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YOGA AND MODERN MEDICINE: NEED FOR INTEGRATION

Conference Paper · September 2013

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 YOGA AND MODERN Why Integrate? Do Integrate Allopathy: Yoga:
MEDICINE: NEED FOR 1. Enlightened citizens want health
Facilitate the merger High tech Inexpensive
INTEGRATION 2. Goal of allopathy & yoga: total health
Disease/drug oriented Promotive, preventive, curative
Holistic health science & holistic physicians
3. Both are rational, scientific, universal outlook
Disease - specific Overall improvement
Madanmohan1 and Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani2
4. Both have strengths & limitations
Boost to our public health
Objective Subjective experiences
1 Professor & Head, Department of Physiology & Director, 5. Natural allies: bound to come together
CYTER, MGMC & RI, Pondicherry. Mechanistic Holistic health
Relief to overburdened health care system
2
Complement each other
Deputy Director, CYTER, MGMC & RI, Pondicherry
Medical ethics Moral-spiritual base

Strengths of modern medicine
• State – of - the art diagnostics
• Awesome surgical procedures
• Powerful drugs & immunization
• Acute medical & surgical emergencies
• Genetic engineering
Does allopathy have all the answers? Strengths of yoga
• Today’s “wonder” drugs or tomorrow’s “safer” drugs
• Despite “health” budget & patronage 1. Holistic, not a “pathy”
• Side effects of drugs
• DM: 5.1 crore 8 crore in 2030 2. Simultaneous benefit in many conditions
• Drain on economy & human resource
• HT: not less than 9 crore 3. Improvement of general health
• Early stage, yoga can cure
• Other chronic diseases 4. “Side benefits”
• Decrease drug dosage, improve QoL
• Incidence is rising 5. Small budget for the whole community
Augment our medicare
• Life – long treatment

Yoga for
Yoga is now a global phenomenon Yoga is holistic
• Improving psychosomatic health
• Yoga & modern medicine are not antagonistic
• Science is already studying & utilizing • Managing stress Holistic health: Holistic nature: Development: but complementary
techniques of yoga
• Boosting immunity Physical Promotive Horizontal • Allopathy adds years to life
• Yoga is speaking the language of science
• Early stages of lifestyle disorders Mental Preventive
• For researchers, yoga is a virgin & vast field In-depth • Let yoga add life & energy to those years
• Pre-op relaxation & post-op recovery Spiritual
• For therapists, yoga is a gold mine Curative
Vertical
• ? When drugs fail Holistic health science & holistic physicians
• Please be humble & open minded Effect is augmentative .
Always complementary

Yoga therapy modalities

Preventive role

1. Physical: asan, pranayam, bandh, kriya • Body strong & relaxed

Doctor & paramedic practicing yoga
Health for all by 2000 AD ?
2. Mental – emotional: meditation, visualisation, • Mind calm & focussed
tratak
Better health & calm mind
3. Spiritual: swadhyay, satsang, mantr chanting, • Better resistance to stress
bhajan
Better medical care Personal upliftment • Better immunity 3000 AD ???
4. Jnan yoga: develop proper attitude

5. Satvik diet Start yoga in early life

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