एक क्रिकेट  सभी खेलों पर भारी

पिछले कई दिनों से या कहें महिनों से सचिन रमेश तेन्डुलकर को भारत रत्न देने की चर्चा चल रही है, लगभग सभी खेल प्रेमी बड़े जोर से इसकी वकालत कर रहे हैं, हमारी केन्द्रीय सरकार भी सैद्धान्तिक रुप से सहमत भी है, मुख्य अवरोध भारत रत्न देने की प्रावधान है जो कि खेल के क्षेत्र मे है ही नहीं।

सचिन को भारत रत्न देने की इतनी पुरजोर वकालत हो रही है कि लगता है 110 करोड़ के देश में सिर्फ और सिर्फ सचिन ही भारत रत्न के पाने का सबसे अधिक गुण रखते हैं। सचिन एक वैसे खेल के खिलाड़ी हैं जो मात्र वे ही देश खेलते जो ब्रिटेन के उपनिवेश रहे हों।  भारत, आस्टेलिया, पाकिस्तान, बांगलादेश, दक्षिण अफ्रिका, वेस्ट ईंडीज, इंगलैड कुल छ: देश ही मुख्य रुप से क्रिकेट खेलते हैं। विकसित देश, अमेरिका, रुस, चीन, जर्मनी, फ्रांस, ईटली, आदि कोई देश क्रिकेट नहीं खेलता हैं। ओलम्पिक, एशियन गेम्स, कामनवेल्थ गेम्स आदि मे भी क्रिकेट शामिल नहीं है।

अब देखें भारत में क्रिकेट को आवश्यकता से ज्यादा महिमामंडित करने के कारण अन्य खेलों यथा, फुटबॉल, हाकी, एथेलिटिक्स आदि मे हम इतना पिछड़ गये कि एक समय हाकी में ओलिम्पिक जीतने वाला देश भारत आज पिछले कई बार से ओलम्पिक के लिए क्वालिफाइड भी नहीं हो पा रहा था। फुट्वाल में तो और भी बुरा हाल है। एक समय था गांव गांव में फुट्वाल टीम हुआ करती थी, बच्चों का छुट्टियों में, कबड्डी, छोटी कबड्डी, खो खो, आदि खेलना बड़ा आम था। सर्दियों में गावों के बीच फुटवाल मैच, कुश्ती, कबड्डी आदि खेलों के टुर्नामेंट होते थे और उसमे बड़ा भारी भीड़ जुटता था।

आज कोई बच्चा क्रिकेट छोड़ कर कोई और खेल खेलना ही नहीं चाहते। बस दो तीन बच्चे जमा हुए, किसी भी तरह तीन लकड़ियों का या पाँच छ: ईंटे सीधा जोड़ कर विकेट बना लिया और लगे क्रिक्र्ट खेलने।

120 करोड़ की आवादी वाला देश ओलम्पिक में एक अदद रजत और कांस्य पदक के लिए तरसता है वहीं इस क्रिकेट के जनक देश इंगलैंड और आस्ट्रेलिया अनेकों सोना, जीत कर देश का मान बढाते है। दरअसल इंगलैंड और आस्ट्रेलिया जैसे देश क्रिकेट के साथ साथ अन्य खेलों और एथलेटिक्स को भी समान रुप से या कहें कि और ज्यादा सहुलियत और अवशर के साथ साथ प्रशिक्षण दिया। हमारे देश में क्रिकेट खेलने वाले करोड़ों और अरबों मे खेलते हैं, वहीं हाँकी, फुटवाल, खेलने वाले फाकाकसीं या छोटी मोटी नौकरी से अपना गुजारा करते हैं।झारखंड मे ही महेन्द्र सिंह धौनी को जो सुविधायें और ईनाम झारर्खंड सरकार ने दी क्या उसका शंताश भी  अन्तरराष्ट्रीय स्तर के हाकी खिलाडियों को दिया गया। झारखंड की एक और प्रतिभावान  खिलाडी असुंता लकडा लदन ओलम्पिक के लिए क्वालिफाईड ईंडियन महिला हाकी टीम की कप्तान । राज्य सरकार से क्या वह उसी सुविधायों की हकदार नही।

