Volume 22, Issue 1

By Unknown Author - Apr 24, 2014

Science advances through fresh data, new information. Humanity advances as it develops; it evolves and acquires fresh insights, new capacities to interpret the data and understand the meaning of the information that filters though the mind and the senses.

By Dhan Palkhivala - Apr 24, 2014

This article is a first-hand experience from one great Parsi lady who sponsored the work of Manchershaw Madhivala, the famous hadvaid, or bone-setter of India. Dr. Madhivala lived in the 1950’s in Gujrat and people from all walks of life from all over India and abroad were healed by him. In this article, the authoress describes three exceptional cases of bone-setting amidst a sea of patients who were treated by Manchershaw Madhivala from her home over the years. She not only opened her door to these suffering people but also her generous heart to the generous Manchershaw Madhivala when he did not have money to buy seeds to sow his lands. These cases are a clinical eye-opener to every healer and doctor to know that some people are born to heal whether they have a degree or not!

By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2014

Fear is the basic phenomenon behind illness. A conquest of fear per se is needed for healthy living. One of the most dynamic means to overcome fear is to learn to conquer the fear of death. One can be trained to react to death without fear and remain unperturbed. Death should not be invited but faced courageously.

By Soumitra Basu - Apr 24, 2014

It is difficult to conceive the connotation of ‘divine life’. Ordinarily it would signify a life steeped in spirituality or religionism with a certain aloofness from materialistic pursuits. It would encourage a dwelling in the realm of high ideals. Indeed, such a divine life would be based on a eulogising of virtues, a glorification of ethical ideals and a rejection of all that constitutes ‘sin’. It would reject the pleasures of hedonism for an austere coldness or else for a religious ecstasy. It would be the rule of the pious, the preacher and the puritan. It would reject the sinner, the rebel, the anarchist. To be justified, it would reject the ordinary human being subject to the petty needs, the small desires, the selfish attachments and the mundane joys of earthly life. A ‘divine life’ thus constituted would have not accommodated science per se except for applications that would serve its purpose. Such a ‘divine life’ would be suitable for a handful of aspirants with the rest of the world immersed in filth and mire, enmeshed in falsehood and suffering, burdened with ignorance and crowned with death. Or else, the ‘divine life’ would have to be sought away from the earth in some elusive paradise.

By Goverdhanam Vani, Dr. J.S.R.A. Prasad - Apr 24, 2014

Diabetes mellitus is one of the commonest endocrine disorders affecting the entire biological system. Its incidence is increasing throughout the world due to changes in lifestyle and an increase of sedentary habits. Hence, lifestyle modifications are important in diabetes in controlling the blood-sugar level as well as preventing complications from this disease. Āyurveda, the ancient Indian medical system, gives a lot of importance to these issues which can be alleviated throughandA lifestyle module has been developed in this study by compiling the scattered information onandfor madhumeha, an entity described in Āyurveda which resembles diabetes mellitus. This module was applied to 30 newly diagnosed diabetes patients for two months. The blood-sugar levels showed improvement at the end of the study.