Lord, pardon me. I have to
take these plants for Swamigal Doctor!
Brahmanand Swamigal
Ayurveda and Siddha Doctor
Agasthiar Clinic, Coimbatore, India
The diagnosis is cancer.
She is feeling better now. It will be
cured completely and will not reoccur.
We call this disease Puttu.
In allopathy
it is called cancer.
Continue the medicine for
3 months with honey and warm water.
Your health will continue to improve.
Follow dietary instructions.
I'm sorry to make you wait.
Five elements are present in our body
as Vata (air & space),
Pitta (fire) and Kapha (water & earth)
known as Tridosha,
the three bio-energies.
We are all born with unique well-balanced
natural constitution of Tridosha.
As long as that balance exists,
diseases will not occur.
Imbalance will cause disease.
Thus good health means
good balance of the three Doshas.
Vata should be 1, Pitta 1/2
and Kapha 1/4, as proportion.
That means a healthy body.
And for diagnosis:
Vata pulse can be felt in the thumb,
Pitta pulse in the index finger
and Kapha pulse in the middle finger.
By feeling these pulses we can
judge the present health condition.
Stress, fear
and other mind related matters
can be detected in Guru pulse.
Also in the nails the flow of blood
shows the present balance.
In the Vata diseases,
black shades can be seen,
in Pitta diseases yellow shades,
in Kapha diseases white shades.
Take off the glasses.
Also from the eyes,
diseases can be determined.
There is a poem about that. You can
read all about yourself in the iris.
The present health condition
and natural constitution
are reflected in the eyes.
Thus ancient scholars made
several diagnostic measures.
To memorise them easily,
they recorded them in poetic forms.
He has difficulties in passing urine.
Retention of urine brings weakness.
He will be treated
for 40 to 50 days.
But anyway, I do not treat disease,
I treat people!
He will be cured for sure.
I use
holistic medicine
prepared from plants,
minerals and so on.
Swamigal, I have brought your drugs.
Nithy, come and assist him.
What have you brought?
This is my son, the future doctor.
Here is the bigger tuber.
Yes, I understand, but this
is not the bigger tuber.
This is called
Aada theenda paala.
Yes, this is the bigger tuber.
Keep quiet. It is not.
This is Neeli,
it detoxifies.
This is Imbooral.
There is a poem which goes:
Why do you have to die due to cough,
when you have this plant Imbooral?
Medical Plant Conservation Centre,
Kerala, India
Dr. Gangadharan
As per Ayurvedic principles
everything in the universe is medicinal.
Plants,
I mean medicinal plants, are explained
by Ayurvedic principles
and Ayurvedic philosophy.
For Ayurveda,
everything in and around us
is one single existence.
The microcosm - the body
within which we are living, all the
living beings, and the macrocosm
around us - are all part of one unit.
And the role of the physician is merely
that of a conveyer belt between these
two, he may be processing something
so that the body can easily assimilate.
That is all. He is substituting things
which are lacking within the system by
things which are available externally.
This is in a nutshell the basic principle
or approach of Ayurveda towards health.
How are you now?
Earlier, blood sugar
affected my eyes.
This is my wife,
and she will look into this case.
She has been learning the science
from me for 25 years.
I learnt the science from my father,
and my father studied from his father,
thus it has been
passed on to 14 generations.
What is your problem?
Dimness of vision.
Duration? - 2 to 3 years.
Allopathic doctors said
that the nerves of the retina
were damaged and it could not be cured.
...first marriage, not love!
My family went and saw the bride.
Then her family came to see me,
and then we got married!
Simple!
I feel much better
after taking medicine for 3 months.
My vision is clearer.
I am also getting good memory.
The blood sugar
causes the defect in the eyesight.
There are 21 types of sugar complaint,
in which blood sugar is included.
It causes dimness of vision.
I practice Ayurvedic
Ophthalmology which is one of the
eight branches described in Ayurveda.
The eight branches are
Kaya, Bala, Graha, Udhvanga,
Shalya, Damshtra, Jara and Vrisha.
General medicine, paediatrics,psychiatry,
toxicology, geriatrics etc.
Here the ophthalmology comes under
the branch of Udhvanga Chikitsa,
which means "above the neck".
