“Health care based on traditional methods such as Ayurveda is not alternative.The way forward We are a questioning society looking for studies that give us tangible results, and while allopathy and medicine, the constructive and scientific approach, has had sureshot results, traditional alternative treatments have not had it.If Sir Tim Berners Lee had kept the World Wide Web a secret, or charged money for it, we all would not be the all-knowing googlepedias we are. In essence, it’s like uranium, you can blow up the whole world using a form of it which otherwise lies quietly in the earth. A hospital that offers both traditional and allopathic is a great idea, but a relationship needs to be built… because there will be a clash of egos, and one has to be sensitisied to it. The approach is looking at reducing pain, not getting to the cause.Most imperative is that if there are 10 per cent cancer cells and 90 per cent good cells, this is where complimentary therapies and treatments can do more good. Lack of funds, no proper studies and no dialogue between the medical fraternity and alternative healers has been the scenario.

It contains flavanoids,” explains 78-year-old Joshi who swears by it for any ailment and believes it shows immediate results. Altruistic in nature, with cancer incidence rising, today disease is the norm, and being healthy a misnorm. From Ayurvefa, homeopathy, healing oils, acupuncture and pressure, there are many treatments that are non-interventional and seek to help individuals lead more qualitative lives. This technology is changing the way Ayurveda works. There is no magic bullet and people should stop cheating others with false hope. Prince Charles’ wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, had a successful holistic healing session in Bengaluru’s Dr Issac Mathai’s Soukya Holistic Health Centre in Whitefield. Such treatments are known to use heavy metals which are highly toxic. Addressing cures and allieviating symptoms is the key. These oils are synergic in nature, so when mixed with other substances, their properties are enhanced. But as is the case with most alternative sciences, systematic studies are few and far between. Camilla Parker Bowles. And Rehabilitation Round Manufacturers most alternative therapies insist that one must continue medical treatment as well. Actor Gwyneth Paltrow too came out in support of acupuncture. Many atheletes in the north follow the guidance of a vaid for fractures and muscle tears. Bahl has an M. Shankar, explains, “The science of allopathy has a symptomatic approach. It is anti-lukemic and anti-cancer. For cancer — in its first and second stage, it should be taken along with medical therapy,” he says. And such claims target vulnerable patients — surely somebody is lying.

The botanist couple are more interested in spreading the word. Though it is absurd to say there are no side effects, but degree differs.  Nanocellopathy oils for reliefThis Delhi-based IITian’s Godsownstore offers oils for pain relief. Darshan Shankar is all for this and admits that their hospital is unable to meet the demands of emergency surgery, etc though he hopes to see a day when a hospital offers both under one roof.In the past too, pop star Madonna, model Naomi Campbell, actor Demi Moore and even Steve Jobs had turned to traditional wisdom from India’s ancient sciences for relief and cure. She underwent ayurveda and naturopathy with yoga, mud therapy  and hydro-therapy. The Joshis, doctors in botany in Bengaluru, have been treating first and second stage cancer, and chemotherapy-induced ill health with  a Central American tree called Simarouba. There were unconfirmed reports that Irrfan Khan might consult Ayurveda doctor Vaidya Balendu Prakash, who treated Steve Jobs. Darshan Shankar’s 100-bed Ayurvedic hospital has a doctor on board. But one should be wary of quacks. As Ayurveda doctors, we can only give supportive care, we do not claim to give primary care.

This debate of alternative versus complimentary opens new vistas.. These oils are prolonging the life of cancer patients and helping in the side-effects of chemotherapy and radiation. “We will continue to spread the word…”According to a Cancer survivor who is in remission and takes Simorouba every six months, “It has anti-oxidants and other elements that help, and I have been taking it for over two years now. It was reported that he will be using medicinal remedies from some inaccessible forests.”About its properties, Dr  Joshi explains, “Simarouba has 11 medicinally important quassinoids. What if we were to take traditional healing — Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Yoga, Acupuncture, and create a meeting ground where such treatment compliments modern medicine? Dr Vishal Rao, a medical oncologist is on a high powered committee in Karnataka working towards complimenting medical treatment with holistic traditional forms. In terms of examples, an easophagus cancer patient in terminal stage took Simarouba, and in a month, vomiting ceased, and in six months she started eating well. 

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