क्रिकेट के, तीन चार वार शुन्य में आउट होने के बाद एक चौका या छक्का लगा देने वाले  खिलाड़ी को भी हम हीरो बना देते हैं। हमारा खेल टी0वी0 मीडिया का 80% से 90% समय क्रिकेट न्युज के लिए होता है और मात्र 10% से 20% प्रतिशत ही अन्य खेलों के लिए होता है।

आज क्रिकेट का जिला स्तरीय खिलाड़ी भी बडी आसानी से अच्छी नौकरी पा जाता है, जब कि अन्य खेलों का राज्य स्तरीय और राष्ट्र स्तरीय खिलाडी अपनी आजिविका के लिए एक अच्छी और सम्मानित नौकरी के लिए परेशान रहता है। मिडिया के गुणगान और क्रिकेट कमेंटरी के कारण एक राज्य स्तरीय खिलाडी भी समाज और प्रशासन के द्वारा वह सम्मान पाता है जो अन्य खेलों के अन्तरराष्ट्रीय स्तर के खिलाडी कल्पना भी नहीं करते। किसी भी बच्चे या अनपढ व्यक्ति से भी पूछ ले वह भी आपको क्रिकेट का कम से कम 20-25 खिलाड़ीयों का नाम बता देगा जब कि फुटवाल/हाकी/कुस्ती/एथलेटिक्स का किसी खिलाडी का नाम शायद ही किसी को याद होगा।  

अब आइये इस क्रिकेट के कमेंटरी और लाईव टी वी प्रोगामों का समाज पर क्या असर पड़ रहा है। भारत के साथ जब भी  कोई मैच चल रहा होता है, किसी भी सरकारी कार्यालय मे चले जायें आपको लगभग सभी टेबल खाली मिलेगा या कोई मिल भी गया तो कान मे रेडिओ लगाये मिलेगा या कमप्युटर पर लाईव स्कोर बोर्ड देख रहा होगा। बच्चे अपना पढाई छोड कर टी वी से चिपके मिलेगें। इस तरह न सिर्फ लाखो मैनडेज बर्बाद होता है ब्लकि सरकारी कार्यालयों का चक्कर काटने मे आम आदमी परेशान रहता है। भारत जैसे विकाश्शील देश में इस तरह की समय बर्बादी से हुए हानि का किसी ने आकलन नहीं किया है।

आज देश के किसी भी गली मुहल्ले में चले जायें, बच्चे आपको सिर्फ और सिर्फ क्रिकेट खेलते ही मिलेगें, अन्य खेलों का लगता है कुछ दिनों के बाद अस्तित्व ही समाप्त हो जायेगा। बच्चे के माता पिता भी सिर्फ और सिर्फ क्रिकेट खेलने को प्रोत्साहित करते हैं।

मैं भारत सरकार  और राज्य सरकार के साथ साथ देश के सभी सम्मानित व्यक्तियो से आग्रह करता हूँ कि क्रिकेट के खेलों का लाइव प्रसारण रोका जाये, हालांकि यह संभंव नहीं लगता है क्यों कि क्रिकेट प्रसारण से होने वाले अरवों रुपये की आय का बात  है।  

अब भी अगर हम क्रिकेट को इस तरह महिमामंडित करने से परहेज नहीं किये तो भविष्य में अन्य खेल सिर्फ किताबों मे ही दिखेगा। कम से कम हम क्रिकेट के जन्मदाता देश ब्रिटेन से तो सीख ही सकते है, कि किस तरह उसने क्रिकेट के साथ साथ फुट्वाल, एथलेटिक्स, हाकी आदि खेलो को प्रोत्साहित और विकास किया, वहाँ  फुट्वाल के खिलाडियों को क्रिकेट खिलाडी से ज्यादा सम्मान और पैसा मिलता है।          

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Songs.PK - Artists,Indian,Pakistani Artists,Kishore Kumar,Lata,Mukesh,Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Songs Collection

