TIPS TO DE-STRESS ONESELF...

“Things happen” and sometimes “bad things happen to good people”. If we let them, stressful events can build up, wall us in, and eventually stop us from enjoying the good things in life.



All stress isn’t bad. Stress can initiate change, help us focus on the task at hand, and in some cases even save our lives. Yet, when stress builds up, it can result in the opposites— and cause us to spin our wheels, keep us from concentrating, and cause bodily injury and even loss of life.

The most important thing in Managing Stress is to first recognize Stressors in ones life, once these are identified to put them all in the right place.


A few Tips to Help De-stress:

1. Take a Deep Breath- a Long Deep Breath Relaxes both Mind & the Body
2. Leave everything & just Stand up... & S T R E T C H...
3. Take a walk- with your Partner, your Pet, your Ipod...anything that helps you Calm those nerves
4. Listen to your favorite music.
5. Exercise, participate in a sport or engage in fun activity
6. Get a Massage.
7. Take a Nap.
8. Take a Warm bath.

These tips can definitely relieve stress for the moment... But what about Long Term?

• Learn to say "NO"- take & do only all that you can perform, there is no point going over & Delivering Under...
• Acquit yourself. Sometimes events really are out of control and you really are “Not Guilty”. Quit blaming yourself.
• When you need help, get help.Whether you need help from kids or spouse in hauling groceries into the house, help from a colleague to solve a work-related problem, or professional help to find the causes of and effectively manage your stress, getting the help you need is in itself a major stress management tip!
• Spend Time with Yourself - Make Time if Required!! Take a part of your time to recognize the good things in your life.
• Spend Time with Loved Ones 

World Diabetes Day 2009

World Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated every year on November 14. The World Diabetes Day campaign is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and its member associations. It engages millions of people worldwide in diabetes advocacy and awareness. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat that diabetes now poses.

World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2007. This year sees the first of a five-year campaign that will address the growing need for diabetes education and prevention programmes. 

Diabetes Education and Prevention is the World Diabetes Day theme for the period 2009-2013. The campaign slogan for 2009 is "Understand Diabetes and Take Control". Diabetes is difficult. The disease imposes life-long demands on the 285 million people now living with diabetes and their families. People with diabetes must deliver 95% of their own care, so it is of paramount importance that they receive ongoing, high-quality diabetes education that is tailored to their needs and delivered by skilled health professionals.

In addition, IDF estimates that over 344 million people worldwide are at risk for type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented in the many cases by helping and encouraging those at risk to maintain a healthy weight and take regular exercise. The key messages for everyone are:

§  Know the diabetes risks and know the warning signs

§  Know how to respond to diabetes and who to turn to

§  Know how to manage diabetes and take control

THEMES:

Each year World Diabetes Day is centred on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered in the past have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, and the costs of diabetes. Recent themes include:

2005: Diabetes and Foot Care

2006: Diabetes in the Disadvantaged and the Vulnerable

2007-2008: Diabetes in Children and Adolescents

2009-2013: Diabetes Education and Prevention

Reference: http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/en/the-campaign/about-wdd

STRESS @ WORK...

‘Does your work make you feel edgy, unable to cope & doubt yourself?’ ‘Does your manager make you blow your top?’

What do you do??!! What exactly are you going through???

“STRESS...”

To ‘stress’ is to subject to physical or mental pressure, tension, or strain- this is precisely what happens when you see your desk piled with ‘pending work’ & you experience ‘headaches’...

What is Stress? Is it Beneficial??

Stress (ideally) is something that pushes us- to aim & reach higher, helps us re-discover ourselves when succeed in achieving what seemed impossible & distant. We start believing in ourselves...

But then there is a very thin line that separates the Good stress from the Bad... In trying to reach higher we unknowingly cross this line...And what we then experience is “DIS”- stress... Slowly this distress also shows up on small pressures...We feel run-down& burnt-out ... we are unable to cope...At this time along with our Mind& Body call out for help... wanting to be rescued...

Is it difficult to believe that ulcers or irritable bowel syndrome are connected to high stress levels, that we might get constipation, diarrhoea or lose our appetite? What happens to the urge to scream, to lash out, to find release from the tension? Is it surprising that marriages suffer, or that alcohol and food addiction is rising?

How to identify the Stress signals in the Body?

                                    

Causes of Stress...

• Workload
• Poor Work timings
• Job Insecurity
• High Demand for Performance
• Workplace Culture
• Personal or Family Problems, etc...

Stress Management :

Glue on to our Blog for the Next Article on Stress Management...

WISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY DIWALI & A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

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Bid Farewell to Headaches, the Homeopathy way...

Headache is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and sometimes neck. Some of the causes are benign while others are medical emergencies. It ranks among the most common pain complaints.


TYPES OF HEADACHES  

 There are

• tension-type headaches
• migraine headaches
• cluster headaches
• organic headaches
• rebound headaches.