The main difference between -
just for a comparable study -
between modern ophthalmology and Ayurveda
are in different aspects:
Modern ophthalmology mainly works
in surgical
specialities, more surgeries are there,
and in Ayurveda it is the medical
sessions. For example, Tarpana gives
satisfaction to the eyes and
strengthens them.
Generally, for every disease in the eyes
Tarpana is advised.
E.g. for Diabetic Retinitis.
This patient has had
diabetes for more than 10 years.
He has lost 80% of vision and he was
not able to work in the bank.
Diabetic Retinitis affects
the retina, the back screen of the eye
where images are formed so we can see.
A yellow fluid leaked out
on that retina.
In modern medicine they arrest it
through laser treatment.
Laser Photo Coagulation.
What does the laser treatment do?
It simply closes the leak.
It does not try
to prevent further leakage
which may take place in the future.
If we look at this case
from an Ayurvedic angle ...
There are excellent medications
to cure this disease
by which this leakage takes place
in the blood.
One of the reasons is diabetes,
another is incorporated in Pitta Dosha.
When there is imbalance in Pitta Dosha,
the fluidity of the blood increases.
Along with treating the diabetes
from the root cause
this Pitta Dosha is also controlled
by proper anti-Pitta drugs.
This brings back the harmony
of the Pitta Dosha.
These therapies have given
tremendous results in the patient.
He can even work late at night now.
And now he can come here all alone,
which was unthinkable before.
Holistic Health Centre
Athens, Greece
Dr. Nicolos Kostopoulos
My grandmother used to handle all kinds
of deliveries and she taught me.
So based on that experience,
I started handling childbirths
independently when I was 18 years old.
I massage babies with oil
because they grow strong in their limbs.
Their bone-structure becomes solid
while growing, otherwise they may be
deformed and weak.
Dai Muthuamma
The skin also learns to breathe.
For young mothers,
if they are not massaged,
they get joint pains, rheumatism
and become allergic to many things.
Before the bath, I give mother and baby
tonics made from plants.
Those who had gone to the hospital
have come back to me.
I have also handled deliveries of cows,
sheep and buffaloes.
Telungupalayam Clinic, Tamilnadu, India
Dr. V. Arjunan
Now I am applying this herb-oil.
With this oil,
nerve tissues, bone tissues,
all tissues will become loose.
Divya, sit straight.
The height also will improve.
The length of hands and legs
will also be straightened.
If there is more pain, take it
like this.
6 months after Divya's birth
day by day we noticed her growth
was not regular.
Her legs were also crossed.
I showed her
to "English medicine Doctors".
The Doctor said this is not
curable by "English medicine".
Then I came here and met Dr. Arjunan.
He said this is curable.
Before that my wife was very worried.
She was worried about Divya's future.
How will she move?
How would Divya live in this world?
Now there is a little improvement.
Day by day she gets better.
This kind of disease
is cured by Ayurveda.
Definitely I have faith in Ayurveda.
This is the head.
This is the soft palate.
Manas, the Mind, is formed of several
nerves situated in between.
And mental disorders are located here.
To cure the mental disorders,
in allopathy doctors believe the mind
should be put to sleep with sedatives
and sleeping pills. In Ayurveda the mind
is awakened and thus treated.
This patient has the symptoms of
Vata unmada, due to imbalance of Vata.
This has been caused by unnecessary
thoughts and control of mind.
Modern science calls it schizophrenia.
We wake up the mind
through Panchkarma treatment.
This requires the cleaning of the three
vitiated doshas and the removal
of physical and mental toxins.
And thus ultimately restoring
the natural balance of Vata.
From the age of 13 or 14
I have been practicing along
with my studies.
I am 67 years old now.
I've practiced medicine for 55 years.
Even today I am doing
research in many subjects.
Totally I have studied under 20 Gurus.
All of them have expired except one.
He was my Guru in the rare Science
of Marma, the vital points in the body.
I had a Guru for the eye treatment,
also for "poison" treatment.
Some of these subjects are not studied
anymore and have become extinct.
Like minerals.
Samples of mineral-medicine.
This Veera Kattu can help with phlegm,
asthma and other Kapha complaints.
