Cough, Cold & Sore Throat - Treatment

A cough and a cold are one of the most commonly encountered diseases, yet unfortunately, they are not the most pleasant to encounter. Coughing can keep you up at night, disrupt daily activities and ruin your day. A cold can add a lot of distress, inconvenience and also a quite a lot of tissue papers.

The most common symptoms that accompany this illness are sinusitis, cough (dry or wet), headache, congestion, sore throat, breathing difficulties, body ache, lack of energy and drowsiness. Fever is also a common symptom that occurs post being infected by the virus.

For a headache, due to inflamed sinuses, refer to this video for home remedies:

Home Remedies for Cough and Cold :

For sore throat use these home remedy

In case of a Fever, please refer to this blog

http://drmanaangandhi.blogspot.in/2017/10/fever-ty.html

Intestinal Gas, Bloating and Pain in the Stomach - Causes and Treatment

A lot of times we encounter a niggling pain in the stomach or a pricking piercing pain in the abdomen which does not last for too long, this may be due to gas accumulation in the intestines. Intestinal gas can also cause a lot of bloating of the stomach many-a-times giving us the feeling of being fat.

Causes - 

Intestinal Gas can be caused due to many reasons which are mostly related to diet and lifestyle.

1. Incompatible food - Every individual has some type of food which is not easily digestible by the person. Having such type of food is bound to produce Intestinal Gases.

2. Beans - Beans are well known to cause a lot of Intestinal Gas and hence must be avoided in such cases.

3. Dry foods - Foods like sev, mumra, popcorn, makhana, kurmura, chevda etc causes the formation of gases.

4. Lack of lubrication - More often than not, it's not what you have but what you do not have that causes the problem. In a tropical country like India, there is a lot of requirement for lubrication in the body. Water does not and can not bring about lubrication despite the common misconception that it does. Hence substances like ghee, olive oil, coconut oil etc are extremely important to maintain this lubrication.

5. Stale food - Food that is cooked more than 8 hours ago and eaten later despite being re-heated is still considered stale food. Stale food causes tremendous amount of gas and a constant habit of eating stale food will in all likelihood result in disease.

6. Long Gap between meals - Keeping a gap between meals by more than 6 hours is considered to be a long gap. Keeping long gaps and frequent fasting causes the production of Intestinal gases.

7. Late Nights - Staying awake late at night causes both acidity and gas.

8. Stress - Stress is also known to produce abdominal pain and gas.

9. Constipation - Arguably the biggest contributor to the Intestinal gas formation, is constipation. When motions are not clear, the disintegration of stools causes a tremendous amount of gas. Clearing the motions as soon as possible must be the first priority if diseases are to be avoided.

Treatment - 

First of all, identify the cause and change your diet and lifestyle to avoid causes for the constant formation of gas.

For treatment, please refer to the home remedies mentioned in the video below.

For constipation, please refer to the home remedies mentioned in the video below

Gallbladder stones - Should you really operate?

Gallbladder stones are nothing but a calcified mass present in the gallbladder (a small organ below the liver responsible for storing bile).
Bile is not produced by the gallbladder but simply stored there. The work of bile is to emulsify and hence digest fats.

Gallbladder stones are very common occurrences with most people having them and not realizing it, sometimes throughout their lives. In more than 90% of cases, gallbladder stones are incidentally found when scanning for some other problem.

Such accidental incidences become goldmines for people looking to make money from ignorant patients. The reason behind my writing this blog is simply to make the readers aware of the facts so they are well-informed themselves and can guide others in taking the correct decision.

Let us classify Gallbladder stones into 2 types

1. Asymptomatic - This is the majority of people suffering from gallbladder stones. They do not have a single instance the typical pricking, debilitating pain of gallstones and are absolutely symptom-free. They may have 1 or even multiple stones in their gallbladder, yet they have no problem whatsoever in terms of digestion and are absolutely normal.

2. Symptomatic - This is a very small minority of people who have typical gallstone symptoms which include a sharp pricking pain suddenly on the right-hand side just below the liver area. They also tend to have such a pain on increased consumption of fats in their food.

If you fall into the first type - DO NOT GET OPERATED UPON.
There is no need to undergo an operation to extract your entire gallbladder "just in case". Most people live and die with gallstones and suffer no problem. Going under the knife also may cause several complications and with the removal of the organ, your digestive system and health may go completely haywire. On top of this, you will become incapacitated to digest fats or at least your fat digestion power will decrease substantially. Removal of the gallbladder puts a lot of pressure on the liver as there is no storage left in the body.