Chronic Tension-Type

Chronic tension-type headaches may be the result of

• stress or fatigue
• physical problems
• psychological issues
• depression

Chronic tension-type headaches affect both men and women, but women do have a greater incidence of them. A pattern of chronic tension-type headaches generally begins between the ages of 20 and 40

Migraine

• Migraines deserve the attention they receive; one headache can put your life "on hold" for a few hours or several days
•  Migraine is responsible for more job absenteeism and disrupted family life than any other headache type Women experience migraines at least three times more often than men do, and this may be due to hormonal influences
• While migraines occur in childhood, they generally strike in the twenties or thirties

Cluster Headaches

• They are called cluster headaches because the attacks come in groups.
• The pain arrives with little, if any, warning, and it has been described as the most severe and intense of any headache type.
• It generally lasts from 30 to 45 minutes, although it might persist for several hours before it disappears. Unfortunately, it can reoccur later in the day. Most sufferers experience one to four headaches a day during a cluster period.

Hormone Headaches


Menstrual Migraine:

• Women suffer migraines three times more frequently than men do; and, menstrual migraines affect 70 percent of these women.
• They occur before, during or immediately after the period, or during ovulation
• Menstrual migraines are primarily caused by estrogen, the female sex hormone that specifically regulates the menstrual cycle fluctuations throughout the cycle.
• When the levels of estrogen and progesterone change, women will be more vulnerable to headaches. Because oral contraceptives influence estrogen levels, women on birth control pills may experience more menstrual migraines.

Pre-Menstrual Syndrome Headache:

• The PMS headache occurs before your period and is associated with a variety of symptoms that distinguish it from the typical menstrual headache.
• The symptoms include headache pain accompanied by fatigue, acne, joint pain, decreased urination, constipation and lack of coordination.
• You may also experience an increase in appetite and a craving for chocolate, salt, or alcohol.

Sinus

• Sinuses are located in your forehead bone, the cheek bone on each side, and behind the bridge of your nose.
• When a sinus becomes inflamed, usually as the result of an allergic reaction, a tumor or an infection, the inflammation will cause a localized pain.
• Sinuses are filled with air, and their secretions must be able to drain freely into the nose.
• If your headache is truly caused by a sinus blockage, such as an infection, you will probably have a fever.

CAUSES OF HEADACHES

1. While tension headaches are the most frequently occurring type of headache, their cause is not known.
2. The most likely cause is contraction of the muscles that cover the skull.
3. When the muscles covering the skull are stressed, they may spasm and cause pain.
4. Common sites include the base of the skull where the muscles of the neck inserts, the temple where muscles that assist the jaw to move are located, and the forehead.

DIETARY ADVICE

Eat in moderation- EVERYTHING...

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES:

1. BRYONIA:

• Bursting, splitting headache, as if everything would be pressed out; as if hit by a hammer from within; worse from motion, stooping, opening eyes.
• Headache becomes seated in occiput.
• Headache; worse on motion, even of eyeballs.
• Frontal headache, frontal sinuses involved.
• Headaches are worse when stooping, from ironing, on coughing, in morning, gradually increases until evening; from constipation

2. BELLADONNA

• Headaches from ill effects, colds ,from having hair cut
• Headache congestive, with red face, throbbing of brain and carotids
• Worse from least noise,jar,motion,lyingSS down, least exertion
• Better pressure, tight bandaging, wrapping up, during menses.
• Headache especially in forehead, also occiput and temples
• The headaches are associated with heat, redness, throbbing and burning.

3. KALI BICH

• Headache over eyebrows, preceded by blurred vision.
• Aching and fullness in glabella.
• Semilateral headache in small spots, and from suppressed catarrh.
• Frontal pain; usually over one eye. Bones and scalp feel sore.

4. SPIGELIA

• Pain beneath frontal eminence and temples, extending to eyes.
• Semi-lateral, involving left eye; pain violent, throbbing; worse, making a false step.
• Pain as if a band around head.
• Vertigo, hearing exalted.

5. SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS

• Worse right side, sun headache.
• Periodical sick headache; pain begins in occiput, spreads upwards, and settles over eyes, especially right. Veins and temples are distended.
• Pain better lying down and sleep. Headaches return at climacteric, every seventh day .
• Pain in small spot over upper left parietal bone.
• Burning in eyes. Pain in the back of head "like a flash of lightning".

DOSAGE- 4 pills 3-6 times a day – depending on the severity.
 

Homeopathy's Take on INFLUENZA...

Influenza refers to many strains of viral illness that are more intense than a common cold, and typically include fever, muscle aching, headache, and fatigue

Over many centuries medical practitioners have always noted that in any epidemic there are always a number of people, who despite exposure, never seem to get sick. These people seem to have stronger constitutions and are less susceptible. Unfortunately, many of us have weaker constitutions, and we are asking ourselves what we can do to keep the flu at bay, how can we prevent ourselves from contracting illnesses...


