Healing Harmony

A 3 years male child visited with mother white pearly eruptions (Molluscum) on face, chest, and hands since 5 months. He also gets recurrent Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) whenever he is exposed to cold air and when season changes. He has a past history of Left ear’s tympanic membrane perforation and complains of pain in the ear occasionally. What is Molluscum? Skin eruptions that are pearly white caused by Molluscum contagious virus.  It may cause itching, pain or superadded bacterial infection or if eruptions causing visible impairment or genital areas. No effective treatment in allopathy except cryosurgery, cautery, laser removal or topical application. Homeopathy & Molluscum? Skin diseases are gently & permanently cured by homeopathy.  In Molluscum the tissue is dead, hence during treatment the eruptions may get inflamed. Inflammation indicates the cells are re-activated and this is the first step to cure  Case History: Child came ...

On a TV show there was a about raising standards in schools, and making changes to the curriculum, so we generated the skills necessary for a successful 21st century society. Did that mean, asked the interviewer, that there needed to be more emphasis on skills such as maths and engineering? Yes was the reply. Of course we do need those skills, nobody would argue against their importance. But while we need people with the skills to build – let's say a bridge – we also need the people capable of imagining that bridge in the first place, or thinking how we could create a very different kind of bridge. Or perhaps asking whether we need a bridge at all. Theatre, fires the imagination, it gives our children the skills and the creativity necessary to face the world, to understand it and perhaps to change it too. Through the use of role-play and other such improvisational skills and fun activities such as mask making, children can explore their feelings both conscious and sub-un...

Did you know? People who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight and to have high cholesterol. Perhaps you should think again about swapping your mid-morning samosa or farsan (dry snacks) for a bowl of whole-wheat biscuits and a glass of fruit juice? Why eat breakfast? Breakfast literally means 'breaking the fast'. Having been without food all night, your body is low on energy and needs fuel, in the form of food, to get going again. What makes a healthy breakfast? The best choices for breakfast are high in fiber and low in fat. Breakfast should account for about 25 % of your daily energy requirements. Choosing wisely can help you include many essential nutrients and can help you well on the way to achieving your recommended daily fiber intake. Look out for breakfast cereals that are low in sugar and high in fiber. Breakfast cereals tend to be high in B vitamins and if served with milk you also get your intake of calcium as well. A fresh fruit juice is a great...

A 28yrs, male came to us with the chief complaint of Psoriasis since last 15 yrs with acute exacerbation since last 2 weeks. He has visited several dermatologists and taken allopathic medicines and topical ointments including steroids. His psoriasis started with small eruptions on legs and back for which he started taking treatment from leading dermatologists. He felt better with the allopathic treatment temporarily.   But the eruptions recurred on new body parts and each time it relapsed with more intensity. He has typical psoriatic eruptions- dry, scaly patches on the back, abdomen, elbows, eye brows, legs up to the knee, ankle, feet.  Skin is cracked which bleeds on itching. He also complaints of gaseous distension, weakness and frequent colds. In homeopathy disease is not just sum of few symptoms or a “label of diagnosis”, but the disturbances at energy level, mind and body level. In a nutshell, homeopathic science analyses every individual having an illness ...

A recent study suggests that by 2050, India will lose 39.6 million years of healthy life to mental illnesses unless appropriate steps are taken.  World Schizophrenia Day is observed on May 24 to create public awareness about the disorder and other mental illnesses. Schizophrenia is one of the most serious mental health conditions, affecting 26 million people worldwide. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Symptoms include -         Hallucination:  hearing, seeing or feeling things that do not exist.         Delusion:  fixed false beliefs or suspicions that are firmly held even when there is evidence to the contrary.         Abnormal behavior:  strange appearance, self-neglect, incoherent speech, wandering aimlessly, mumbling or laughing to self It is important to care for and support someone who lives with the condition. Doing...

Whether you work in a demanding corporate or own a taxing business or run the show at home or are a student groping in the dark.  We all have long days, stress, and errands that can get in the way of a healthy lifestyle. It's no surprise that we're facing increasing demands on our time —both at work and home. Our reflex is to work longer hours, skimp on sleep, forfeit our holidays/vacations, skip meals (or binge), and take other "shortcuts". But this approach comes at a high psychological and physiological cost to ourselves and our families/friends, and can lead to burnout. For most of us, it seems implausible to remove some time for ourselves- the “me time”. Some of us look at our vacations as a chance to hit the reset button to our lives while some others find it difficult to steal this time out for themselves. Weekend Health Retreat is an initiative for healing and reviving that is not-so-far-away-from-home.  It is a holistic program tailored especially to me...