This Pancha Pashana Kattu
can be given for skin diseases,
itching and internal ulcers.
And cures six other diseases.
Nava Pashana Kattu helps with cancer.
It purifies blood and strengthens nerves.
This is Sapta Pashana Kattu.
This is called Talaka or yellow arsenic.
It cures coughs, colds,
asthma and sinus.
This is Rasa Kattu: mercurial medicine.
Very poisonous before purification.
Even a mustard seed portion can be deadly.
For mercury treatment
I got my Ph.D.
from Sri Lanka University.
At tea time I will eat mercury
and show you!
I don't only talk about it.
This is pure mercury!
Natural paste.
If you eat this without my preparation,
you can die.
I will ask my driver to eat some first.
Try this!
You never know with doctors!
No, no, I am joking.
Now I will eat this.
Namaste
I've been learning from you for years.
We tried to publish
some old manuscripts of yours.
Yes, I have a lot of them.
How old are these manuscripts?
500 to 600 years.
In the olden days, a procedure was
followed while making manuscripts.
Our ancestors worked
very hard making these.
Without a Guru they're difficult to read.
These manuscripts did not
get damaged for hundreds of years.
This has been written by
iron bars on palm leaves.
What is this manuscript called?
This manuscript is about
medicine written by Agasthya.
It has many detailed
medicinal formulas.
Also descriptions of adjuvants.
Science must be attained
in the proper way, not by stealing.
There are lessons in form of poetry.
If you just pick up a manuscript and
start to read, you may not understand
because it is not in order.
The pages are not numbered
and are mixed up.
It is confusing.
In those days the Gurus taught us
that if science is only followed
for money, it is wasted.
Wealth earned from medical science
is always contaminated
as it comes from the suffering of others.
Medicine must
be practiced with compassion
and humility. Without greed and ego.
Therefore Gurus study their students
before accepting them as disciples.
I have added many volumes of notes
to these. Later, I'll give them
to you and to my son.
Rajah Healthy Acres, Kerala, India
The traditional science
of health
comes through two distinct but
mutually complimenting streams.
One is today's
local health traditions
which make use of natural resources.
Another is very well advanced
and documented, codified,
with a lot of principles
and foundational aspects, a science
like Ayurveda. Even Charaka Samhita
is supposed to have
been written some 4,000 years back.
Sage Charaka says that
practical things like identification,
proper usage, and propagation, etc.
should be learnt from the people
who live in the forest.
We got this method from tribal people.
It's a very ancient method
of diagnosis.
The termites
make small hills of mud
under the trees.
We add some medicine to this mud,
namely turmeric and neem,
and it's made like a paste. This paste
is applied on the body of the patient
who is made to sit one hour in the sun,
till the mud is completely dried.
Then he is given a mineral bath,
i.e. the bath water is passed through
mineral stones. After that we can
see some colour changes on the skin
if there are problems underneath,
especially
fractures or dislocations, problems
related to the muscular skeletal system.
In some cases we get these
bluish spots, in the case
of kidney stones or gallstones.
In ulcers we get
colour changes on part of the stomach.
Since it is a method for diagnosis,
we call it Mud Scan.
Here are three spots
which indicate some
problem behind the scapula.
Maybe some tendon injury
or twitching of the ligament.
These three spots.
As the nerves act in a human,
the nerves act similarly in a goat.
Look what happens to this goat
when we touch this particular
vital point.
The same effect
is experienced in humans also.
Likewise
I can paralyse it.
Dr. Dharmalingam
It is paralysed. No action.
Shall I revitalize it? I'll press
this point, and it will rise.
Next you can
watch hemiplegia formed in the goat.
I'll press a vital point,
and the goat will become unconscious.
Now let us revitalize the goat.
Back to normal life!
Dharma Clinic, Chennai, India
I came here because of shivering
of my hands and feet.
I've had this paralysis for three years.
Your three Marma points are affected,
and also the nerves in the hands.
Therefore your hands shiver and
you can't talk and walk freely.
You have five nerves in your hand.
Due to decrease in the blood circulation,
three of them are affected.
That is why your hands shiver.
In all, three Marma points are affected.
That is the reason your speech
is not clear
and your hands and legs shiver.
Due to the Pitta excess
your liver, too, is affected.