Homeopathy hasin itself an answer to this..What better an example than the Spanish Flu of 1918 wherein 98% of people taking Homeopathy got well!!!


COMMON HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES USED DURING A FLU:

1] Gelsimium:

• WEAKNESS & TIREDNESS 
• Bodyache
• Intense aching and muscular soreness
• Constant CHILLINESS
• Paroxysms of Sneezing with excoriating discharge accompanied by great Exhaustion & Indifference
• An extensive experience with this remedy in the epidemic of 1918 proved its usefulness. Those that were complicated with initial treatment of Aspirin were only those which had dangerous complications.

If the flu patient is feeling dull, dizzy, drowsy, has low thirst, feels chilly, esp in back - think about Gelsemium.

2] Eupatorium Perfoliatum:

• Extreme soreness and aching of the entire body
• Hoarseness of voice and cough, with great soreness of throat and upper respiratory tract.
• Cough is very shattering one; hurts the head and chest and the patient holds the chest with hands.
• BONE BREAKING PAINS

If the gastrointestinal symptoms are not marked but the patient has deep pains as if bones are aching - think about Eupatorium perf.

3] Arsenicum Album:

• Useful in the beginning of a  typical form of influenza
• Thirsty but drinks small quantities and often
• EXTREME WEAKNESS
• Diarrhoea after eating or drinking and nausea on seeing or smelling food
• Burning pains
• Patient is restless, anxious or fearful

If the flu patient is restless, anxious or fearful, thirsty but drinks small quantities and often, prostrated, diarrhoea after eating or drinking and nausea on seeing/smelling food, burning pains - think about Arsenicum-album

4] Rhus toxicodendron:

• Influenza with severe aching in all the bones, sneezing and coughing
• Cough is worse evenings and is caused by a tickling behind the upper part of the throat
• Flu brought on by exposure to dampness
• Aching pains of the body
• EXTREME RESTLESSNESS AT NIGHT

If the patient caught the flu after getting wet in the rains, has aching pains all over the body with extreme restlessness at Nights - think of Rhus tox



DOSAGE- 4 pills 3-6 times a day – depending on the severity.

About H1N1

Also known as swine influenza, hog flu, and pig flu



What is Swine Flu?

An infection of a host animal by any one of several specific types of microscopic organisms called "swine influenza virus”.


About the Virus:

A swine influenza virus (SIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is usually hosted by (is endemic in) pigs

As of 2009, the known SIV strains are the influenza C virus and the subtypes of the influenza A virus known as H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3. Swine influenza is common in pigs in the United States, Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe, Kenya, and eastern Asia (namely China, Taiwan, and Japan).

The 2009 swine flu outbreak in humans is due to a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 that contains genes closely related to swine influenza. The origin of this new strain is unknown. However, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reports that this strain has not been isolated in pigs. This strain can be transmitted from human to human, and causes the normal symptoms of influenza.

Pigs can become infected with human influenza, and this appears to have happened during the 1918 flu pandemic and the 2009 swine flu outbreak.


Types:

Of the three genera of influenza viruses that cause human flu, two also cause influenza in pigs, with Influenza virus A being common in pigs and Influenza virus C being rare. Influenza virus B has not been reported in pigs.


History:

          1. 1918 pandemic in humans

          2. 1976 U.S. outbreak

          3. 1998 US outbreak in swine

          4. 2007 Philippine outbreak in swine

          5. 2009 outbreak in humans


Transmission to humans:


People who work with poultry and swine, especially people with intense exposures, are at increased risk of zoonotic infection (disease that normally infects other animals, but can also infect humans) with influenza virus endemic in these animals.

Other professions at particular risk of infection are veterinarians and meat processing workers


Signs and symptoms:   
                

       

Prevention:


Prevention of pig to human transmission:

The transmission from swine to human is believed to occur mainly in swine farms where farmers are in close contact with live pigs. So, farmers and veterinarians are encouraged to use a face mask when dealing with infected animals. Risk factors that may contribute to swine-to-human transmission include smoking and not wearing gloves when working with sick animals.

Prevention of human to human transmission:

Influenza spreads between humans through coughing or sneezing and people touching something with the virus on it and then touching their own nose or mouth. It cannot be spread by pork products, since the virus is not transmitted through food.

The swine flu in humans is most contagious during the first five days of the illness although some people, most commonly children, can remain contagious for up to ten days.



Who are the persons at high risk?

The persons at high risk are:

           • Immunocompromised persons.

           • Children and old age persons

           • Pregnant women

           • Persons of chronic medical illness


What are the complications of swine influenza?

The complications include:

           • Bronchitis

           • Pneumonia

           • Sinus infection

           • Ear infection

How can we prevent the swine flu?   

           

     

H1N1 Preventive Pack...

Greetings from Dr. Sanghvi’s Nature Clinic!

