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Namah Vol. 25, Issue 3, 15th October 2017

12. Why have other causes like stress, emotions Hence, you are never healed; and you may
and karma not been discussed? be put on medication that has to be taken for
the rest of your life! Further, since the cause
1. The modern approach in medicine continues, newer symptoms keep on arising
from time to time and the treatment you get
The modern approach is to classify a disease only keeps on suppressing them.
as a collection of symptoms and then to
treat the symptoms with powerful drugs. However, in the early stages, a disease is
This method is very useful in treating life- always just a functional disorder. If you choose
threatening diseases and stubborn infections. to suppress the symptoms at this stage, you
However, most of our everyday illnesses are bypass the healing that should happen at
only functional disorders such as respiratory this stage and allow the disease to become
disorders like the common cold and cough; skin internalised. Then it develops further and
disorders like rashes that itch, dandruff and becomes chronic; and ultimately it becomes
foul odour; pains like headache, stiff-joints degenerative wherein the structures of the
and back pains; and digestive disorders like organs like the heart, liver, lungs, kidneys,
irritable bowels, constipation and flatulence. etc. begin to break down. However, it does
And for such ailments the modern medical not bother the advocates of modern medicine
science has no effective remedy. They only since now they can show you the ‘wonders
try to manage or relieve the symptoms of the of surgery’. And of course, you have to pay
disorder so as to provide some temporary the price.
relief.
The basic problem with the modern approach
2. What is so wrong with treating symptoms? is that they focus only on relieving symptoms
(the localised manifestation of the disease) so
When you habitually treat the symptoms of the that they can deal with the ‘end spectrum’ of
common functional disorders with drugs, you the disease — where it becomes degenerative,
only modify the symptoms without removing and where it is most profitable for the medical
the causes. And when the underlying causes business.
continue, the disease develops further and
becomes chronic. It gives rise to annoying 3. Where exactly is the problem?
symptoms like headaches, stuffed nose,
acidity, gas trouble, rheumatic pain, skin rash, Medical science has misrepresented the true
respiratory allergy (like asthma, wheezing), nature of a disease by considering it to be
blood pressure, etc. Such chronic disorders merely an effect on the body — as something
are less intense in their effects, but they harass that can be removed by external means like
more since they last for a long time and recur drugs and surgery. As a result the medical
periodically. science keeps on searching for the remedy in
the wrong places; and looks for temporary
And for such chronic conditions there are ‘no solutions.
outright cures’ — there are only medications that
temporarily manage or relieve the symptoms. The three big mistakes:

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