[05/05 8:05 AM] Ranjit Nimbalkar Prof. AP:  60 yr old male from Gujarat, came to me just with his daughter, who was my pt & was living in Pune after her marriage. While talking he said, after retirement i hv started pranayama & hv lost 14 kg wt in last 7-8 months & came from 91 to 77 kg. Magic of pranayama.. I got alarmed & asked him abt his bsl... He said therr is no possibility of DM in him..though he had nvr checked bsl. I insisted to check his bsl & he was reluctant. I counselled his daughter, who finally agreed to check his bsl. Random came out to b 480 & trace ketone bodies. He was on the verge of DKA.. Very next day, he went to his home town & started all conventional rx.. After 10+ yrs he expired in last month. I got phone call from the daughter & she conveyed her father's thanks to me for proper dx & immediate further line of rx. Just thought to share the experience.. क्वचिद्धर्म क्वचिन्मैत्री..... Only ...

Vātaśonita is the disease produced by vitiated vāta dośa and rakta which impede the gati of each other causing the disease.  This disease is also renamed as ādhyaroga i.e. mainly affluent people are affected by the disease as said by Chakrapāni.  Very detailed aetiological factors had been mentioned in Caraka Samhita which were in practice during that very time and now has become either out dated or localized to very remote places in India, like pinyaka (in ancient time, the residue of oil seeds were eaten after oil had been extracted), madya like arnāl, sauvir, sukta, surā, āsava like alcoholic beverages which were in use which have been replaced by refine alcoholic drinks like beer, wine etc. Again during old time horse, camel and yāna (carts) were used for travelling which may be co related with travelling means of modern era.  The disease is predominant among the people who in general are not habitual to physical activity rather they have more sedentary lifes...

SWOT ANALYSIS OF AYURVEDA (आयुर्वेद का स्वाॅट विश्लेषण) ------------------------------ --------------- तेज़ी से बदल रहे विश्व में हरेक व्यक्ति, संस्था, व पद्धति का स्वाॅट विश्लेषण (SWOT Analysis) अनिवार्य होता जा रहा है। यह बात आयुर्वेद पर भी पूर्णरूपेण लागू होती है। SWOT क्या है? -------------------- S: Strength (शक्ति) W: Weakness (दुर्बलता) O: Opportunities (अवसर)अद्य डॉ. सुनील  वशिष्ठ T: Threats (भय) शक्ति (Strength) व दुर्बलता (Weakness) भीतर रहते हैं, तथा अवसर (Opportunities) व भय (Threats) बाहर रहते हैं। I. आयुर्वेद की शक्ति (Strength) ---------------------- 1. आयुर्वेद का वैज्ञानिक (Scientific), सार्वभौमिक (Universal), व शाश्वत (Eternal) सिद्धांतों पर आधारित सम्पूर्ण जीवन विज्ञान होना; 2. समय की कसौटी पर खरा उतर कर विश्व के असंख्य लोगों को स्वास्थ्य प्रदान करने का गौरवपूर्ण इतिहास; 3. समष्टिपूर्ण दृष्टिकोण (Holistic approach) के कारण जीवन के सभी पहलुओं - स्वास्थ्य व रोग, जीवन व मृत्यु, व्यक्ति व ब्रह्माण्ड - से  जुड़ी समस्याओं के समाधान हेतु प्रयास करना; ...