We have done lot of work on H1N1- the Swine flu & have been successful with the patients in many countries abroad like US, UK, NZ, etc... & also within the country- esp. Mumbai, Delhi etc…

Summer time, all families that went to US, Europe came back safely... That encouraged us further & we did some intense on & off line research & worked out a very Sp Combination that not only covers H1N1, but also Dengue , Chikungunya, & even other unknown viruses anywhere in the world…

THE PROOF of very first success came from our patients in New Zealand where the whole office & a lot of neighbours fell ill except our patient & his family.

For further details email us at: drjvsnatureclinic@gmail.com

Mr. Sanjay Ahuja- Acidity/Reflux, Chennai

Age: 42 years

Treatment Span: 2 years

Very Professional approach & highly effective.

Was given a time frame of 2 years for a total cure, & must say Dr. Sanghvi has kept his word...

Your Date with the Celebrity Homeopath himself- 2 hrs only"

Online Chat with Dr.Jayesh V. Sanghvi MD (Hom)- About Homeopathy for H1N1

Host: Dr. Jayesh V. Sanghvi
Network: Global
Date: Monday, August 3, 2009
Time:v11:00am - 1:00pm Indian Standard Time
Location: Online...On Skype!
Id: nature.clinic1

Email us at: drjvsnatureclinic@gmail.com

"Your Date with the Celebrity Homeopath himself- 2 hrs only"

Online Chat with Dr.Jayesh V. Sanghvi MD (Hom)- About Homeopathy for H1N1

Host: Dr. Jayesh V. Sanghvi

Network: Global
Date: Monday, August 3, 2009
Time:v11:00am - 1:00pm Indian Standard Time
Location: Online...On Skype!
Id: nature.clinic1

Email: drjvsnatureclinic@gmail.com

Success of Homeopathy in Spanish Flu 1918-19...

1. While the mortality rate of people treated with traditional medicine and drugs was 30 percent, those treated by homeopathic physicians had mortality rate of 1.05 percent.


2. Of the 1500 cases reported at the Homeopathic Medical Society of the District of Columbia there were only 15 deaths.


3. Recoveries in the National Homeopathic Hospital were 100%.


4. In Ohio, of 1,000 cases of influenza, Dr. T. A. McCann, MD, Dayton, Ohio reported NO DEATHS.


5. Gelsemium and Bryonia were used to successfully treat the Spanish flu in 1918. According the Dr. Frank Wieland, MD, in Chicago, "(With) 8,000 workers we had only one death. Gelsemium was practically the only remedy used. We used no aspirin and no vaccines."


6. Ohio reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homeopathically had a mortality rate of 1.05% . In Connecticut, 6,602 cases were reported, with 55 deaths, less than 1%. Dr. Roberts, a physician on a troop ship during WWI, had 81 cases of flu on the way over to Europe. He reported, "All recovered and were landed. Every man received homeopathic treatment.

Homeopathy- The H1N1- Preventive & Curative

Known world over since its inception for its Prophylactic & Preventive efficacies, Homeopathy has been treating flu symptoms for two centuries now. In the recent past epidemics like Chikungunya, Dengue, SARS, Plague, Cerebral Encaphalitis etc & also during the great epidemics such as those of diphtheria, scarlet fever, cholera, yellow fever, Spanish flu, etc., it has decreased mortality up to 10 to 30 times as compared to conventional medicines.

For more info on Success of Homeopathy in 1918 Spanish flu...Log onto http://homeopathy-tips.blogspot.com/2009/07/success-of-homeopathy-in-spanish-flu.html


PREVENTION- A Specialty of Dr. Sanghvi’s NATURE CLINIC:

The R&D team at Nature Clinic has been meticulously working on various epidemics since 1983, with an incredibly high success rates at various epidemics including the Cerebral Encephalitis during the late 80's in Andhra Pradesh & Nepal, SARS, Rat fever, etc.

Our treatment optimizes the body’s natural defenses against any kind of disease causing organism. Thus people recover from infectious diseases, even the most serious ones, gently and rapidly, as laid down in the Organon of Medicine, by Master Hahnemann

PAST VENTURES IN PREVENTIVES with Incredibly High SUCCESS Rates:

mid 1980s- Cerebral Encephalitis
1994- Plague in Surat
2001- Anthrax- USA
2002-2003 - SARS- Global
2005- Japanese Encephalitis- India & Nepal
2006- Dengue, Chikungunya & Malaria
2007- Cholera
2008- Hand, foot & Mouth disease
2009- Hepatitis outbreak in Gujrat

DID U KNOW...

It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.

Human jaw muscles can generate a force of 200 pounds(90.8 kilograms) on the molars.

40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network.

The human brain is 80% water.

The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.

If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.



Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

Have a Crowning Glory this Summer...

Just like the dry weather of winter can cause damage and you need to follow certain winter hair care tips to control damage, similarly, the summer sun and the summer humidity are also your hair's worst enemy. Thus with the advent of summer you start experiencing numerous hair problems like dry hair, split ends, frizzy and brittle hair. All these means its time you start paying attention to your hair.