कहने को तो हम 21वीं शताब्दी में चल रहें हैं, भारत दुनिया मे महाशक्ति बनने की ओर अग्रसर है, बैलिस्टिक मिसाईल बनाने बाले मात्र छ: देशों की ष्रेणी मे हम आ गये है। पर यह अत्यधिक दुर्भाग्य का बात है कि हमारे देश मे अधिकारियों की लापरवाही के साथ साथ अनाज भंडारण के लिए पर्याप्त गोदामों की कमी के क्रण लाखों टन गेहूँ/चावल सड़ जाता है। ये अनाज रेलवे स्टेशनों पर या अन्य जगह बिल्कुल खुले मे आपराधिक लापरवाही से छोड़ दिये जाते हैं। मिडिया मे भी यह खबर तब बनती है जब अनाज पुरी तरह सड़ जाता है और जानवरों के खाने लायक भी नही बचता है। आजतक किसी भी पदाधिकारी को शायद ही सजा मिली हो।

 

पुरे विश्व मे खाद्यान्न को बर्बाद होने से बचाने के लिए अत्याधुनिक तरीके अपनायें जा  रहें हैं, हमारे देश मे हर वर्ष करीब एक लाख टन से भी अधिक, भारत के मेहनतकश किसानों के खुन पसीने से पैदा किया बहुमुल्य अनाज, सरकारी अफसरों की लापरवाही और अदूरदर्शी राजनेताओं के कारण सड़ जाता है।     

लाखों करोड़ों के घोटालो के देश मे, दलालो को देने के लिये 350 करोड़ (हेलिकाप्टर घोटाला) तो है पर अनाज रखने के लिए बड़े गोदाम बनाने के लिए कुछ करोड़ रुपये नहीं है। कामनवेल्थ खेलों में हजारों करोड़ के घोटालों का कुछ प्रतिशत भी हमारे नेता देश के खातिर निकाल दे, तो दर्जनों अत्याधुनिक गोदाम बनाये जा सकते हैं और अनाज को सड़ने से बचाया जा सकता है।

अभी हाल ही पंजाब में हजारो टन गेहूँ इसलिये सड़ गया कि पिछले साल खरीदे गये अनाज को रखने के लिए जगह ही नहीं है। मात्र कुछ ही दिनों में गेहूँ की नई फसल आने बाली है उसकी खरीद भी होनी है, तो गेहूँ कहाँ रखेगें।

भारत मे ही अत्यंत ही पिछड़े इलाको के गावों में करीब 20% से भी अधिक आबादी भयंकर गरीबी मे दिन गुजार रही हैं, उन्हें खाने को अनाज नहीं मिल रहा है। dusarदुसरी ओर पिछले कई वर्षों से लाखो टन अनाज विभिन्न रेलने स्टेशनों पर खुले प्लेटफार्म/गोदामों में/ खुले गोदामों में सड़ जा रहा है। यह कितना विचित्र विरोधाभास है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने इसे स्वत; संज्ञान लेते हुए पिछ्ले वर्ष ही कहा था कि यदि सरकार के पास प्रर्याप्त सँख्या मे गोदाम नहीं है तो खुले मे रखे गये अनाजों को गरीबों मे बाँट दिया जाना चाहिए, इस पर हमारे तथाकथित मुर्धन्य विद्वान मंत्री गण को पेट मे दर्द होने लगा। मतलब साफ है अनाज को सड़ने देगें पर इसे गरीबों में नहीं बाँटेगें।

पिछले वर्ष पटना रेलवे स्टेशन पर बाढ पीड़ितों के लिए पंजाब से आया गेहूँ सिर्फ इसलिए सड़ गया क्यों कि उस अनाज को बिहार सरकार ने उठाया नहींbihAr sarkA। एक तरफ बाढग्रस्त क्षेत्रों में लोग एक-एक मुट्ठी अनाज के लिए मारामारी चल रहा था और सरकारी तंत्र  के आपराधिक लापरवाही के कारण गिफ्ट मे आया गेहूँ सड़ गया,।

कितना आश्चर्य की बात है हम से ज्यादा अंगेज अनाज के मुल्य को समझते थे और अनाज भंडारण के लिए 1786 मे गर्वनर जेनरल वारेन हेस्टिंग ने 140000 MT क्षमता का गोलघर पटना में बनबाया था। 

अभी  समय की मांग है, सभी राज्यों के छोटे छोटे शहरों मे बडी तादाद में सरकारी अत्याधुनिक गोदाम और कोल्ड स्टोरेज बनायें जायें, इसके लिए बड़े व्यापारिक घरानों कि भी मदद ली जा सकती है। बस अब हम प्रण करें बहुत सड़ चुका अब एक अनाज का एक दाना भी सड़ने नहीं देगें।

How Indian Doctors Loot Patients.