If you fall into the second type - Consult an ayurvedic doctor.
Although the conventional medical system will tell you that no matter what you do, no medicine can reach the gallbladder, my experience talks differently. There are ayurvedic medicines, albeit only a few, that does help in reducing the gallstones and melt them down completely. I also have reports and case studies of a few of my patients who were cured using these powerful herbs. The chances of these medicines reducing gallstones may not be 100% but its a great alternative before opting for surgery as you can save the organ.

So next time you hear anyone talking about accidentally finding gallstones without suffering from any symptoms, please stop them from undergoing any unnecessary surgeries.

Fever - Important Steps to take

Fever is an extremely common symptom in a number of diseases and fever itself is also considered a disease. Being a humongous topic, we will deal with it by talking about the most commonly seen types of fever and how should one deal with it.

Fever is nothing but an increase in the body's basal temperature from the normal 98.4-98.6 C range. This can be measured and objectively be diagnosed using a thermometer.

Do's and Dont's of fever change according to the type of fever you have, so do the medication. Till the reports suggest the cause of the fever and for a typical viral fever follow these steps given below.

Steps to be followed in fever.

1 - The most important step to follow in fever is to make a note of the symptoms... For example
a. Chills
b. Yellowing of urine
c. Lack of perspiration
d. Weakness
e. Body Pain
f. Nausea, etc.
and report them to an Ayurvedic Doctor for any worrying signs.

2 - Always get a "Fever Profile" blood test done. This test covers normal CBC report along with ESR, Malarial Parasite Test, Test for typhoid and paratyphoid, Dengue Test, etc. to find out the cause of the fever.

3 - After figuring out the reason behind the fever, take specific ayurvedic treatment for the fever.

4 - During the fever try to starve and not each much. It is best to stick to rice water and green gram (moong) soup during the course of the fever. Contrary to the belief that it helps digestion and is good for the stomach, please avoid curd in all forms.

5 - Avoid taking antipyretics (like paracetamol)unless the fever crosses 102 C or has stayed on for more than 3 days. A lot of people have a habit of popping a Paracetamol tablet or an Ibuprofen tablet as soon as fever strikes and sometimes even when they "think" it "might" come. This habit is extremely dangerous and can cause a host of other problems.

Fever is a defense mechanism of the body to raise the body's temperature in order to destroy any pathogens in the body. Instead of facilitating the body in the destruction of the pathogens we end up suppressing our own defense mechanism by "popping the pill."

6 - Try to rest more and reduce physical activity. Resting will allow your body time and space to heal itself.

7 - It is a must for the body to remain in a hot environment without the fan or the air conditioner. Lying under a thick blanket is preferred as it will stimulate perspiration. (Do not expose to direct sunlight for the same). As the sweating breaks out, the fever will start subsiding.

For treatment and home remedies for a viral fever kindly refer to the video given below

For understanding Dengue and what to do, click here

Dengue - What to do?

Dengue is an extremely dangerous, potentially fatal and unfortunately a very commonly seen disease. In this season, especially, there is a great chance of coming in contact with dengue-causing mosquitoes, putting you and your family at risk of contracting the disease.

I am writing this article to spread awareness about what can be done if contracted with dengue. I have worked with many patients with 100% results within less than 6 days. Therefore, I thought of sharing my knowledge and experience of treating the disease to clear the wrong information broadcasted on WhatsApp and other platforms and guide you to the right mode of action.

I would urge anyone who develops a fever in this particular season to immediately undergo a complete "fever profile" group of blood tests at any good pathological lab to confirm the reason behind the fever which could be dengue, malaria, typhoid, etc or simply viral in origin.

Dengue has absolutely NO treatment available in allopathy. When patients go to a doctor, they have nothing to offer and hence these patients are hospitalized and kept under "observation". The only difference between hospitalizing a dengue patient and keeping him at home is that fluids are given in an Intravenous route rather instead of giving them orally, also Paracetamol, etc medicines are given intravenously instead of orally. Hospitalization is only required when the platelet count drops below 40000 and platelets need to be infused, or when there is no one to take care of the patient and you need to outsource this to a nurse. Apart from this, it is unnecessary and avoidable. On an average, this disease takes a total of 3 weeks to cure itself.