Here are some handy Summer Hair Care Tips to prevent damage to your hair:

1. Trim the damaged sections of your hair, especially if you tend to have frizzy hair and keep them short during summer. Wearing a short hairstyle during summer lets you enjoy the sun, without having to put all your worries on your hair.


2. If you do not want to cut short your hair, remember to wear a hat, cap or scarf, slightly loose enough to allow scalp circulation, to protect your hair against the damaging effects of the sun.


3. Keep your hair knotted or wear buns or plats to avoid total exposure to sun and thus control frizzes.


4. Avoid hot water hair wash, as the heat can damage your hair. Use cool water instead.


5. Deep condition your hair after each shampoo wash.

HOMEMADE PROTECTIVE HAIR MASKS:

Honey & Olive Oil Hair Mask

Mix 2 tablespoon honey with 3 tablespoon olive oil. Apply throughly to hair. Cover hair with plastic wrap or a shower cap. After 15 minutes shampoo and rinse well.

Beautiful Gorgeous Hair Mask

After you shampoo your hair, pour 1 cup fresh lemon juice or vinegar through hair and massage and rinse with water. Apply your usual conditioner and wash with water. It will remove all the dirt and your hair will be shine sparkling. Do not repeat this method before 2 weeks.

Beautiful Gorgeous Hair Mask 2

Grind fenugreek (methi) seeds soaked in water overnight. Massage this paste on scalp and hair and leave it for15-20 minutes. Wash it off with a mild shampoo. This paste is good for all types of hair problems, viz. dandruffs, falling hair, thinning of hair, baldness, split hair, etc.

Shining Hair:

• Mix juice of one fresh orange, water, 1 tablespoon Honey and a few drops (5-7) of sandalwood oil. Use as an after-shampoo rinse.


• Add a 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in water and rinse your hair.

For Damaged Hair

Mash a ripe banana with a few drops of almond oil and massage into hair. Leave it for about 15 minutes. Rinse with soda water and then shampoo and condition.

Falling Hair, Hair Loss

Rub Indian gooseberry (Amla) into the scalp regularly. It can show wonderful results, it will stop hair falling.

Eat a protein rich diet inluding green leafy vegetables, carrots, mango, dried apricots, whole grain cereals, sprouts, lentils in the daily diet for the hair loss and falling hair.

Split End Hair

Split ends in hair are caused when they are damaged by strong shampoo or heat from hair dryer. Following are some cures for spit hair.
Massage hair and scalp with warm olive oil and wrap head with shower cap and leave for overnight or for 8-10 hours. Wash.

You can alternately do the following:

Take 1/2 cup olive oil in 1/2 cup boiling water in a bottle and put its cap. Shake the bottle vigorously. Massage thoroughly in hair and cover with a shower cap. Leave for 1/2 hour, then wash. Take care of your hands and head because the water is hot.

Oil your hair twice a week with coconut oil mixed with fresh lime juice.

It is always better to keep the split end trimmed, otherwise, they may split further up the hair.

Frizzy Hair

Make an after-shampoo rinse by mixing one tablepsoon of honey to a liter of water. Use it after every hair wash with your usual shampoo.

Greasy Hair

Greasy hair are mainly due to becoming sebaceous glands overactive. You should avoid too much brushing of hair. Wash your hair frequently with a nourishing shampoo.

TOBACCO & WOMEN...

1. There has been an increase in prevalence among females for both smoking and smokeless tobacco


2. Women who consume 3’cigraettes per day double their risk, not only of heart attacks but also of death from other causes
   
3. Mishri use, which is common in women can lead to low birth weight babies and a reproductive effect of lower male to female sex ratio


4. When pregnant women smoke, carbon monoxide and nicotine passes into their lungs and blood stream, reducing the oxygen supply to their unborn baby. This means that their babies are:
   a) more likely to suffer from asthma attacks, chest infections and colds in later life
   b) may likely to be born prematurely
   c) more likely to be born underweight


5. Paan chewing among women in India has made oral cancer more common than breast cancer

Mrs. R.C.-Gestational Diabetes, Chennai

Age:28 years

Treatment span: 1month

During my 7th month of pregnancy, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I met Dr. Sanghvi at that time. He gave me medicines to reduce my blood sugar. My gynaec was stunned and impressed that a homeopathic medicine could lower blood sugar. I delivered a healthy baby boy.

Mr. B.M.- Chennai- Treated for Kidney Stones

Age-39years

Treatment span-1 month

Dr. Sanghvi successfully treated me for kidney stones. I was in tremendous pain for a over a week and pain killers are not helping me. So finally my Nephrologist advised me to go for a surgery and I was Very very scared. My cousin suggested that I try homeopathy. I consulted Dr. Sanghvi and started his medications.

My pains reduced in a day! This was a remarkable achievement as pain killers (which I took for almost a week) had no effect on me! I passed the stones in my urine just 2 weeks. Since then I have recommended Dr. Sanghvi's treatment to other people who I know have kidney stones.