There are totally 108 Marmas.
Marmas are vital points
where muscles, bones, joints, arteries
and nerves meet
creating vital flow of life.
Based on the patient's present condition,
the Marma point is stimulated.
This stimulation
can be called "electric flow".
By pressing thus,
the nerves of the eyes,
optic nerves,
get stimulated and the obstruction
to the blood circulation gets cured.
We examine all the Marmas.
These two Marmas for example
allow us to detect
the presence of brain tumour.
This is also the cause
for the tremor in the hands and legs.
By stimulating this Marma point here,
patients can feel it
somewhere else.
Look here:
the nerves began to pulsate.
Marmas should be learnt
directly from the Guru,
and not from books.
By pressing this Marma point,
the nerves in this muscle will
start functioning. As the nerves
in the muscle start functioning,
the nerves in the whole hand will do so.
We have been doing this form of medicine
traditionally for about 16 generations.
We were the Royal Physicians.
There are some secrets too.
We can press the Marma points
of unconscious people
and they regain consciousness.
Similarly, conscious persons
can be made unconscious.
If we apply further force
on secret points
he will die.
Because of such powerful knowledge,
during the British rule many
Marma physicians
were arrested. They chopped off their
hands. So their science became extinct.
Then the King of Kerala
helped our family.
He supported us and developed
the science secretly.
This is white zinc with traces of copper.
This has traces of iron
and is called Anna Bhedi.
This is a salty one.
These three
are mixed
with the juice of this plant
and made into a paste
and then made into a cake form.
This is for heart diseases.
It opens the valves.
You tie it with cotton cloths
and paste it with mud.
It is sun-dried
for three days,
then it is placed between cow pats.
It is heated for 14 hours,
then it is cooled properly.
Then the seal is removed
and it is ground into powder
in the mortar.
And this powder is medicine.
Processed medicine.
Three days ago, Yellow Arsenic and
other raw materials where put in this pot
and after sun drying, it was heated.
This is a piece of medicine.
It was poisonous before the process,
and now it has become medicine.
It has no expiry date and can
be used for thousands of years.
It is ground over there.
Please stop.
I'm going for a camp.
A patient, whose cancer was cured by me,
sponsors such camp once every month.
How do you feel now?
We were all dining together,
and suddenly I had a stomach pain
in the lower abdomen.
I had it tested and scanned.
They said there was a 3 mm growth
between my stomach and the vertebrae.
They diagnosed as malignant cancer.
Then they tried to remove it
but they couldn't.
All the best
treatment in allopathy was done,
surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
All these treatments
brought no relief,
and I lost trust
in allopathy.
Then Swamigal was introduced to me.
He promised me
that he could cure me in two years.
I gave him Nava Pashana Sindhoora
and such medicine continuously.
The disease should have
subsided in 3 to 4 months.
Then "magnetic iron powder"
and gold powder were given
to increase the immunity power.
Hence the disease will not reoccur.
After 6 months Swamigal said to me,
Why don't you take another scan
to see if there is an improvement?
I went to the Sonar Scan people.
They said they could not find anything!
It is nearly
14 years now
that the cancer has not reocurred.
I have greatest regards for Swamigal.
Totally there are 18 types of cancer
caused by imbalance
of Vata, Pitta or Kapha.
Totally there are 4,000 diseases
for humans, including AIDS.
400 diseases for animals,
40 for birds
and 8 for reptiles. So in all, totally,
there are 4,448 diseases.
I can't remember
the number of cancer cases I have treated
If there are 10 to 25 cases a month ...
and I've been practising for 55 years,
so you count!
Cancer cases only!
And hundreds of thousands of others!
I don't mind working with allopathic
doctors if they have no ego problems.
The best aspects of allopathy
and the best aspects of Ayurveda
to get best results. Millions of people
can benefit by it. For that I am ready!
I've been practising this system
for more than 50 years.
This is my own system.
An American doctor,
Robert Miller of Boston,
who suffers from Osteo Arthritis,
came to me for treatment.
She is a nurse from Germany,
suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis.
She took treatment in Germany,
Switzerland, England, everywhere.
No improvement.
Then she came here. Within 53 days ...
100% improvement.
These are knock-knees,
before treatment, after treatment.
