Different types of Mantras and its applications in treating patients with traditional methods….

Have you ever heard “Maine toh apna kaam kar diya hai, baki Bhagwan Jane” or Jo ho saka Maine kiya, ab aage Ram ji  ki marzi” or “Ab bhagwan hi malik hai wohi kuchh kar sakta hai” etc. These proverbs are often being used when a doctor tried well to make a patient respond for fast recovery after a major operation or serious illness and if not successful or has some doubt, the doctor also taking help with GOD (Bhagwan) by asking the patient to chant some mantras and on the bed to speed recovery. 

This indicates the eternal power of the mantras and their benefits toward recovery from the illness. These methods have been followed in many countries since ancient times. The chanting of mantras to make please to the Isht Devta (self-soul recognized GOD) is not harmful but gives power and moral and mental support to a patient to make the fastest recovery from the serious illness. 

As per the principle of Ayurveda, these mantras are referred to as   “Ayurvedic Healing mantras”. Healing sounds balance mind and body as well as the spirit. Practitioners (Vaidyas) find that imparting Ayurvedic Mantras helps heal their clients. Mantras also help balance, prana, tejas and ojas. They help harmonize nerve tissue and clear subtle impurities from nerves and nadis (subtle channels). These mantras also aid one’s concentration and creative thinking. Both practitioner and client use the mantras during the session. They empower all actions on the subtle level, infusing the cosmic life force into the healing process. Generally, Vayu doshas mentally repeat mantras while Pitta and Kapha may also chant them. Kaphas do particularly well with chanting; it is suggested that they do so on daily basis. Main mantras and their chanting benefits:

1. AUM: It represents the Divine word, serving to energize and empower all things and processes. It is very important and as you know any mantra begins with AUM. It is considered very best for males; however, females can also chant them. Chanting this mantra clears the mind, opens nadis, and increases Ojas. It awakens one’s prana and positivity- needed for healing to occur. 

2. RAM: Chanting this mantra brings Divine protection (light & grace), giving strength, calm rest, peace, good for mental disorders, and high Vayu (e.g. insomnia, bad dreams, nervousness, anxiety, excessive fear, and fright). This mantra strengthens Ojas and builds the immune system. 

3. Hoom: It wards off negative influences, which are manifested as disease, negative emotion, or black magic. Hoom awakens Agni and promotes digestive fire. It burns up ama and clear channels, and it increases Tejas and mental perception, and it is sacred to Shiva as the sound of Divine wrath.

4. AYM: It improves mental concentration, thinking, rational power, and speech, awakens and increases intelligence and reduces mental and nervous disorders, restores speech, communications, control of senses and mind; is the sacred sound of Saraswati, the Goddess of Wisdom. 

5. SHRIM: It promotes general health, beauty, creativity, prosperity, strengthens rasa (plasma), Shukras (reproductive fluids), and overall health and harmony. 

6. HRIM: It cleanses and purifies the body, giving energy, joy, and ecstasy. Although, it initially causes atonement; it also aids detoxification. 

7. KRIM: It gives capacity for work and action, adds power and efficacy, good for chanting while making preparations. 

8. KLIM: It gives strength, sexual vitality, control of emotions, increases shukas and Ojas. 

9. SHAM: This is called the mantra of peace (Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti). It creates calmness, detachment, removes mental and nervous disorders, stress, anxiety, disturbed emotions, tremors, shaking, palpitations, and chronic degenerative nervous system disorders. 

10. SHUM: It increases vitality, energy, fertility, sexual vigor, mantras for increasing shukras.

11. SOM: It increases energy, vitality, joy, delight, creativity, Ojas; it strengthens the mind, heart nerves, and is good for rejuvenation and tonification therapies.

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Sleeping less than seven and a half hours a day can reduce thinking ability and memory……

Taking less and more sleep than necessary, both are not good for health. The ability to think and understand decreases in such people. Researchers from Washington University have made this claim in their research. Researcher and neurologist Dr. Brendan Lucy say, due to incomplete sleep or not sleeping properly, there is a direct effect on the brain. This effect on the brain is visible in your ability to think and understand. How many hours of sleep should a person get on average and what to do if he does not sleep, according to the latest research, it is found that 7.30 hours of sleep is the best remedy for good health for a person. 

