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question & answer Naturopath's Advice u Dr. D. Sathyanath Nature Cure Physician One of my friends is suffering from migraine. I would like know if naturopathy can have any treatment for migraine? K Shemina Migraine is a neurological disease caused by a physiological trigger or triggers which cause vasodilatation (expansion of the blood vessels) in the cranial blood vessels, which in turn triggers nerve endings to release chemical substances called neurotransmitters causing development of severe semi hemispherical/ one sided , pulsating and throbbing head pain. Migraine has many symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, auras (light spots), sensitivity to light and sound, numbness, difficulty in speech, along with severe onesided head ache. One Migraine attack alone can last for eight hours, several days, or even weeks. Migraine is induced by various trigger mechanisms. Trigger mechanisms can be classified into two primary categories, uncontrollable and controllable. Examples of an uncontrollable Migraine trigger are weather patterns, high temperature and humidity, frequent rain and extreme rates of barometric pressure changes. Another common uncontrollable trigger is the menstrual cycle. Controllable triggers, on the other hand, include bright light, chemical smells, second-hand smoke, alcohols, foods that are known vasodilator such as fish, chocolate, aged cheese, and foods which contain nitrates and/or the major, vasodilator MSG, i.e., Aji-No-Moto, the commonly used flavor enhancer. Identification and avoidance of the triggers is the first line treatment with migraine. The best adjuvant therapy is the life style changes, establishing regular exercise, food and sleep habits. Maintaining a Diet diary will help to identify the particular trigger. Avoidance of Commercial foods should be observed as most of them have MSG or similar triggers like Aspartame in case of sweets. During the episode, the following treatments like hot foot and arm bath with cold head compress, acupressure or acupuncture will provide symptomatic relief from the headache. An expert head massage may also give an interim relief in the pain. For long term basis it is best suggested to undergo a detoxification with fasting and a complete switch over to a Natural diet comprising uncooked food with fruits and raw salads for a span which will be best prescribed by a Naturopath. A resisted diet avoiding the possible diet triggers has to be followed religiously to avoid the relapse of the condition. Further, the practice of Yoga, specifically the kriyas are to be done on regular basis. Kapalbhati, a practice which is meant to clean the forehead should be given importance. For gradual increase in practice, it should be learnt under the guidance of an expert. On mastery over this practice, other kriyas like Neti and Dhouti should be resorted at a frequency of once in a fortnight till the period of complete and continuous absence of the headache for few months consecutively. Biofeed back is another tool that could help control migraine. By this method certain physical responses like muscle tension and heart rate shall be recognized by the patients and certainly be brought under control which in turn control migraines. National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune 411 001 10 Nisargopachar Varta : January 2013
from the desk of publication officer Public has always been targeted by the market, let it be in the name of ‘health’, ‘knowledge’ or ‘love’ and the most important fact is, Doubt and Fear have always been the common gimmicks. How? Take the examples.. Drinking milk is of no use, if a certain product is not added because it helps absorb the calcium…, There are water purifiers which even purify the sewerage water otherwise who knows what are you drinking? The ‘fear’ was marketed well. December 21 , 2012 is (was) st going to be the ‘Dooms day’. The book market was flooded with such topics. A number of websites came into existence to make us familiar of all this. Media played its own role and even a film was made by Roland Emmerich on this issue, of course by keeping the marketing in mind. People started planning of celebrating their life before the world ends. They wanted to fulfill all their desires before they stop living. The story actually started with the claims of Zecharia Sitchin, where it was told that the world is going to end on December 21 , 2012. The claim was made on the basis of st calendar of the ancient Mesopotamian civilization. Indeed, various ancient civilizations were struggling to chart the days and years as calendar, basing on the periodical changes in the nature of weather and light. There probably was the last day mentioned as December 21 , 2012. The calendar st was made around more than 5000 years ago and the first date in this is 11 August, 3114 BC. Of course, the arithmetic th was not very much developed at that time, still they calculated of about 5126 years. Basing on this, this gentleman claimed of the ‘Dooms Day’. Zecharia Sitchin tried to present it in terms of evidences, he discussed about a celestial body ‘Nibiru’ as mentioned in Mesopotamian civilization, also known as 12 planet. So th called supporters of this concept said that, Mesopotamian people specially knew about this planet. They knew that this planet revolves around sun and takes thousands of years to complete one revolution. In this continuation, it will pass close to the Sun and collide with Earth and destroy it. The fact is, the planets of sun revolve around it in an elliptical path. So, could they estimate the actual path of this planet and also trace the connection with the orbit of earth, at that time? None of Historians or Anthropologists studying Mesopotamian civilization have ever stated of the The ‘Dooms day’ evidences to prove this civilization, so efficient. The second doubt was, according to the Laws of Physics, the probability of existence of a planet almost of same size of sun and so far from sun that it takes thousands of years to revolve around it, is almost zero. When this concept was not conceived well, some people started saying, it will be a meteorite instead of this planet ‘Nibiru’. But, neither the astronomers nor any of the researches in the field of Astrophysics found any information about such a meteorite to collide with earth, in near future. Another rumor spread was, the magnetic poles of earth will interchange their places. Of course, they do, magnetic poles of earth keep changing their places but the Pole reversal takes million of years to happen. So, even this was not going with the modern science. One more fake concept, the sun will explode a Supernova on this day. This is actually predicted to happen at the last stage of its life after a few billion years. There was again no evidence about this to our Astrophysicists, in such a short span of time. Next drift meant, the earth is very close to a black hole and it will be thrown into a black hole on this particular day. While, the truth is, there is scientifically no chance of a black hole not near the earth but even the solar system. The extreme happened, when people started claiming the Global warming as the reason of this happening without any scientific evidence. The question is how this kind of rumors spread, at such a large scale? Of course, the same answer, because a kind of fear is involved. If it is marketed with the fear, people start believing. In this era of Information technology, where we talk about teleporting the quantum bits and the mapping of information in brain, such drifts without proper evidences are shameful. The proof is here in front of you, the 21st December is over and you are still enjoying your life. I hope you all celebrated the 'Dooms day'. Dr. Namrata Shukla Managing Editor Nisargopachar Varta : January 2013 11
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