This year, 9th International Yoga Day will be celebrated on the theme of “Har Ghar Aangan Yoga”, across India and the world, by means of Yoga camps, awareness programmes and various Rangoli, Poster, Writing competitions by Department of AYUSH.
Committees have been formed at the Block and Tehsil level in the Gram Panchayat to conduct Yoga training camps on the occasion from 6:00 am to 8:00 am.
COVID 19 and its various sequelae like body pain, high blood pressure, lack of immunity, heart related diseases, stress, loneliness and obesity, diabetes have catapulted the awareness about AYUSH and sort of revolutionized its use.
No matter which disease we treat with homeopathy, it’s almost always supplemented by Yoga. In over 20,000 cases of Renal Failure consulted over last two decades, in our study, the patients who had been practicing Yoga regularly showed better results. This is because both systems focus on holistic and natural healing.
In order to maintain equilibrium, one has to practice Yoga regularly which can help reduce blood pressure and diabetes to a great extent which are the two major causes of renal failure and numerous other lifestyle and life threatening diseases.
The asanas which were found most useful to combat hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure were Balasana, Shavasana, Vajrasana, Virasana, Tadasana, Mandukasana, Bhujangasana, Setubandhasana, Shashankasana etc.
The pranayams found to be useful were especially Bhramari, Anulom Vilom, Nadi Shodhan, Kapalbhati, Bhastrika, Ujjayi etc, but they should be practiced only after consultation with a Yoga expert or a Registered Medical Practitioner.
Both Homeopathy and Yoga complement each other in battling stress and maintaining immunity. Rather homeopathy completes the work of Yoga as it works on Nano or energy level by changing the dream patterns, modifying the personality and allaying the phobias etc.
The government should pass a resolution and make it mandatory for at least the government employees and in schools, colleges and universities to practice yoga every day before commencing work or studies. An hour invested in Yoga today, would essentially improve the health of nation in the long run and bring down the budget allocated.
Therefore we should start working on creating wellness centers rather than nursing homes and hospitals. We should focus on preventive health care where AYUSH colleges have major role to play.
Author:
Dr Lubna Kamal
Assistant Professor
State JLN Homeopathic Medical College