[Have a Good Sleep with sweet dreams]

Researchers say, if you are getting 8 hours of sleep and set the alarm 30 minutes earlier, then seven and a half hours of sleep has a positive effect on the brain. Good and sound sleep reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Research on the effects of good sleep for 7.30 hours had been conducted on about 100 elderly people with an average age of 75 years. For research, a small monitor was tied on the forehead of these elders. The type of activity in the brain during sleep was checked with a monitor and recorded. The research that lasted an average of four and a half years revealed that it has a good effect on brain activity. 

A special type of protein is responsible for Alzheimer's disease in patients. What is the level of that protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of the brain of the elderly involved was checked in the research? Patients who slept for about 7.5 hours each night had better cognitive scores. At the same time, people who slept 5 or five and a half hours a day got this score lower. 

Sleep has a direct link to Alzheimer's- Earlier research had revealed that there is a connection to Alzheimer's disease with half-depleted sleep. Symptoms of Alzheimer's include memory loss, confusion, and a delay in understanding new things. If we want to avoid them, then we must take at least seven and a half hours of sleep.

4-7-8 Technique also relieves insomnia- If there is no sleep at night, then you can adopt the 4-7-8 breathing technique. It has been prepared by Dr. Andrew Weil, a scientist at the University of Arizona, USA. This technique is based on Pranayama. If you adopt this technique for a long time, then you start falling asleep quickly. To do this, sit or lie down in a comfortable position in a quiet place with the correct posture. If you are using this technique for sleep then it is better to lie down. Now put the front part of the tongue with the palate just behind the teeth. Keep it like this throughout the practice, and then start to follow the 4-7-8 technique.

What is the 4-7-8 Technique? Yes. This is a scientifically proven deep breathing style that works before going to bed. Take a deep breath in and count 1-4 and then hold breathe and count 1-7 and release your breath by counting 1-8. Repeat this technique minimum of 10 times surely, it will relax your brain and make you ready to go to deep sleep.

If you can't sleep, drink lukewarm milk- In recent research by Chinese scientists, it has been proved that drinking lukewarm milk leads to good sleep. Research by the National Natural Science Foundation of China has revealed that an amino acid called tryptophan is found in milk. Apart from this, research also revealed that milk peptide casein hydrolysate is also found in it, which reduces stress and improves sleep. Together these two things remove the problem of insomnia.

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Precautions and some important safety measures on taking long time online classes…

This is observed from a survey that approximately 55% of the children taking online classes are suffering from various health-related problems. Due to the prolonged online classes in the pandemic, students of classes 4 to 12 are troubled by stress, eye problems, and insomnia. This has come to the fore in a survey conducted by specific chains of Schools in Lucknow. 

[Long term online classes may harm the health of students]

There were 4454 people included in the survey. In these, 3300 students from different schools, 1 thousand parents, and 154 teachers were asked about the advantages and disadvantages of online classes.

Some major things about the survey-

1. In the survey, 54 to 58 percent of the students said that they are suffering from problems related to eyes, backache, headache, fatigue, and obesity.

2. About 50 percent said they are worried about stress. At the same time, more than 22 % say that the problem of insomnia is not giving up.

3. About 65 % say that they are facing technical and network problems while taking online classes from mobile.

4. According to 45-47 percent of students, they find it difficult to interact with teachers and classmates. Not everyone can see at the same time.

5. Not only this, but students also say that they lack confidence and are not getting motivation.

There were many advantages in the midst of disadvantages- 

The survey says that due to online classes, both students and teachers have become comfortable using technology. 60 percent of the students say that now they are able to take extra time along with studies. He is using this time for gardening, art, and craft. Apart from this, his bonding with family members is also getting good.

What are the precautions that can be taken for online classes - 

Wash eyes with water 4-5 times a day- Dr. Vinita Ramnani, Eye Specialist and Glaucoma Expert at Bansal Hospital, says, children use mobile phones more. This has a direct effect on their eyes. 

These days children are spending more time with mobile due to online classes. So it is important to keep some things in mind-

· If there is a problem like an eye strain, itching, tiredness, redness, watering, blurred vision, then get alert. These are the symptoms of digital eye strain. These symptoms appear when the gadget is used excessively.