Ayurveda, fortunately, does have a treatment for this dreaded disease and it has nothing to do with papaya leaf or anything of this sort. The treatments given by genuine Ayurvedic doctors who have knowledge of this disease cures dengue in a matter of 6 days or less.

Common symptoms that are seen in dengue patients.

1. Fever

2. Nausea

3. Vomiting

4. Acidity

5. Headaches

6. Hairfall

7. Red rashes on the skin

8. Bleeding from any part of the body (in severe cases)

9. Weakness

10. Body Pain

The diet that needs to be followed by a dengue patient is pretty strict and a lot of times we see patients following a suicidal diet obtained from unreliable sources like the internet or of WhatsApp and sometimes prescribed by doctors who don't really understand the relationship of this disease with diet.

A dengue patient must not have anything that is sour, spicy or fermented in nature. Citrus fruits, amchur powder, imli powder, lemon, pineapple, kiwi, dragon fruit, berries, papayas and tomatoes are strictly forbidden. Also, foods like idli, dosa, dhokla, alcohol, bread, curd and items made from curd like buttermilk, lassi, kadhi etc are absolutely not allowed. The patient must only have rice, dal, khichadi (soupy), boiled vegetables not including tomatoes, and vegetable or clear soup (without any black pepper). In fruits only watermelon, pomegranate, grapes, apples (without the outer layer) and pears are allowed. Substantial use of cow's ghee is recommended and also use of overnight soaked fennels seeds gives great results along with Ayurvedic Medication.

I have case studies of multiple patients, but please find below a couple of testimonials of dengue patients I treated just in this week to show you the effectiveness of Ayurvedic treatments on dengue.

A patient's wife who recovered from dengue this week writes

"Hi Dr Manaan 

Thank you so much for the dengue treatment & instructions...

You were always there to attend phone calls & never denied...

You were following up so well!!!!... 

Though your medicines were bit bitter but was worth it !!!!!!

It took him Just  4 days to recover... 

Would definitely recommend your contact to people... 

Thank you once again Dr Manaan... "

Another one who got cured this week gave me this testimonial,

Sleep Mantra - How to work at night and still stay healthy

A lot of times due to various reasons like work pressures or late night shifts, there is a lack of sleep and rest.

This results in a lot of issues like acidity, headache, hairfall, fatigue, acne, etc.  

There is a way in which you can work late nights and do night shifts without it affecting the body at all.

This is known as the sleep mantra. 

Using this method you can totally avoid the negative effects on health and work late as well.

Watch this video to know this sleep mantra

Hairfall - Types and Treatment

Hairfall and thinning of hair are both vast subjects encompassing various diseases and treatments for the same. Here, we will look at some commonly occurring reasons and types of hairfall and deal with them.

Disclaimer - Hair that has already fallen off will not regrow using any of these home remedies, but they can help stop the hair from falling even further and increase the strength and health of the hair.

Let us start by enlisting the type of hairfall and what is needed to stop it.

Type 1 - Pitta related hairfall

Here patients generally have a high amount of hairfall and a few of these associated symptoms.

1. Acidity

2. Headache

3. Loose motions on eating anything spicy

4. Anger and irritation

5. Red spots on back and shoulder

6. Acne

7. Reduced quantity of sleep.

Treatment - If any of these symptoms are seen along with your hairfall then you must follow the home remedies in the following video

Type 2 - Dandruff

A very common reason for excessive hairfall is dandruff. If you are suffering from a flaky scalp, it can cause the roots of the hairs to be affected. This then weakens the nourishment of the hair resulting in hair loss.

Treatment - For dandruff kindly follow these home remedies

 

Type 3 - Calcium Deficiency

A lot of times, we do not even realize that we have a lack of calcium in the body and this generally is seen more in women above the age of 40, though nowadays it is seen in men and women of all ages.

To find out whether there is a calcium deficiency, a blood test is required but there are also obvious signs for the same and also some things to look out for.

These are

1. Breaking of nails

2. Constant tooth related problems

3. Family History of osteoporosis

4. White spots or streaks on nails.

Treatment - A simple home remedy of mixing bitter neem leaves' juice 10ml in cow's ghee(10ml) and having it daily on an empty stomach will solve this problem in a few weeks. Also having cow's milk with 1 tablespoon of cow's ghee generally suffices calcium deficiency through diet.