Volume 19, Issue 2
NAMAH Journal Volume 19, Issue 2
Articles in this Issue
Dealing with fear in children — personal notes
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2011
Quite often mothers complain to me about the fears and feelings of insecurity in their children. If the child is very young and there is no obvious family discord, the first thing that I ask is whether the child sleeps at night with the night-lamp on. In most cases the answer is yes. The child has not learnt to enjoy darkness, not been allowed to experience darkness. Has he not played that game of blind man’s buff? Inadvertently, the mother thinks the night-lamp will allay the child’s fear, but actually it increases the insecurity.
Common salt or sodium chloride
By K.H. Krishnamurthy - Jul 15, 2011
We continue this from the previous issue. In all countries there is a common knowledge concerning the use of commonly available substances to alleviate suffering. This knowledge is intuitive and empirical. It has been handed down from generation to generation. And ‘salt’ is the commonest substance. Dr. Krishnamurthy describes how multi-faceted are its uses....