· Due to the continuous falling of blue light from digital gadgets on the eyes, the first cause dryness and then there is stress on the muscles. In such a situation, ask children to blink while using their gadgets.

· Due to the small screen of the mobile, there is more stress on the eyes. The blue light emitted from it leaves a bad effect because it is closest to the eyes. In order to avoid dry eyes, apart from classes, ask children to keep a distance between the gadget and the eyes. Apart from this, ask to wash the eyes with plain water 4 to 5 times a day.

· Most of the children play video games on mobiles or other gadgets by turning off the lights at night due to the fear of parents. This is the most dangerous situation because due to the darkness in the room, the blue light of the gadget directly affects the eyes. Parents keep these things in mind.

Keep these things in mind to avoid backache, headache, and fatigue- 

1. Experts say that body posture should not be allowed to deteriorate during online classes. Due to this fatigue and back pain starts. To avoid this, choose such a chair so that the back remains in a straight line. 

2. Do not tilt your head or back over the gadgets. Gadgets should neither be too high above the eyes nor too low.

3. To avoid headaches and fatigue, you can walk into the room or balcony when class breaks. With this, eye fatigue will be removed and headaches will be avoided. 

4. Drink 7 to 8 glasses of water a day, you will find yourself energized. Parents should include yoga in their children's routine for better body posture.

Habits of using phones till late night cuasing big health issues due to disturbance in sleep….

Getting disturbed by sleep: The habit of using phones till late at night caused the country's sleep, and our India is second among the least sleepers, and it is seen due to sleep at late night there is a rift in the relationship also.

[Daily late night sleep can harm health]

In today's run-of-the-mill life, the routine of people has changed, along with their sleeping and waking habits are getting worse. People are so busy with their work that they are unable to complete their sleep. Even when people get a chance to get some sleep, they keep on forcibly awake. This is being called revenge bedtime procrastination, which is, forcibly avoiding sleep. Along with the health of the body, it is also spoiling the health of relationships.

What is Revenge Bedtime Procrastination? In a survey by the US National Sleep Foundation, it was told that people stay up late for fun even after getting tired after working a lot throughout the day. The trend of forcibly waking up late at night increased among Indian youth. They stay up till midnight without even work. Because of this, we have become the second sleep-deprived country in the world. 

However, "Revenge bedtime procrastination” is an Internet phrase that was first used in China in 2016. Research is going on on this. But now researchers have come to the conclusion that after a tiring day watching TV as relief time, people keep awake for hours, assuming that they are relaxing themselves. Due to this psychology, they compromise with sleep.

What are the disadvantages of late night sleep - Not only does this harm our health, but in many ways, it is also affecting the relationship between husband and wife. The reason for staying up late at night includes talking to someone late at night on the phone, chatting, or watching a series on OTT. Sleep deprivation can be more harmful than you think. Deliberately sleeping late is not a disease like Insomnia, but it can lead to persistent lack of sleep and various problems arising from it.

Women lag behind in terms of sleep- Indian women are sleepless as compared to men. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11 percent of men and 13 percent of women get less than 6 hours of sleep. Whereas, on average, women need 11 minutes more sleep than men. If men need 8 hours of sleep, then women should take 8 hours 11 minutes of sleep every day, otherwise, their health starts showing effect. 

Deteriorating relationships is merely due to late sleep- Deepali angel (original name hidden), a government bank employee, says that her husband is busy on the internet and smartphone instead of giving her time. Her husband is online all the time. They come home late at night and then engage in video calling or social sites. He does not get any time from his personal work. Because of this our relationship is getting spoiled.

Psychologists' thought of late night sleep- According to many Psychologists, people who do not get much free time during the day, usually wake up more at night. They forcibly wake up and do things like watching social media on the phone or watching TV. They feel that this 'my time' is their right and they want to claim their right on it. However, this me time is taking a toll on his physical and psychological health.

How to avoid this? No matter how much you knock but turn off the TV, put the phone to the side. Apart from this, turn off all the screens in your room. This will happen that the ongoing war between the mind and sleep will end and you will be able to sleep comfortably. So that you will not be inviting loss of sleep, heart problems, gaining weight, risk of diabetes, hormone imbalance, Decrease in immunity,  Fear of mental illness, and many more life-threatening diseases.

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