Bowlegs, before and after treatment.
Causes of
all the 4,000 diseases of man are said
to be related to planetary positions.
For these diseases, the use of medicinal
science of precious stones
and gems has become almost extinct.
It was called "royal treatment" because
it was done for kings and landlords.
This is medicated
diamond ash powder.
If you take the diamond as it is,you die.
This is sapphire.
This stone belongs to the planet Saturn,
which causes Vata diseases.
Beautiful!
Vata diseases and also rheumatic pains.
The planet Saturn may be
the cause for the paralysis.
Sapphire helps to cure these diseases.
This is emerald.
Its ash powder is filled in this bottle.
It has been treated with drugs.
Emerald cures 360 diseases
produced by heat.
It also gives
what we call in Hindi Tejas.
Tejas means shining for the skin,
and you will look very beautiful.
Your skin will be shining and beautiful.
Next is ruby.
This, according to astrological method...
If you wear this ruby,
you will have leadership quality.
This gives you
intelligence and administrative powers.
It is called 9-gem medicine.
We take 9 gems,
discard all their poisons
by special treatment with plants.
This cures hundreds of diseases.
Ruby also purifies blood,
rejuvenates the body and brings virility.
These Viagra tablets do not
work even 1/100th of these ashes.
Beautiful. So one dose of
medicated-diamond ash
may equal to 100 Viagra tablets!
Diamonds and gems are not
poisonous.
As our tract is not straight,
but zigzag, the diamond cuts the tract
as it goes downwards.
I'll give this medicated powder
to my wife and will ask her to take it.
Only then can I prove its medicinal value
rather than just talk about it.
Earlier Gurus used to eat the medicine
before prescribing it.
They didn't test medicine by giving it
to rats, rabbits or other animals.
Only 1% of them,
like Brahmanand Swamigal, knows
how to prepare the ashes.
There are formulae that were
already explained in ancient texts
written by Agasthya and other sages.
There are only few like Swamigal who know
the technique of preparing gem ashes.
Ayurveda Workshop, Gujarat, India
Dr. Ashwin Barot, Dr. Kostopoulos
He fell down from a tree while
collecting gum, he cut himself.
I chewed the leaf, put the paste on
my injury and tied it with a piece
of turban.
Who told you to do so? - My grandfather.
Did the wound heal?
Yes, in 20 days, without any stitches.
I'll just explain to you all ...
We are never sick.
We tell our mind: Don't fall sick!
So we never fall sick. Simple!
Ayurveda becomes so fascinating
because it is not only
the science of medicine.
Ayurveda is
art of living, how to live.
Ayurveda is art of Being.
Old friend,
is your old lady troubling you?
No.
How long do you want to live?
That is the wish of God.
I asked him how long he wanted to live.
He said it was the wish of God,
but he would like to die now.
Why then? Any suffering? Are you unhappy?
No, nothing like that.
But my time has come.
You will easily carry on for 10 years.
No, that is a lot.
He has to take me now!
Enough is enough!
Vaidya Narayan Murthy, Karnataka, India
I have problems with my gall bladder.
I am coming for the second time.
Here.
Next.
Boil the leaves, make paste and take.
My brother's lung cancer is almost cured.
We have faith in your medicine
and want to continue.
The instruction for this
will be given outside. Leave!
What's the matter?
Stomach ache.
Take this wood in butter milk.
Butter milk? - Yes.
Kidney stone? - Yes.
Kidney stone is
4.5 millimeters.
One piece everyday. Next 4 days, abstain
from it. 5th day take it again.
Here are the instructions
to prepare the medicine.
The kidney stone medicine: Using this
bark prepare paste with lime juice.
Eat it on an empty stomach. Every hour
half a glass of warm water.
Follow the diet as written.
Brain haemorrhage.
This is his condition since then.
Has his hand improved? Does he walk?
Yes, but he still can't talk.
Are you following the treatment? - Yes.
This bark, make a paste
in honey and give.
This much root, make a paste with
lime juice and give.
I have gas trouble.
That is nothing. Take this. You'll shit
every ten minutes for five days.
Gas is no illness, go!
You again!
I just ran out of doses.
You know how to prepare them.
Clear off now!
