit of Blood Sugar level. More than that is Diabetes. Year after year the lower limit of the Blood sugar level is reducing. As the lower limit comes down, number of diabetics increases. Till yesterday I was fit, yesterday they declared something and today I am diabetic. everyone who was non diabetic joins the Elite Diabetes Club.

So everyone should know one thing, you may have diabetes on paper, don't panic. It us just a stage where you found out that you can fall ill. Like seeing future. And you can change this future if follow certain things.

©Vaidya Amit Pal

12th July 2016
07:15:00 pm

Dairy Milk

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Dairy Milk

These days milk we get is the milk we don't know about. Don't even know whether it is cow's milk or not.

Milk available in packets is collected from different places. Milk of different cows is collected. In this there is milk of different breeds of cows. Some are hybrid and some are non hybridized Country cows. Some cows are sick, some are healthy. Sick cows are given medicines and Antibiotics, while healthy cows are being given Hormones.To fulfill the requirement sometimes previous day's stored stale milk is also added. Or some may even add a little Buffalo milk. Milk of different cows and different breeds is collected and mixed. Once it is mixed, there is no way to know which milk it is. Then it is pasteurised and packed.

Overall what we get is mixture of different cow milks. At first place we don't get Cow milk, and when we get it, we aren't sure about it's purity.

What is the solution,
This time you tell me.

©Vaidya Amit Pal

5th July 2016
09:32:40 pm

Jersey

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Jersey

Jersey breed of cattle is famous for it's milk. It gives milk more than any cow. So whenever we say we use Cow milk, it is mostly from Jersey. So obvious it is when you get more yield, you earn more. And yes you provide milk of cow, rather than milk of a heavy lazy Buffalo.

Intention may be good, but it is one sided. That is because.... Okay let me give an example. I hope by the end you will understand what I meant.

In country side few farmers go out in the evening to have drinks. After a hectic day they think a drink or two will help them relax. So they go and end up having a drink or ten.
So when it's time to go home, they aren't in condition to even stand properly. How will they reach home? Who will drive them home?

Well, wise farmer doesn't come on a bike or scooter. He comes with his Bullock cart. With two huge Bull engines. In such conditions these engines act as drivers. So farmer doesn't have to drive or even navigate. Vehicle drives itself.

Now if the Engine is Country Oxen, Farmer doesn't need to stay awake. He sleeps and they bring their farmer friend right in front of the home, the correct address. Intelligent. They know when to start when to stop and where to stop.

But if those are Jersey bulls; when farmer wakes up, he finds it is morning, he is still in the cart; and the place is totally unknown. Becaus once Jersey start pulling the cart, they will keep doing that until they get the next order, or they get extremely tired. So he is miles away from his home left with his cart, his Bulls and his Frustration.

I think you got my point.
Jerseys may work hard, but lack intelligence. They are like a dumb guy who doesn't know what to do until he is ordered.
So you know what properties you get from that milk. You get milk of a Cow, but not much different than that of a Buffalo.

©Vaidya Amit Pal

6th July 2016
08:21:26 am

Sheep Milk

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Baaa Baaa Black Sheep

Sheep and Goat. Both appear like belonging to same family. One living in Kashmir and other living in Kanyakumari. One with thick heavy Arctic gear sweater and other with thin and soft bare skin as if wearing nothing but a Lungi.

Being distant relatives and having almost similar appearance they have similar properties of their milk is what most of us would think.
That way even Cow and Buffalo appear similar, but the qualities of milk differ a lot. Same is in this case. If qualities of Cow and Buffalo milk differs by Meters, then of Goat and Sheep differs by Kilometers.

Difference in them them can be seen in form of their behavior and physique.
Sheeps are dumb like Buffalos. They follow the same rule. Follow the one in front. They don't care if the guy in front is going in right direction or wrong direction. They just follow with their head down looking at the ground. Whereas a Goat always faces front and keeps looking around. Goats are alert all the time but sheep's don't give dam about what's happening around. Sheeps are like blind followers. If one in front jumps off the cliff, all will jump after it. That's why a wise Sheppard always keeps a Goat in front of a group of Sheeps while taking them for a walk.

Another thing is Sheep is heavily covered with wool for protection from the cold environment. It's wool keeps the body warm. Because of that body temperature is high.

Ayurved says, milk of a Sheep is Hot in nature. That's why can be used in disorders of Vaata. But drinking it has a lot of bad effects. It increases Pitta, so can cause diseases caused by increased Pitta. It also increases Kapha. Taking it in more quantity or regularly causes hiccups and also difficulty in breathing. That's why it is used in very few disorders considering the proper and favourable condition.

So may them be apparent distant relatives, they are different in all aspects. Ayurved thinks about all minute points of a source.

©Vaidya Amit Pal

2nd July 2016
06:35:37 pm

Camel Milk

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In the Desert

[With treatment perspective on Doctor's day]

Have you ever heard anyone using Camel milk? No? Of course you wouldn't. Because the place we live isn't the place Camels live. But the land where Camels are found they also use Buffalo milk now.

Milk of Camel is slightly salty in taste. It is slightly hot in nature and light to digest. Being hot, salty and light it helps to increase digestive power. Rare for any kind of milk, Camel milk possesses dryness.

But again, why am I telling this? What's the use?

Ayurved tells properties of all these types of milks; and ofcourse reading that feels crazy. I mean who milks a camel? They might be using in that era but now the time has changed. Nobody milks camel to drink it. Is Ayurved still selling the knowledge of old Stone age? Any significance of telling this?

But later realised, people in Saurashtra and Rajasthan do use milk of Camels even now. Because that is the place where Camels are found so is the milk.

There are diseases where milk is to be given. But in same case digestion is to be improved, toxins are to be removed, and normal physiology is to be maintained. If given any other milk, doesn't serve the purpose.

But because of all the mentioned rare for milk properties Camel milk fits best and treats best.
Not any milk can do that, but Camel's can.
Interesting isn't it?

Now please don't ask how to get a Camel's milk in our place! We can get a packed cow milk packed in Gujarat, why not Camel's; at least for treatment purpose!

Goat Milk

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Goat's Milk

Gandhiji used Goat milk. So started their followers. He would carry a goat with him, so started their followers. Good habit or bad, I can't comment. But you all must be knowing Goat's milk saved Gandhiji's life.

He had pleurisy, and he was advised milk.
Any milk could have saved his life but he had pledged that he won't drink milk. And as he hadn't thought of goat regarding milk he was made to drink Goat's milk.

And Goat became an animal of everyone's interest. Still I wonder how it didn't become our national animal. People in that time accepted Goat because of Gandhiji, not because of its qualities. Even not we don't know it.

Goat drinks very less water. They do a lot of exercises but not like gym workout. They roam a lot, they run a lot. They don't eat any grass. They eat herbs and leaves of plants. Whatever they eat most of them are bitter and spicy. Because of this they are healthy, fast in action and quick in reflexes.

Same is the reason for Goat's milk to be light in quality. Lighter than even Cow milk. That's why Ayurved says when a newborn doesn't get mother's milk, one should use Goat's milk, not even cow's. And if not available, milk should be processed to make it like Goat's milk.

You know, according to Ayurved Goat milk can be used in many diseases; and one of them was the one which affected Gandhiji. So ultimately because of his pledge, what he had was more than a perfect remedy. Accidental but true.