Placebo Effect and the Nature Cure

It is common to see the diseases rarely occurring in the past and once attributed to the wrong way of living(especially the rich and obese) in every household now. Diabetes, Cancer etc. to name a few. Family history does contribute, but the disease lays dormant until provoked by falling prey to incorrect lifestyle and outlook.
Surprisingly, many drugs (painkillers,antidepressants etc.) designed and marketed by The medical giants are now touted as being "incompetent" attributed to the "placebo effect". Before releasing a drug in the market, it has to be FDA approved (I am writing in context of US). A selected group of people (test subjects) are administered both the actual drug and milk-sugar pills (placebo). And in most of the cases, the drugs are not able to beat the sugar-pills!!
refer
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=placebo-effect-a-cure-in-the-mind

So much to say for the billions of dollars which go into the research for the medicines and the convincing (theoretically) biological proofs!
These drugs sell like hot cakes in our country and most of the people are unaware of their futility!
The sad part is that we are not aware of the healing power of easily accessible products(mostly on the kitchen shelf) gifted to us free of cost by mother nature :)
A pollution free air, intoxicating fragrance of flowers, eternal sunshine, food in its purest form (unaltered by cooking) are everyone's right. A lot of research has been done on the healing powers of naturopathy and indigenous arts like Yoga,Meditation. They are effective (A family Experience) and can beat any X-Y-Z crappy disease of the world. What it really needs to cure oneself is faith and patience and of-course , optimism.
Human body is designed to repair itself for any damage. Producing Antibodies is a no-charge infallible defense mechanism. The rate at which they are produced depends on the lifestyle and eating habits and thus determines the effectiveness and speed of healing. Unfortunately, most of the research goes into chemicals which when consumed more than the prescribed limit can even cause death!
Even if 1% of money and effort goes into holistic ways of healing ; we can see dramatic effects :)
I feel happy for people like Swami Ramdev who are at least putting in effort and time.
The knowledge and wisdom lie with a few people who are not able to pass it on to the next generation due to many reasons we all know. The knowledge, of course is not which X-Y-Z herb cures what, but rather knowing the extreme science of body, breath and mind as well as the science behind how a herb works and why.
But it will definitely take a lot of time for us to change our thinking and believe in indigenous ways and show faith. That, would be the real science and would help the humanity....

Eye of d tiger...........

I always struggle to make dis d mantra of my life ...... :) :) (Fail at times but keep on trying :) )

" Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive


It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive



Risin' up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive "


Love dis one...........

Mini Musings..........

Pity this needs to be stated :

"In humans, the right side of the brain is the center for visual and aesthetic sensibilities.The left side of the brain is the center for quantitative and time-regulated sensibilities. Human intuition is a blend of both sensibilities. This blend is facilitated by the neural connections between the right side of the brain and the left side. In women, the number of neural connections between right and left sides of the brain is 20% greater (on average) than in men. This higher connectivity of women’s brains enables them to exercise intuitive think- ing to a greater extent than men."

---- Handbook of statistical analysis and data mining applications.............

Its kind of obvious :)

Fall

Every night
I thought
Of giving my thoughts a shape
wandering in the dark
waiting for that first ray of hope
to show
the eternal bliss
to wash me in its warmth
I tried hard ... tried and tried
but gave in to sensual cravings
went to the depth of
the dark alibi
to point of no return
tried hard to escape
now i am falling
and falling
and when the pain becomes pleasure
you surrender to the gravity
and the fall...
is no longer the cause of your misery..
it becomes your savior ........

Was wondering how transient relationships are... what are they meant for... how far could one carry them ... relating to action-reaction principle..people forget the basic truth that it is not always taking in.. it is giving back too .... But there is no reckoning back once we hit a dead end ... It is always good to call off... whatever it is .... friendship -- commitments ... once people start taking "the other one" for-granted ....
The best example would be that of friends "out of need" ... whatever form d "need" manifests itself in .. help in studies.... a jovial company .. being with a "center of attraction" .... to vent out feelings to one who has all d patience to listen .... a company in loneliness .. they all are relationships taking shape out of d misery of people involved ...
I feel lost ... I cannot imagine how a true n beautiful relationship should be ... :) i could relate it somehow to that of a mother n a child.... perception differs !!