My Asthma Patient

My asthma Patient

Soham, a 12-13 year old boy came to me with a problem of chronic Asthma. He was suffering from the issue since last 8-10 years. Now the condition was quite worsened & he used to take spray for asthma quite often, throughout the day and especially in the night. His mother was quite worried about his condition. He was not able to sleep quietly for last so many years. He used to get up in the middle of night with shortness of breath. Naturally he was not fresh to go to school and the whole day that tiredness was with him.

     This ongoing ill health was affecting his overall physical health as well as his intelligence. He was not able to catch up with his studies. There was no solution to this issue for long. When they came to me, Ayurveda wisdom came up with the totally different story, just like 180 degree turn. His doctors had totally stopped his intake of oil, ghee,& all other lubricants . This was natural, as he was suffering from Asthma, a mucus blocking his air pipes, causing disturbance in breathing. Naturally doctors advised total stoppage of food which will increase his mucus. (In Ayurvedic terms Kapha) And his parents were following it scrupulously. 

     Actually it was a totally opposite situation when I saw him. He was very dry, his skin was dry & tanned, his lips was dry, he was having dandruff issue, he was looking very skinny and on top of it he was having a lot of thirst. There was bloating of the stomach. One more symptom he told that whenever cold weather starts it’s a hell for him. His trouble increases in leaps and bounds. When summer begins he was much at comfort. Another major complaint was not getting a real good hunger. Of course breathlessness was his main complaint. You can guess what his body was talking about. Yes Vata, Vata & Vata! And at that is also in this tender age of Kapha.

        I asked him what he likes to eat. The answers came was his treatment. He wanted everything which has oil, butter and ghee. His dried body was waiting for lubrication. So we opened a door for him and in his kitchen the fragrance of good quality oils, ghee has begun. The fried pooris, rice, wafers, potato Wada, ghee to roti’s, everything came back. We also started giving sesame oil to consume as a medicine. He started getting oil massage and whenever required hot fomentation to his chest. But not a single medicine.

   Some miracle happened and within next 6-7 days he was marching ahead towards his health. His breathlessness came down drastically. Naturally his need for the spray came down & almost stopped. He started getting a sound sleep in the night. His hunger came back. When I met him again he was looking much more healthy and happy. His happiness came back. The rainy season which was a nightmare for him went without troubling him at all.

What went wrong in his treatment? What was this miracle? It is a pure science. Salutes to this age old wisdom of Ayurveda. When his asthma began the situation was of kapha, mucus in his air-pipes. Naturally the medicines and food advice he got was for getting read of his mucus. But a stage came when his mucus dried out but his food restriction continued. Slowly it went into the totally opposite situation where dryness caught up his body showing all symptoms of Vata.

As we started with Vata’s best medicines, oils and all other lubricants he started feeling better soon. Now if we continue this lubricants blindly he can again go into his earlier situation of Kapha. So I have instructed his mother to be watchful. The best doctor will be his own body who will reduce the demand of lubricants as the dryness will go down. At that time he will hate these extra oily foodstuff and will fight with his mother when she will offer same.

Today I see many such patients who are on ongoing medicine even though the situation has changed. And then they suffer. So be wise with the help of our age old wisdom.

Dr Nikhil

This is from Soham’s parents:

**Our heartfelt Thanks to Dr Nikhil Mehta for giving us back Soham smiling & healthy.

 Mere words of thanks are always short for describing our gratitude towards his caring attention & wonderful treatment.

We appreciate this amazing & wonderful method of treating a patient without prescribing any medicines. 

This treatment works Miracles!!!