The Eye of Ayurveda
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| The old building of the hospital - Supercool |
Most people are metaphorically blind. The world would have been a far better place if people could really see. See. See the folly of hatred and that too in the name of gods. See the little child dying in the hut because of starvation while the country is spending enormous wealth on advertising its GDP. See the bloodstains on the walls of temples being built by a dictator. See the monstrous ego of that dictator who hoodwinks you with a tea stall story. A tall story and a distorted history.
When
everybody around you turns blind, you begin to suspect your own sight. That’s
how I visited an eye hospital and discovered that I was afflicted with
cataract. “Nothing but a surgery can restore normal sight to your right eye,” I
was told. I nodded assent to the prescription instantly because I wanted a
proper vision in a country of apparently blind people. I longed to see. See
clearly.
The surgery
was done and my right eye got back its pristine 6/6 vision. But I continued to
see waves of poison lashing against the shores of my oceans. My country’s
oceans, rather. I continued to see fancy
dresses masquerading as nationalist fervours.
And I decided
to visit an Ayurvedic eye hospital. A colleague of mine recommended it, in
fact. Her mother who is older than me got her cataract healed without surgery,
she said. I was interested. One can always give it a try – that’s what I
thought. And that’s how I landed at Sreedhareeyam,
the “Eye of Ayurveda.”
After
the prescribed 45 days of medication, I visited the hospital yesterday.
“How do you
feel about your vision now?” The doctor asked.
“I think there’s
some improvement,” I said.
He checked up
my eye. “Not some improvement,” he said. “It’s a remarkable improvement.
A kind of improvement that we don’t see normally.”
That was very
reassuring. I recalled the
news I had read just the other day about a Kenyan woman whose blindness was
treated successfully at Sreedhareeyam.
Having bought
the prescribed medicines for the next two months and feeling confident that my
left eye will have a clear vision soon without a surgery, I decided to have a
look at the hospital’s enchanting environment. Here are some pictures Maggie
and I took from there.
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| One of the many wooden pillars of the old building |
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| The entrance to the hospital |
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| Rich families had their own deities in those days |
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| A selfie that I love |
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteAs a retired medic who specialised in homoeopathics and other ancillary treatments, I heartily approve! My own experiene of Ayurveda is limited, but know many who benefitted greatly from treatments - and actually know two folk who have direct connection to this very institution with positive results. I wish you well for this!
The building looks very traditional - and a wonderful backdrop to that lovely selfie! YAM xx
The hospital is a modern building with all modern facilities. This old building has been retained because of its historical value.
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ReplyDeleteIm-born connection with Ayurveda, the daughter of an Aurvedic medical practioner who pulled hundreds of people from the danger of death in our village, needless to say, how much I respect the Ayurveda tradition. I am happy you found relief at Shreesgariyam, about the place I have heard.
However, I have no trust in the way, it's practiced presently in many centers priding on some ancient veteran names in the field, and manufacturing medicines and filling the shelf showing any honest info about the ingredients used, that has resulted in me throwing them into the waste bin that I collected from India under prescription and brought over here.
I went there more out of curiosity than anything else. When i saw the clientele - including foreigners - I was rather amazed.
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ReplyDeleteThe mind does have tremendous powers. But also certain limits.
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ReplyDeleteThere are some ophthalmic diseases, which lead to blindness. But if treated in time, with the skill of experience, the sight can be protected; at least, minimize the deterioration. The right treatment helps preserve your existing eyesight and then make your visual organ healthy. This approach helps to protect and improve your vision.
At Matha ayurvedic eye hospital, all treatments are customized for each patient by the treating doctor. The clinical-stage of disease, other systemic complaints, dietary regime, and habitual factors are considered before deciding on a care plan.
Matha was the first ayurvedic eye hospital to offer a specialty in ayurvedic eye treatment (or nethra chikitsa). Due to the large volume of eye patients coming to see our chief physician, Dr P K Santhakumari, Matha is known to many as kannashupathri (Malayalam for ayurveda eye hospital).
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