QUITTING TOBACCO...

FACTS:

1. 61% of daily and occasional smokers say they are seriously considering quitting in the next six months
2. 95% of all teenage smokers think they will have quit within five years, but only 25% succeeded, eight years later

When you give up tobacco, your body starts to renew itself as early as the first day of quitting:-

AFTER 8’HOURS:

• Carbon monoxide in your body drops
• Oxygen levels in your blood increases to normal

AFTER 2’DAYS:

• Your sense of smell and taste will improve. You will enjoy your food more
• Your risk of heart attack begins to decrease

AFTER 3-4’DAYS:

• Bronchial tubes relax and your lung capacity will have increased, making breathing easier

AFTER 2’WEEKS:

• Blood flow improves, nicotine has passed from your body

WITHIN 2’WEEKS TO 3’MONTHS:

• Circulation will improve, making walking and running easier; lung functioning increases up to 30%

WITHIN 6 TO 9’MONTHS:

• You will experience less coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness and shortness of breath

AFTER 1’YEAR:

• Your risk of heart disease will be about half of what it would have been if you continued to smoke

AFTER 5’YEAR:

• Your risk of stroke will be substantially reduced, within 5-15’years after quitting, it becomes about the same as a non- smokers.

AFTER 10’YEARS:

• Your risk of dying from lung cancer will be about half of what it would have been if you had continued to smoke
• Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, oesophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas will also decrease

WITHIN 15’YEARS:

• Your risk of dying from a heart attack is equal to a person who never smoked

[Article Contributed by- Dr. Nidhi Pathak, BHMS

Senior Consultant @ Nature Clinic]

World Tobacco Day- 31st May'09

The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2009 is "Tobacco Health Warnings", with an emphasis on the picture warnings that have been shown to be particularly effective at making people aware of the health risks of tobacco use and convincing them to quit. More and more countries are fighting back against the epidemic of tobacco by requiring that packages of tobacco show the dangers of the product's use, as called for in guidelines to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Most people are unaware of the extent of the harm that tobacco causes, even if they have some idea that it is a health risk.

Tobacco companies use packaging and other advertising techniques to make tobacco appealing, while distracting consumers from the harsh reality of how tobacco destroys health.

It is a proven fact that warnings on packaging are an inexpensive and powerful way to show the truth about tobacco consumption. Warnings that include images of the harm that tobacco causes are particularly effective at communicating risk and motivating behavioural changes, such as quitting or reducing tobacco consumption. Picture warnings convey a clear and immediate message, even to people who cannot read. They reduce the overall attractiveness of tobacco packages — an important function for a product whose new users are typically young and image- and brand-conscious.

In response to this threat and the demand from countries for action, the World No Tobacco Day 2009 campaign focuses on the following main message:

"Health warnings on tobacco packages that combine text and pictures are one of the most cost-effective ways to increase public awareness of the serious health risks of tobacco use and to reduce tobacco consumption."

WHY DO WE NEED TO CAMPAIGN FOR PICTURE-BASED HEALTH WARNINGS ON ALL TOBACCO PACKAGES?

BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND TO WORK IN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE REQUIRED THEIR USE. FOR EXAMPLE:

• In Canada, 58% of smokers said the warnings made them think more about the health effects of smoking.
• In Brazil, 67% of smokers said the warnings made them want to quit, and 54% said they made them change their opinion about the health consequences of smoking.
• In Singapore, 28% of smokers said the warnings made them smoke fewer cigarettes, and one out of six said they avoided smoking in front of children as a result of the warnings.
• In Thailand, 44% of smokers said the warnings made them "a lot" more likely to quit over the next month, and 53% said they made them think "a lot" about the health risks.

(Taken from the WHO website- Tobacco Free Initiative- http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2009/focus/en/index.html )

Mr. K.M.- Chennai- Treated for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Age:42 years
Treatment Span: March'06-Jan'07

I suffered severe attacks of sharp pain in my cheekbone for months together. It was excruciating at night, and made me sleepless. Since it was felt more in my cheekbones I decided to pay a visit to my dentist. He examined my teeth and took X-rays which were absolutely normal. Since then I kept visiting one doctor to another & finally I was diagnosed to have "Trigeminal Neuralgia", a serious nerve pain which had no known treatment. Finally I went to meet Dr. Sanghvi. Within the few days on this treatment I saw a remarkable reduction in pain. And now its been over a year since I have been off my medications and still havent had a single episode or attack of pain.

Thank you Dr. Sanghvi!

Regards,
K.M.
12/4/09

WORLD ASTHMA DAY - 5th May'09

Theme for 2009: "You Can Control Your Asthma."

Till a few decades ago Asthma was considered a very serious global health problem which couldn’t be cured. Today though people of all ages in countries throughout the world are affected by this chronic airway disorder that, when uncontrolled, can limit our daily lives. Over the years, the world has witnessed the ability of Homeopathy to manage, control and in many cases cure it effectively.



