My hand is itching.
Itching? That's all? - Yes.
Did you jump off the wall or what?
Go!
His White Blood Cell count
was 220,000 before coming to me.
The normal WBC should be
around 5,000 to 11,000.
Now after taking medicine for 11 days
the count is 119,000.
Now I have given
medicine for another 11 days
so that another 100,000 White Blood Cells
get decreased.
It is all free.
Why should I do anything
for the sake of money?
I've got enough land for agriculture
and I am not greedy.
I could earn a lot of money,
but there is
an ethical way to practice this knowledge
Desire
is the root cause of all evil.
What did other doctors say? - Cancer.
Keep this carefully.
Come back after a week's dose.
He is my son Bharath.
He was very weak, so we took him
to a hospital in Bangalore.
They checked him and adjudged
the disease to be Fanconi's Anaemia.
They told us that the only cure
is the bone marrow transplant.
I was very anxious
about the bone marrow transplant
because of Bharath's tender age.
Then we came here,
Narayan Murthy gave us this bark
to be taken
three times daily with milk.
Within a month the fever went down,
after three months he was better
and even his blood count improved.
His health continues to improve.
He started eating, playing.
Now he even goes to school.
Science always believes in proofs.
Here is a small
proof of Narayan Murthy's achievement.
Dr. S. Bhatt
We took a small piece of bark
and examined it in the laboratory
of the Indian Institute of Science.
The bark was pulverized
and put on leukaemic cell-lines.
The cell-line was K562.
Within 24 hours we could see
the apoptosis or cell-line death.
So it was quite powerful
and it showed the inhibitory
capacity of the clumping.
This bark has been widely used by
Narayan Murthy on various leukaemic
and cancerous cases.
The deforestation is a serious problem
for me, and that is why I am striving
to save these plants.
We can only do our little bit to preserve
these herbs
for the next generations.
That is my only desire, nothing more.
I am content!
If you look at history,
Ayurveda has always adapted
to changing times.
It has always been open to new subjects.
It is all described in books.
Vaidya Puranchand Malviya,
Varanasi, India
There are mainly three books
and authors,
Charaka, Susruta and Vaghbhatta,
also known as Ashtanga Hrdaya.
Susruta Samhita is mainly based
on surgery.
Such ancient history of surgery
is to be found nowhere.
There are many kinds of
"advanced surgery" described in this book;
like
today's
well known Plastic Surgery.
Many advanced operations such as
the hair lip operation which is part of
plastic surgery described by Susruta.
Today's famous micro-surgery,
how to join the parts of body,
is also mentioned in Susruta.
Many foreigners come to me
with big curiosity
about Ayurveda.
That is the reason I am preparing these
translations from Sanskrit.
Today there is a big interest
in Ayurveda all over the world.
So these texts should be
made available to all.
Besides, my opinion is
that there are so many things
in Ayurveda that one has to understand
them first before looking for new things.
For example, an Ayurveda text
mentions a big seminar
in the Himalayas in the ancient times.
There sages met to discuss
the current problem of that era:
People were leaving their jungle life
and starting to live
in something known as "village".
They were concerned of
consequences of such cohabitation.
The problems it could cause
to the individual and the planet.
And today we all live
in mega-cities!
Dr. Scott Gerson
National Institute
of Ayurvedic Medicine, New York, USA
Time to loosen ourselves!
Sir, come.
Modern atmosphere has reached a point
that we feel like exploding.
So why wait? Explode!
Laughing helps, for then you don't think.
Life in Bombay is full of anxiety and
stress. No one has time to laugh here.
I learnt to laugh again after joining
the laughter club.
That has given me peace and energy
at work
because my health rejuvenates here.
Even the Goddess of Learning
continues to learn.
We must honestly strive for knowledge.
Great scientists are not great.
Even big physicians are not great, those
who get resurrected are also not great.
The person who knows his true self
and nature is the greatest person of all!
The science of life we know today
is the size of a fistful of earth.
The science of life we don't know
is the size of the whole earth.
Perumal, we would like
some important drugs.
Here is the list.
We need the drugs within a week.
Can you find them?
Go and get them for us. - Yes.
Do you know where to find them?
Yes, sir, I know.
Now she is walking very fast!