Some days ago I received  an e-mail regarding naked truth of allopathic doctors in the name of common people service.Though it is regarding most of doctors of Mumbai but it is a real picture of doctors all over India.  it is sure not all the doctors loot their patients rather they help poors but their numbers are few.

How Indian Doctors Loot Patients.

Most of these observations are either completely or partially true. Corruption has many names, and one of civil society isn't innocent either. Professionals and businessmen of various sorts indulge in unscrupulous practices. I recently had a chat with some doctors, surgeons and owners of nursing homes about the tricks of their trade. Here is what they said

1) 40-60% kickbacks for lab tests.

When a doctor (whether family doctor / general physician, consultant or surgeon) prescribes tests - pathology, radiology, X-rays, MRIs etc. - the laboratory conducting those tests gives commissions. In South and Central Mumbai -- 40%. In the suburbs north of Bandra -- a whopping 60 per cent!  He probably earns a lot more in this way than the consulting fees that you pay.

2) 30-40% for referring to consultants, specialists & surgeons. When your friendly GP refers you to a specialist or surgeon, he gets 30-40%. 

3) 30-40% of total hospital charges. If the GP or consultant recommends hospitalization, he will receive kickback from the private nursing home as a percentage of all charges including ICU, bed, nursing care, surgery. 

4) Sink tests. Some tests prescribed by doctors are not needed. They are there to inflate bills and commissions.The pathology lab understands what is unnecessary. These are called "sink tests"; blood, urine, stool samples collected will be thrown.

5) Admitting the patient to "keep him under observation". People go to cardiologists feeling unwell and anxious. Most of them aren't really having a heart attack, and cardiologists and family doctors are well aware of this. They admit such safe patients, put them on a saline drip with mild sedation, and send them home after 3-4 days after charging them a fat amount for ICU, bed charges, visiting doctors fees.

6) ICU minus intensive care.

Nursing homes all over the suburbs are run by doctor couples or as one-man-shows. In such places, nurses and ward boys are 10th cl-ass drop-outs in ill-fitting uniforms and bare feet. These "nurses" sit at the reception counter, give injections and saline drips, perform ECGs, apply dressings and change bandages, and assist in the operation theatre. At night, they even sit outside the Intensive Care Units; there is no resident doctor. In case of a crisis, the doctor -- who usually lives in the same building -- will turn up after 20 minutes, after this nurse calls him. Such ICUs admit safe patients to fill up beds. Genuine patients who require emergency care are sent elsewhere to hospitals having a Resident Medical Officer (RMO) round-the-clock.

7) Unnecessary caesarean surgeries and hysterectomies.

Many surgical procedures are done to keep the cash register ringing. Caesarean deliveries and hysterectomy (removal of uterus) are high on the list. While the woman with labour -pains is screaming and panicking, the obstetrician who gently suggests that caesarean is best seems like an angel sent by God! Menopausal women experience bodily changes that make them nervous and gullible. They can be frightened by words like " and "fibroids" that are in almost every normal woman's radiology reports. When a gynaecologist gently suggests womb removal "as a precaution", most women and their husbands agree without a second's thought.

8) Cosmetic surgery advertised through newspapers. Liposuction and plastic surgery are not minor procedures. Some are life-threateningly major. But advertisements make them appear as easy as facials and waxing. The Indian medical council  has strict rules against such misrepresentation. But nobody is interested in taking action.

9) Indirect kickbacks from doctors to prestigious hospitals. To be on the panel of a prestigious hospital, there is give-and-take involved. The hospital expects the doctor to refer many patients for hospital admission. If he fails to send a certain number of patients, he is quietly dumped. And so he likes to admit patients even when there is no need.