What Is Asthma?

Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. It causes recurring periods of: Wheezing, Chest tightness, Shortness of breath, and Coughing.

A Look into “Asthma”:

The airways are tubes that carry air into and out of your lungs. People who have asthma have inflamed airways. This makes the airways swollen and very sensitive. They tend to react strongly to certain substances that are breathed in. When the airways react, the muscles around them tighten. This causes the airways to narrow, and less air flows to your lungs. The swelling also can worsen, making the airways even narrower. Cells in the airways may make more mucus than normal. (Mucus is a sticky, thick liquid that can further narrow your airways.)

Figure A shows the location of the lungs and airways in the body. Figure B shows a cross-section of a normal airway. Figure C shows a cross-section of an airway during asthma symptoms.

This chain reaction can result in asthma symptoms. Symptoms can happen each time the airways are irritated.

What Causes Asthma Symptoms To Occur?

A number of things can bring about or worsen asthma symptoms:

• Allergens found in dust, animal fur, cockroaches, mould, and pollens from trees, grasses, and flowers.
• Irritants such as cigarette smoke, air pollution, chemicals or dust in the workplace, compounds in home décor products, and sprays.
• Certain medicines such as aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
• Viral upper respiratory infections such as colds/ runny nose.
• Sinus infections
• Reflux disease
• Psychological stress
• Exercise (physical activity)

Asthma is different for each person. Some of the factors listed may not affect you. Other factors that do affect you may not be on the list.

Information on Asthma – RISK FACTORS:

1. Studying the prevalence of asthma and related diseases such as eczema and hay fever have yielded important clues about some key risk factors.


2. The strongest risk factor for developing asthma is a family history of atopic diseases; this increases the risk of hay fever up to 5times and risk of asthma by 3-4times!


3. In children, between the ages of 3-14, a positive skin test for allergies and an increase in Immunoglobulin E increases the chance of having asthma


4. In adults, the more allergens one reacts positively to in a skin test, the higher the odds of having asthma


5. Studies which show that upper respiratory tract infections are protective against asthma risk also tend to show that lower respiratory tract infections conversely tend to increase the risk of asthma


6. The incidence of asthma is highest among low-income populations [asthma deaths are most common in low to middle income countries]


7. Asthma as a result of [or worsened by] workplace exposures is the world’s most commonly reported occupational respiratory disease


8. Asthma appears to be more prevalent in athletes than in general population. There appears to be a relatively high incidence of asthma in sports such as cycling, mountain biking, and long- distance running, and a relatively lower incidence in weight lifting and diving


9. Environmental tobacco smoke, especially maternal cigarette smoking, is associated with high risk of asthma prevalence and asthma morbidity, wheeze and respiratory infections.


10. Poor air quality, from traffic pollution or high ozone levels, has been repeatedly associated with increased asthma morbidity


11. Caesarean sections have been associated with asthma when compared with vaginal birth; a meta-analysis found a 20% increase in asthma prevalence in children delivered by caesarean section compared to who were not.


12. Psychological stress has long been suspected of being an asthma trigger. Rather than stress directly causing the asthma symptoms, it is thought that stress modulates the immune system to increase the magnitude of the airway inflammatory response to allergens and irritants.

To know about the Role of Homeopathy in Asthma log onto http://homeopathy-tips.blogspot.com/2009/05/asthma.html

Asthma & Homeopathy...

What Is Asthma?

Asthma is a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways.
Asthma causes recurring periods of:

• Wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe),


• Chest tightness,


• Shortness of breath, and


• Coughing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning.
  

What Causes Asthma?

The exact cause of asthma isn't known. It is usually a combination of factors (family genes and certain environmental exposures) that interact to cause asthma to develop, most often early in life. These factors include:

• An inherited tendency to develop allergies (atopy),


• Parents who have asthma,


• Certain respiratory infections during childhood &


• Contact with some airborne allergens or exposure to some viral infections in infancy or in early childhood when the immune system is developing.

If asthma or atopy runs in your family, exposure to airborne allergens (for example, house dust mites, cockroaches, and possibly cat or dog fur) and irritants (for example, tobacco smoke) may make your airways more reactive to substances in the air you breathe.

Who Is At Risk for Asthma?

Asthma affects people of all ages, but it most often starts in childhood.
In the United States, more than 22 million people are known to have asthma. Nearly 6 million of these people are children.

Risk factors include:

• Having allergies, most, but not all, people who have asthma have allergies.
• Eczema (an allergic skin condition), or
• Parents who have asthma.

Among children, more boys have asthma than girls. But among adults, more women have the disease than men.

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Asthma?

Common asthma symptoms include:

• Coughing. Coughing from asthma is often worse at night or early in the morning, making it hard to sleep.


• Wheezing. Wheezing is a whistling or squeaky sound that occurs when you breathe.


