The war against aids, cancer and other life-threatening diseases
is yet to be won in spite of efforts of the scientific community.
The world has spent more money in an effort
to find the cure for these diseases than the total spent during
the two World Wars. Yet, not much has been achieved in eliminating
these diseases.
Some scientists have waged a war on aids like
others did in the past in the case of herpes. But no major breakthrough
has been witnessed. This has resulted in more and more people
seeking answers in nature. But those who have violated the laws
of nature time and again may find little comfort in it now.
Modern urban development, processed foods,
psychological stress, chemical products, synthetic drugs, pollution
of air and water have upset the natural balance. And diseases
like aids, cancer and herpes carry the message of this abuse
of nature and its laws. These diseases spread mainly due to
the failure to comply with the laws of nature.
In the beginning of this century, come bacterial
diseases like syphilis, gonorrhoea, tb and plague were major
killers. Today, some degenerative diseases like arthritis, diabetes,
cancer, multiple sclerosis, usually influenced by some viral
infections, have taken their place.
In our present way of life, many factors badly
affect our immune system. Whenever a synthetic material enters
the body, the immune system is in trouble. There are 3,000 different
synthetic chemicals of which each of us absorbs a few pounds
each year.
The primary characteristic of aids is a partial
or total breakdown of the immune system. It is not the suspected
virus itself that kills the patient, but the gross weakening
of the immune system caused by the virus. In this condition,
the body is open to virus infection disorders which can, in
turn, lead to conditions such as kaposis sarcoma, skin cancer,
pneumonia, meningitis, herpes and nervous disorders.
aids usually begins with a fever, causing
weight loss, fatigue, shortness of breath, diarrhoea, swelling
of lymph nodes and lung infections. More than half the patients
become progressively weaker, are prone to infections and eventually
die. Male homosexuals are commonly thought to be the main victims
of this disease, but it may spread among the heterosexual population
as well. The disease can be transmitted through blood transfusion,
saliva, semen and other body fluids. Those who use contaminated
syringes are highly susceptible to this disease.
aids is not limited by demographic or geographic
factors. Cases are reported from virtually every part of the
world. Contrary to the belief that it is a 'male' disease, seven
to 11 per cent of reported cases are female. Cases of children
under 13 have been reported, as well.
Ayurveda explains that aids is a disease caused
by a condition in which all seven dhatus, supportive
and protective materials of the body such as body fluids, blood,
muscle, fats, cartilage, and connective tissues, bone marrow
and sperm or ovum, fail to function and produce ojas
which is responsible in maintaining the total functional values
of the imune system.
A living body without dhatus looks like
a leather bag without shape or form.
Ojas is as valuable as life itself.
In fact, we can say that life exists because of ojas
in the body. Ojas exists in the immune system and is
thus present everywhere in the body. The matter of life is based
on the immune system and the existence of the immune system
is based on the condition of ojas.
The presence of ojas in the body is
life and its absence is death.
According to Ayurveda, aids is caused by functional
disturbances in the blood stream (raktwaha-srota) and
other fluids of the body.
It is not necessary that these disturbances
be caused by viral or bacterial infections. Usually, in the
case of aids, there is a huge loss of essence of dhatus in
the immune system.
This essence of dhatus is called ojas
in Sanskrit, and though there is no specific word in English
that translates ojas completely, the word grace,
which reflects the total personality of a person, can be applied.
Grace is natural and is beyond the control
of living beings. The power generated in immune systems controls
it. And that is called the body's self-resistance.
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