10) Emergency surgery" on dead body. If a surgeon hurriedly wheels your patient from the Intensive Care Unit to the operation theatre, refuses to let you go inside and see him, and wants your signature on the consent form for "an emergency operation to save his life", it is likely that your patient is already dead. The "emergency operation" is for inflating the bill; if you agree for it, the surgeon will come out 15 minutes later and report that your patient died on the operation table. And then, when you take  delivery of the dead body, you will pay OT charges, anaesthesiologist's charges, blah-blah-Doctors are humans too. You can't trust them blindly. Please understand the difference. 

Young surgeons and old ones. The young ones who are setting up nursing home etc. have heavy loans to settle. To pay back the loan, they have to perform as many operations as possible. Also, to build a reputation, they have to perform a large number of operations and develop their skills. So, at first, every case seems fit for cutting. But with age, experience and prosperity, many surgeons lose their taste for cutting, and stop recommending operations.

Physicians and surgeons. To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Surgeons like to solve medical problems by cutting, just as physicians first seek solutions with drugs. So, if you take your medical problem to a surgeon first, the chances are that you will unnecessarily end up on the operation table.

Instead, please go to an ordinary General Physician first

Prof. B. M. Hegde, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, FRCPG, FRCPI, FACC, FAMS.

Padma Bhushan Awardee 2010.

Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes,

Chairman, State Health Society's Expert Committee, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

Former Prof. Cardiology, The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London,

Affiliate Prof. of Human Health, Northern Colorado University,

Retd. Vice Chancellor, Manipal University,

"Manjunath" Pais Hills, Bejai.

MANGALORE-575004. India.

If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get ...... 12 years hard labor in an isolated prison.....  

If you cross the Iranian border illegally, you get..... Detained indefinitely......

If you cross the Afghan border illegally, you get ...... shot......

If you cross the Saudi Arabian border illegally, you get ...... jailed.....

If you cross the Chinese border illegally, you get ...... kidnapped and may be never heard of - again....  

If you cross the Venezuelan border illegally, you get ...... branded as a spy and your fate sealed.....

If you cross the Cuban border illegally, you get..... Thrown into a political prison to rot.....  

If you cross the British border illegally, you get ...... arrested, prosecuted, sent to prison and be deported after serving your sentence..... 

Now....  

If you were to cross the Indian border illegally, you get......  

1. A ration card  

2. A passport (even more than one - if you please!)  

3. A driver's license  

4. A voter identity card  

5. Credit cards  

6. A Hajj subsidy  

7. Job reservation  

8. Special privileges for minorities  

9. Government housing on subsidized rent  

10. Loan to buy a house  

11. Free education

12. Free health care 

13. A lobbyist in New Delhi, with a bunch of media morons and a bigger bunch of human rights activists promoting your cause

14. The right to talk about secularism, which you have not heard about in your own country! 

15. And of-course ..... Voting rights to elect corrupt politicians who will promote your community for their selfish interest in securing your votes!!! 

16. And right to fight election for MLA or MP Hats off ...... to the

This is the great Indian paradox

This is the great Indian paradox. The country's economy is booming, with the number of millionaires and billionaires rising by the day. According to a research by Bain & Co, there are over 115,000 high-net worth individuals in India.

Since 2000, this elite group has grown an average of 11 per cent annually. Between 2006 and 2007, the number of wealthy individuals in India surged by 23 per cent, which is the highest growth rate in the world.

While this may be good news, here is the other side of the India growth story.

Today, more than 400 million people live below the poverty line in India. The global meltdown has pushed an additional 25 million to 40 million citizens below the poverty line.

So how can a country like India bridge the gap between its rich and poor? Are India's wealthiest people doing their best to reach out to the poorest? Well, the generosity of India's rich population does not necessarily rise with income and education, says the Bain & Co study.

"The wealthiest have the lowest level of giving at 1.6% of household income. While the 'high class', which is ranked one level below the 'upper class' on the income and education scale, donates 2.1% to charity, the middle class gives 1.9% of household income to philanthropy," says Arpan Sheth, partner, Bain & Company.

