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An
ayurvedic practitioner in the city claims
to have revived an ancient formula to
cure ulcerative colitis, a chronic disorder
of the large intestine, which was hitherto
considered incurable and which turns into
cancer of the colon,with time.
A person afflicted
with ulcerative colitis suffers from frequent
passage of liquid stools containing blood
and mucus, cramps in the stomach, low
grade fever and loss of energy and weight.
In severe cases, there are signs of dehydration
and anemia and the patient may also require
blood transfusions. According to the allopathic
system of medicine, where it is considered
to be a medico-surgical problem, the last
step is surgery to remove the affected
colon, which immensely debilitates the
patient, bringing him very close to death. Dr
Harish K. Verma says he has cured many
patients who had been condemned to hang
on to steroids for dear life, as that
is the only way open to the allopaths.
Dr Verma says
that since ayurvedic system does not rely
on any scientific method of diagnosing,
he has treated patients whose disease
had been determined through well-established
tests - sigmoiodoscopy, colonoscopy, biopsy
and barium enema - at the premier allopathic
institutes like the PGI in Chandigarh
and AIIMS in Delhi.
The doctor has
developed a herbal compound mainly comprising
the pulp of bael fruit. He says that patients
whose chief diet has become steroids and
who have suffered from the side-effects
of these, in addition to the main disease,
have been weaned off steroids within a
month of ayurvedic treatment. Fresh cases
have responded even more quickly, says
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Dr
Verma. Overall, there is a marked improvement
from as early as the fifth or seventh
day of treatment. Even patients who have
been on allopathic medicines for the last
several years have gone into remission
with change in treatment and they are
leading normal, drug-free lives now. So
far, there has been no case of relapse.
Ms
Khanna, a housewife from panchkula, who
was taking medicine from the PGI prior
to going on the ayurvedic course, has
recovered completely after suffering for
nine years. She took ayurvedic medicine
only for six months. The doctors at the
PGI who conducted tests on her before
and after the ayurvedic treatment, are
amazed at the results.
Ms Poonam, another
patient was cured in just three to four
months. What worked for her was that she
was not exposed to steroids.
Mr
S. S. Grewal's story is perhaps the longest.
He has been living with the affliction
for the past 33 years. The steroids have
reduced him to a shadow of himself. The
steroids have been a drain on the body's
calcium reserves which makes him feel
feeble in the bones. His teeth have been
affected and so has his evesight for which
he has undergone operations. |
After
surviving on steroidsfor 10-12 years,
he started taking Dr Verms's medicine
in july, and there is marked improvement,
already. "I feel like a normal person
with a normal stomach, after a very long
time," Mr Grewal says.
Another
patient, Mr Sukhwinder Pal Singh contracted
this disease in 1992. In six months, he
lost 20 kg of weight and his haemoglobin
dropped to seven counts. The endescopy
test conducted at PGI confirmed his fears.
He was advised by his doctor there to
seek cut Dr Verma. After two months of
that, the tests showed 70 percent improvement.
"I am working like a normal being
now," he said. His haemoglobin count
is back to 12 points and his bowel movement
is also normalising.
Many
patients were skeptical of the remedy
because it worked too fast! "Some
of them even got it tested at the clinical
laboratories expecting to find traces
of allopathic salts," says Dr Verma.
"They all came back with the query
that when the allopathic doctors had told
them there was no cure for this disease
in the world, how did I do it," he
said. "There is need to realise that
Ayurvedic system still holds water,"
Dr Harish Verma asserts.
He is anguished
to see so many people suffering because
of the supercilious attitued of the mainline
doctors. They see red every time ayurveda
shows good results. Contrary to the attitude
of Indian doctors, those in the USA, to
whom he has sent the initial results of
his medicine, have been impressed and
keep inquiring about the progress.
Dr Verma hopes to unravel the etiological
factors of the disease with a little help
from these agencies. |