• Chest tightness. This may feel like something is squeezing or sitting on your chest.


• Shortness of breath. Some people who have asthma say they can't catch their breath or they feel out of breath. You may feel like you can't get air out of your lungs.

Not all people who have asthma have these symptoms. Likewise, having these symptoms doesn't always mean that you have asthma.

ROLE OF HOMEOPATHY IN TREATMENT OF ASTHMA:

Homeopathy helps:

• Prevent chronic and troublesome symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath


• Reduce your need of quick-relief medicines


• Help you maintain good lung function


• Let you maintain your normal activity levels and sleep through the night

HOMEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA:

1. Arsenicum Album : Scanty expectorations, putrid expectorations, restlessness, suicidal, anguish with fear of death, aggravation: midday, midnight, wet weather…Amel: by leaning forward in bed, walking around


2. Hepar Sulph: Croupy and rattling cough, wheezy asthma, cough and breathing mucusy, splinter like pain in chest, hypersensitiveness is marked, asthma better in damp, better by bending head backwards.


3. Kali Carb: wheezing asthma, stitching and cutting pain, chest coldness, offensive and cheesy expectorations, worse lying left side, around 3a.m., cold weather, AMEL: leaning forward, rocking


4. Natrum Sulph: Every fresh cold brings on an attack of asthma, dyspnoea of damp weather, must hold chest when
   

DOSAGE: 4 pills - 3 times a day...

Mr. R. S.- Chennai, Treated for Allergic Rhinitis

Age:30 years
Treatment Span:Jan'08-Nov'08

I came to Dr. Sanghvi with skepticism and lots of doubts in mind regarding Homeopathy,and now I must say that I am a firm believer of both Homeopathy & Dr. Sanghvi!

For the last 10 years, I was suffering with Allergic Rhinitis. I had changed lots of Doctors in this span. I always got the same answer that this condition has no cure, and that I'd have to live with it. Last Jan my friend (who had his Allergic Rhinitis cured thanks to Dr. Sanghvi) took me to meet him & I reluctantly started my treatment.

Within the first month I was surprised! The frequency of my sneezing had reduced considerably, my nose was a less stuffy & I was not my irritable self anymore...This progress continued and by August I was absolutely fine! I did not sneeze, no more stuffy runny nose, no sore throats...I was very happy. But on Dr. Sanghvi's advise we continued treatment for some more and thereafter he advised me to discontinue the treatment in November. He asked me to get back to living a routine life... Till today I havent had a single episode of the rhinitis... Thank you Dr. Sanghvi!

World Health Day - April 7

World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).

In 1948, the World Health Organization held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7th April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day. The World Health Day is celebrated to create “awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO)”. Activities - related to that particular theme and the resources provided - continue beyond 7th April, that is, the designated day for celebrating the World Health Day.

World Health Day 2009 : Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies

World Health Day 2009 focuses on the safety of health facilities and the readiness of health workers who treat those affected by emergencies. Health centres and staff are critical lifelines for vulnerable people in disasters - treating injuries, preventing illnesses and caring for people's health needs. Often, already fragile health systems are unable to keep functioning through a disaster, with immediate and future public health consequences.

This year, WHO and international partners are underscoring the importance of investing in health infrastructure that can withstand hazards and serve people in immediate need. They are also urging health facilities to implement systems to respond to internal emergencies, such as fires, and ensure the continuity of care.

World Health Day 2008: Protecting health from the adverse effects of climate change

World Health Day, on 7 April, marks the founding of the World Health Organization and is an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year. In 2008, World Health Day focused on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change.& establlish links between climate change and health and other development areas such as environment,food,energy,transport.

The theme “protecting health from climate change” puts health at the centre of the global dialogue about climate change. WHO selected this theme in recognition that climate change is posing ever growing threats to global public health security.

Through increased collaboration, the global community will be better prepared to cope with climate-related health challenges worldwide. Examples of such collaborative actions are: strengthening surveillance and control of infectious diseases, ensuring safer use of diminishing water supplies, and coordinating health action in emergencies.

World Health day 2007: Invest in health, build a safer future

Key messages for World Health Day 2007:

1. Threats to health know no borders.
2. Invest in health, build a safer future.
3. Health leads to security; insecurity leads to poor health.
4. Preparedness and quick response improve international health security.
5. The World Health Organization is making the world more secure

Themes of previous World Health Days:

• 2008: Protecting health from the adverse effects of climate change
• 2007: International health security
• 2006: Working together for health
• 2005: Make every mother and child count
• 2004: Road safety
• 2003: Shape the Future of Life: Healthy Environments for Children
• 2002: Move for Health
• 2001: Mental Health: Stop Exclusion, Dare to Care
• 2000: Safe Blood Start with Me
• 1999: Active Aging Makes the Difference
• 1998: Safe Motherhood
• 1997: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• 1996: Healthy Cities for Better Life
• 1995: Global Polio Eradication