Learn How Seven Mantras Can Keep You Healthy (Physically and Mentally)

It's really difficult to develop faith until and unless one has observed benefits of alternate medicines or fitness practices. It's useless to talk benefits of morning walk to any young one who is yet to celebrate 40th birthday. Believe it or not, one can reduce dependency on medicines to almost zero by following the steps given below:

1. Morning walk

2. Yogasana

3. Sudarshan Kriya

4. Pranayama

5. Acupressure

6. Magnetic therapy

7. Herbal/ natural products/ aroma/Homeopathy

Morning walk:

Taking a 40 minutes daily walk in the morning shall keep you fit and healthy. The best time for morning walk is one hour before and after sunrise. One should take care while doing the morning walk. He/she should take a 10 minute normal walk followed by a walk maximum to the potential and then 10 minutes brisk walk and end it with 10 minutes normal walk. One should take morning walk with empty stomach and should drink few glasses of water after return from the walk.

Yogasana:

There are several asanas available and soft copies of yogasana's are available in the market. One should choose asana's according to ones requirement based on ailments or health problems.

Sudarshan Kriya:

This activity is designed and patented by Sri Sri Ravishankar ji and it's a perfect activity to keep your internal organs fully fit. Snapshots of Sudarshan Kriya are shown in the right side bar. However, this activity should not be undertaken without understanding it fully. The regular courses are organized by "Art of Living" organization in almost everywhere in the world. All people must do once in their life the "Basic course of Art of Living".

Pranayama:

Both pranayama and Sudarshan Kriya are simple breathing processes but with a difference and hence effect of both the processes are also different. One should understand about the advantages and disadvantages of both the activities and should decide which one to adopt.

Acupressure:

This is a simple procedure to get relief from ailments like headache, backache, sinus and other several problems. Process is very simple. There are points in hands and leg sole where a gentle pressure need to be given by the thumb. Figure shows these points. One should give stimulus to these points by pressing and releasing these points with thumb.

Magnetic therapy:

Small magnets are used to provide relief from minor and consistent problems. Several products of magnetic therapy are available in the market. However, with a little knowledge of technique, one can purchase low densitiy magnets and use them for treating several diseases.

Herbal/Natural products:

Herbal and natural products may be used to treat several diseases. However, one should be careful of herbal products available in the market as these products sometimes may contain steroides. Information about home therapies is available in abundance on the net. Hence, these remedies may be prepared at home and used.

Natural means of keeping fit and healthy:

Water

Water is needed for all the vital functions of the body. Since water is essential in all the metabolic processes of the body, maintaining its balance in the tissues and other organs helps in providing strength and endurance of all tissues.

Different uses of water:

• Obese people should have more water than others to make themselves less hungry

• If you have dry lips in winter-drink one or two glass of water early in the morning. Drinking of lot of water in the morning (empty stomach) helps maintaining blood pressure

• Gargles with a glass of hot water mixed with one tablespoon of common salt relieve throat pain.
• keeping your injured (internal injury) or paining body part in hot water (lukewarm) mixed with common salt relieves pain
• Recently conducted research findings shows that taking a bath with hot water mixed with common salt relieves stress
• Drink 8-10 glasses of water daily. Water requirement depends on the body weight
• Drinking enough water helps prevent urinary, bladder or kidney infections through flushing out the toxins from our body
• Research studies suggest that water therapy can help prevent colon cancers
• Drinking 2-3 liters of waters daily is known to removes black rings around the eyes
  

Vegeteranian diet

• According to a new study conducted and published by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine along with George Washington University and the University of Toronto, a low fat, unrefined, vegeteranian diet (excluding all animal products) is ideal for people with Type 2 diabtes.

Sleep

• Longer sleep keeps you fit and more healthy than people having less sleep
• Sleep in the day for 30 minutes to one hour may help energize your body and mind

Obesity

• A recent study published in "Neurology" showed that people having abdominal obesity in middle age and beyond nearly triples the risk of developing dementia.
• This study supports the earlier findings linking diseases such as stroke, diabetes and heart stroke with obesity in the middle age and beyond.
• According to this study excess abdominal fat increases risk even among those who are of normal weight overall.
• Studies have shown that people who consumed cashew nuts thrice in week in limited quantities gained less weight compared to those who didn't consume cashews.

Eating less:

• According to a LiveScience report, eating less could add years to your life and if done in moderation it could at least help you live a more healthy life.
• Scientists say it works both by cutting risks for some diseases and by allowing all body cells to hang in there longer.
• Plenty of evidences suggest that calorie restriction can reduce your risks for many common diseases including cancer, diabetes and heart diseases.

Importance of Proper Breathing:

• Several yoga experts have recommended different types of breathing techniques. All these techniques keep boyh the body and mind healthy.

1. Sudarshan Kriya: This breathing technique has been researched, evolved and recommended by Yoga Guru Sri Sri Ravishankar. Snapshots shown in the right side bar illustrates the technique. Sudarshan Kriya (a patented breathing technique) includes three type of rhythmatic breathing (slow, medium and fast) coupled with Yoga exercises.
2. Yogic breathing:This type of breathing involvesabdominal breathing followed by thoracic and clavicle breathing during inhale and process is reversed while exhaling. This helps increase lung capacity.
3. Alternate nostril breathing: Process includes inhale of air through the left nostril and exhale through the right nostril and vice versa.It strengthens the nervous system and helps releiving anxiety and get rid of hyper and hypotension.

