Curing diseases with nature’s healing power

Manav Mander
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, August 17

Nature stores healing power within and in abundance, but most humans are unable to recognise its worth. To preserve and promote the use of natural herbs for the benefit of mankind, Dr Yeshi Khando from Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, Dharamsala, has been working hard for the past 37 years.

Sharing the way the ancient Tibetan medicine works, Dr Khando said: “We feel the pulse of a patient and diagnose the problem. Next we see the fingertips and examine the second morning urine of the patient. Fingertips are divided into two parts, left and right, and hence tell about the solid and hollow organs of the body”.

The medicines given to patients are made of herbs and people from the institute go distant places in search of those herbs. “The natural environment around us has the cure of all problems faced by the human body but today, people are more and more inclined towards the chemical formulation for curing diseases than adopting the natural means. Medicines from herbs are made with great care and respect for the environment. There are no side effects of the natural herbs and medicines,” she said.

There are a few people left who can do ‘nadi parikshan’ (diagnose diseases by feeling the pulse). “This is the Tibetan form of medicine and is still taught at the Dharamsala institute. It is the ancient form of medicines and we still follow the same,” she said.

Dr Khando, who has been visiting North India cities regularly to hold such camps for a long time, said the main culprit behind the increasing diseases among people these days was excessive use of air-conditioner. “People are used to sitting in air-conditioned rooms while the exercise is negligible. They should come out of their comfort zone and lead a healthy lifestyle,” she said.

She said the body is made of three basic elements as written in Ayurveda — vatta, pita and kapha. “Disequilibrium among these three principal energies generated by unwholesome diet, improper lifestyle and seasonal variation disturbs the homeostasis of these energies. The science of healing therefore involves proper aligning of three principal energies in a dynamic equilibrium state and it prolongs life span by reviving weakened body and dispelling the causes that give rise to diseases, supplemented by following proper regimens of diet, lifestyle, and medication.