Nearly 40 per cent of the nation's wealth is controlled by the top 5 per cent of India's households. So about 1 per cent controls about 16 per cent of the national wealth, says the Bain study.

The charitable initiatives in India accounted to about $7.5 billion in 2009, according to the study, equivalent to about 0.6 per cent of the country's GDP.

The rate is higher than Brazil's 0.3 per cent and rival China's 0.1 per cent, but lags behind United States which is 2.2% and 1.3% in Britain, the report said.

Why are Indians not generous enough?

There are three major factors that curb philanthropy in India.

Many people who became rich recently are not willing to part with their wealth.

A Bain analysis of 30 high-net-worth individuals in India showed that they contribute, on average, just around one-fourth of 1 per cent of their net worth to social and charitable causes.

Many believe that the funding networks are not professionally managed and their donations may be misappropriated.

Besides this, since most of the companies are family-owned groups, they view corporate responsibility initiatives as a philanthropic step and avoid personal donations.

It is time for India to be more generous. India can emulate the West in terms of philanthropy, say observers.

"India's powerful economic engine is expected to produce thousands of millionaires in the coming years. There is no reason why our wealthiest citizens should not do more for those with less. India needs their philanthropy," says Bain & Co's Arpan Sheth.

The largest 100 foundations in the US have more than $200 billion in assets. These assets are used to help underwrite philanthropic activities. This massive asset base allows foundations to extend their support throughout the world.

India's foundations can learn valuable lessons from their American counterparts like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In India alone, it provides more than $1 billion for health and AIDS initiatives, states the study.

Several other aspects make charity cumbersome and badly organised in India. There are about 2 million charity operators in India.

But most of them are run without the transparency, processes and professional staff required to reassure donors and encourage large contributions, points out Sheth. So India needs more professional and large charity organisations.

Archaic laws and bureaucracy hinder both the growth and operations of non-profitable organisations so there is an urgent need to reform our laws and taxation policies and create a more supportive climate for charitable organisations, he says.

"The growing number of wealthy Indians gives a ray of hope for better philanthropic activities in future."

"A more equal and less impoverished society benefits every one of us. A healthier, better-educated population means a more secure and prosperous India," Sheth says.

ACIDITY & ITS NATURAL CURE

Acidity is not a disease but the result of other diseases in the body. In other words, a person could be suffering from some other health problems and acidity could be a symptom or disorder. In this case, the acid formation in the stomach increases, which leads to sour belches, indigestion and loss of appetite.

Medicinal Cures from Ayurveda for Acidity:

• Take half a gram of shankh bhasma and one gram of dry mango powder. Mix both with honey and lick to relieve acidity.
• Mix green coriander, garlic, ripe tomatoes, ginger, salt and chillies. Prepare a fine paste and eat it to overcome different stomach related problems. It is very beneficial to eat after an attack of fever.
• Take 30 gm of fresh coriander juice to increase appetite within three days.
• Chop 50 gm onion and mix in fresh curd set with cow milk. Eat this to control acidity.
• Grind two-grams of aniseed, one gram of dry mango powder, ten grams of sugar candy and store it in a glass jar. Take three to four times with hot water to calm down all types of indigestion.
• Roast bitter gourd flowers or leaves in clarified butter (ghee) and prepare a powder. Take one to two grams twice or thrice daily to control acidity.
• Take equal quantities of white cumin seeds and coriander seeds. Eat with sugar to control acidity.
• Add a little bit of roasted cumin seeds in orange juice and add a little bit of rock salt. Drink this juice for relief.
• Grind wood apple (bilva or bael) leaves in water and sieve. Add 20 gm sugar candy and drink to overcome acidity.
• Mix Moolhati churna in honey and clarified butter and lick to relieve acidity.
• Grind 30 gm dry dates and 25 gm aniseed, soak in 200 gm water overnight. Crush nicely the next morning and add 10 gm sugar candy. Drink this daily to reduce acidity.
• Grind 100 gm tamarind (seedless), 25 gm cumin seed, and 125 gm sugar candy and prepare a powder. Store it in a glass jar. Take three grams twice daily with water to control acidity.
• Prepare a powder with eight grams of shora and ten-grams of sal ammoniac. Take four to six grains twice daily with water to overcome pitta. It gives instant results in case of acidity; burning sensation in chest, sour belches, etc.
• Chew lemon peels nicely and suck the juice to control acidity.
• Mix one spoon of ginger juice with equal quantity of pomegranate juice and drink for relief.
• Suck one clove daily after meals to control acidity and related problems.
• Keep a small piece of jaggery and suck the juice daily after meals. It is beneficial when sour saliva is produced due to acidity. It also controls gastric problem, and prevents foul air.
• Mix two grams of small harad churna in equal quantity of jaggery and eat it. Drink water over it. Take this medicine half an hour before meals and follow it for just three days. Acidity will get eradicated.
• Drink one spoon of gwarpatha (aloe vera) juice daily for relief.
• Take five grams each of drumstick root and giloy root and prepare chutney. Take it with hot water.
• Mix two cups of spinach juice, half-cup carrot juice and two spoons kulthi juice.
• Mix sugar in half spoon papaya milk and take this medicine.
• Add a little bit of sugar in radish juice and drink.
• Prepare kwath with four cloves, two pieces of harad and a spoonful of ajowan, and drink for relief.
• Grind ten grams each of mint, cumin seeds and black pepper and prepare chutney. Add one cup of water, boil it and then drink.
• Grind equal quantities of neem offshoots, and neem skin and take half a spoon daily in the morning on empty stomach with water.
• Wash three grams each of creeping grass and bathua leaves and chew them.
• Grind five grams each of dry mango powder, black salt, cinnamon, asafetida, pipal, and harad, then sieve it. Take a spoonful with lukewarm water daily after meals to control acidity.
• If acidity arises during the night then mix a spoonful of soda bicarbonate and equal quantity of lemon juice in cold water and drink.
• Prepare chutney with a pinch of rock salt, a small piece of ginger and a spoonful of lemon juice and eat it for relief.
• Mix a spoonful of ajowan, a pinch of rock salt and a pinch of asafetida. Take this and drink water over it for relief.

Treatment of Acidity through Nature Cure:

• Keep a lep of black mud on the stomach and tie a bandage over it. Apply the lep again if it gets dry.
• Take hipbath for ten minutes daily in the morning and splash water at regular intervals.
• Massage clarified butter (ghee) on both soles for ten minutes.
• Keep hot water bag on the stomach, back, waist and knees.
• Take a sauna bath in sitting position (can use a chair).
• These remedies are very beneficial to overcome acidity.

Food and Diet Regulations for Acidity:

• Drink cow's milk, pomegranate juice. Eat sweet lime, aniseed, grapes, dry dates, myrobalan, fig, old rice, kheer, juicy things, round gourd, roasted gram flour, etc.
• Consume bitter gourd, gourd, torai, wheat flour, green leafy vegetables, Harad, garlic, and honey everyday.
• Eat fruits like papaya, guava, apple, banana, cheekoo, wood apple and myrobalan marmalade etc.
• Stop the consumption of tea, coffee, alcohol, meat, fish, eggs, sweets, tobacco, stale rice, heavy food, dry mango powder, refined flour, potato, spices, fried things and snacks.
• Do not consume clarified butter ghee, oil, curd, food that increases pitta, lentils, whole horse beans, etc. Do not get exposed to sun, and avoid constipation.
• Stop the consumption of hot, acidic and bitter tasting food as they increase pitta.

Yogic Cure for Acidity:

Practice Uttanapadasana, Halasana, Pavanmuktasana, Kandharasana, Yogamudrasana, Matsyasana, Bhujangasana, Ekpadgreevasana, Garbhasana, etc., to overcome stomach disorders and reduce constipation and acidity. (Please see other articles for specific procedures to perform each asana.)

Pranayama for Acidity:

• Pranayam is very useful – Kapalbhati pranayam should be practiced for five minutes everyday.
• Anulom-Vilom and Nadi shodhan pranayam should also be practiced for ten minutes daily to overcome all stomach related problems and acidity.
• Regular practice of Agnisar kriya is also very beneficial.
• Uddiyan bandh keeps the stomach healthy and calms down acidity and other related problems.