Natural way to keep your heart healthy

• If overweight, have less saturated fat in your diet
• Eat foods that are rich in fibre
• Eat less than 200 g of fish, poultry or lean meat in a day
• Consume low fat dairy products such as skimmed milk
• Use high quality proteins such as soya nutrella etc
• Keep body weight under control
• Swimming, jogging etc help control LDL cholestrol level
• Walking 2-3 km daily is beneficial
  

Side effects of antibiotics

The FDA has recently issued a warning that antibiotics can harm tendons. Certain antibiotic drugs such as Bayer AG's Cipro, Avelox, Corp's Factive, Depomed Inc's Proquin XR, Johnson and Johnson's Levaaquin and Floxin, and Merc & Co Inc's Noroxtrin have to carry the warnings about related risks. There are several such evidences of harmful effects of steroids and antibiotic drugs.

Yoga and exercie

Do you invest lot of money every month on your medical bills? There are several ways to reduce this expenditure and save yourself from such side effects of the drugs. If you understand your system well, you can keep yourself healthy and fit. Several serious diseases like breast cancer may be cured if detected early through self diagnosis. With little consideration you can manage situation. Balanced diet, exercise, yoga, morning/evening walks, better life style etc. are some of the practices that may help you cut your medical bills. Yoga was evolved by Indian Saints centuries ago. It has been revived recently by great Indian gurus. Most distinguished names to mention are of Sri Sri Ravishankar ji and Baba Ramdeo ji. Even in West people are practicing Yoga but these Yoga classes in western countries are meant for churning more money andless focused for improving health. Both the Yoga Gurus deserve appreciation as evident from results shown by the improvement in health of people and even cure of several serious ailments. Though way of teaching yoga of these two Gurus is different but both advocate use of natural products or ayurvedic medicines for treatment of diseases besides teaching Yoga. I have been a great critic of both Yoga and use of alternate medicines for long time as I believed only in allopathic treatment. But now I am changed as I experienced huge benefits of Yoga and treatment of diseases with alternate medicines. I found that "Art of Living" course offered by Art of Living organization help people to lead a healthy life and help marinating emotional balance. I would like to mention here that I found Yoga and Sudarshan Kriya - a patented breathing process, very useful but I myself developed a simple technique"Soothing and breathing" to keep myself healthy. May be other people take a clue from it and enjoy a healthy life.

"Stretch, rotate/move, bend and unfold all your joints/ muscles, body parts and relax. Breathe deeply and even breathe with long gaps between inhale and exhale". Remember Yoga is not an exercise; it's a soothing process, so sweating is not required.

Even if you practice all these things, you have to visit occasionally a medical practitioner. Then what could be the solution? Solution, indeed, is very simple. Like you I was also against things like natural therapies and alternate medicines etc. and I spent handsome amount for treatment of simple ailments in the past. Since last five years, any of my family members did not see a Doctor. Why? Did not any of my family members fell sick? No, this was not the case. Have you heard of Hennmen? He was an allopath but later on he got inclined to homeopathy and developed this branch of medicine by testing homeopathic medicines on himself. Now he is known as father of Homeopathy.

Here my purpose is not to advocate or promote any branch of medicine but to convince you that you may keep your family healthy without investing a big amount of money on medical bills and save them from side effects of antibiotics and steroids used by allopaths. You may be thinking, if not allopath, you have to visit a homeopath. No. You can do it as an amateur. I did it like this, I purchased few books available in the market and tried these medicines on myself and I was amazed with the effect of these medicines.Of course, you have to get aquainted with basic principles of homeopathic system of medication. You should know what potency to use, frequency and which medicines have antagonistic effects if used in combination. But no problem, all this information is readily available in the books as well as on internet. Homeopathic medicines are made from plant extracts or from other natural products. Biochemic medicines are made from different combinations of twelve salts which are needed by body in different quantities. Of course some of the medicines are made from chemicals but these are used in such small quantities that side effect on your health in future are unimaginable. You can treat simple ailments by referring these books. Professionals will always demoralise you by advising "no self-medication" but since, homeopathic medicines have no side effects what is harm if a person opts for self medication based on his experience. I read comments of a well known Indian Homeopath against self medication. His argument was that a medicine like "Pulsatilla" can make a person more sensitive. This means there is no such evidence against self-medication. However, when you try something, you have to understand properties of material you are using. I am giving here names of few books which are really useful for a beginner.

1. Homeopathy: The Complete Hand Book by Dhama K.P.S. and Suman
2. Biochemic Pocket Guide: Schussler,W.
3. Homeopathic Cure for Common Diseases: Singh, Yudhvir
4. Homeopathic Self-Care: Robert Ullman et al.

You can not become a medical practitioner overnight. Experience will tell you which medicine and which potency to use. Purpose of posting this article is to save people from ill-effects of drugs and reduce reliance on synthetic drugs. You may be afraid of practicing homeopathy but I will advise you to just test it for simple ailments in the beginning and progress further when you become experienced. You will be surprised to know that kids in our family now know names of several homeopathic medicines and even they choose medicines on their own without consulting me. Gradually you will develop confidence and not only save your family with side effects of synthetic drugs but reduce lots of investment on your medical bills.You have to pay $ 50-100 fee to doctor per visit but you can purchase homeopathic medicines for a year for all your family for a year with same amount. I'll not suggest you to take risk in beginning on serious ailments, for that rely on a qualified practitioner. Just to develop confidence and acquaint yourself with medicines, you can visit a qualified homeopathic practitioner for sometime and seek treatment under his guidance and afterwards test medicines prescribed in the book himself. In countries like India, people's faith has dramatically developed in Homeopathy. Reasons are simple: Cheap and effective medicines, no side effects, single medicine is used for several diseases. Remember, I am not a homeopath, I am an amateur. I like this branch of medicine very much as I am saving lot of money treating my family members. Believe it, though I am a amateur, I have treated several serious cases and I consider it as a miracle or God's blessing. I have served some poor people with my acquired knowledge of this science.