Mind body Relationship and its
application to medical science today
A lecture by :
Dr. Pranav Pandya, MD
Head – All World Gayatri Pariwar
Chancellor – Devsanskriti Vishwavidyalaya
Mind body Medicine, MBM
An exciting field of medicine
– includes
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meditation,
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hypnosis,
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guided imagery,
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biofeed back,
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relaxation therapy
Mind body Medicine, MBM
Useful in
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Headache,
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chronic pain,
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insomnia,
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anxiety,
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depression,
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CAD and Cancer.
Beyond Mind Body to a
New Era of Healing
There is nothing more divine than mind.
Nothing more apt to unite men to Gods
and Gods to men.
– Hermes
(Greek God, Supposed to be founder of Alchemy)
Beyond Mind Body to a
New Era of Healing
A man on earth is a mortal God…..
And a God in Heaven is an immortal
man.
– Hermes
Modern Medicine : Three Eras
Era 1 : Dates to Mid 1800
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Scientists regarded that time
the entire world including
human bodies, as mindless
machine
Modern Medicine : Three Eras
Era 2 : Dates to Mid 1900
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Emerged mind body medicine
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Mind Could affect one’s body,
placebo response
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Research on PUS and hypertension
Modern Medicine : Three Eras
Era 3 : By New Millennium
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Development of non local
mind.
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Effect of consciousness to
act locally as well as non
locally.
Modern Medicine : Three Eras
Era 1 is Mechanical Medicine
Began in 1860s :
It was materialistic, mechanistic or
physicalistic medicine like : drugs, surgery,
radiation so on.
Energy and matter only mattered not mind.
Modern Medicine : Three Eras
Era 2 is of Psychosomatic Medicine
Developed after World War II :
Research on Placebo Effect –
Beneficial results of suggestion,
expectation and Positive Thinking.
Stress Management is used with
Medicine for heart disease or Coro
bypass, not as a replacement for them.
Modern Medicine : Three Eras
Era 2 is of Psychosomatic Medicine
Development of Alternative and
Complementary Medicine :
Endless potential of therapies
COMPLEMENTARY
&
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS
OF
MEDICINE
(CAM)
CURRENT SCENARIO
More and more people
worldwide are spending
billions on herbal remedies.
In the US alone the use of
complementary and
alternative medicine has
doubled in the past decade.
IN USA
42.1% used CAM therapy
$ 21.2 billion spent
IN UK
28.3% used CAM therapy
Pound 450 million spent
….Problem of Today’s Society
Stress and Strain
Absence of Inner Joy and Peace
More and more Psychosomatic Ailments
Lack of emotional support during periods of crises
Understanding
The Concept of Sound Health
Defined by WHO as ….
* Physical
* Mental
* Spiritual and
* Social Well-being
Alternative Systems of Medicine
emerged because of
• Limitations of Various Branches of Medicines
• Synthesis of Proven Systems
• Need for Preventive Measures
• Inexpensive Treatment
• Emphasizes Mind and body link
Complementary Therapies
Biological therapies :
Herbal remedies
Aromatherapy
Dietary theapies
Orthomolecular therapies
Mind - body therapies : Hypnotherapy
Pranic Healing
Meditation
Complementary Therapies
Herbal Remedies– Plants and their Extracts
Aromatherapy– Essential oils usually inhaled
Dietary Therapies—Right diet to promote
health,prevent or control illness
Orthomolecular Therapies—Large vitamin
doses Or mineral supplements.
Complementary Therapies
MIND BODY INTERVENTIONS
Hypnotherapy-for behavioral and mental
problems.
Healing-Prayer,directed thoughts and
spiritual healing.
Meditation-deep breathing and inner
relaxation.
Tranquility and equipoise.
Alternative systems & Therapies
Diagnostic Systems :
Iridology-looking at eyes
Dowsing-through rods
Radionics-invisible energy fields
Kinesiology-energy imbalances in
muscles
Alternative systems & Therapies
Energy Therapies
Crystals- said to influence the patients’ aura
Reiki-channels spiritual energy to heal
body,mind
Laying on of hands-to manipulate the body’s
energy
NONE SYSTEMATICALLY
REVIEWED YET
MANIPULATIVE THERAPIES
OSTEOPATHY; MANIPULATION
OF MUSCLES AND JOINTS
CHIROPRACTIC;MANIPULATION
OF SPINE
MASSAGE;RUBBING,KNEADING OR
PRESSURE
REFLEXOLOGY;MASSAGE OF
SPECIFIC PARTS OF FOOT,ACU POINTS
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
AYURVEDA-ANCIENT INDIAN DISCIPLINE
-’SCIENCE OF LIFE’ based on Mind,body,spirit
interactions.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
HOMEOPATHY
NATUROPATHY
OPINION OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
Some of the complementary
therapies may be like a
harmless fashion or may be a
mass hysteria but…..
Alternative systems of medicine
like Ayurved definitely opens new
horizons for prevention and cure
of diseases.
OPINION OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
Conventional medicine regards
body as a machine like a computer
or a jumbo jet.
CAM thinks that healthy body is a
system in balance.The whole body is
a self regulating extended network.
CAM
EXPERTS SAY THAT
NETWORK PATHOLOGIES ARISE WHEN
THE BODY SELF ORGANISES IN RESPONSE
TO SOME DISTURBANCE BUT BECOMES
CONFUSED AND ENDS UP WORSE AT SELF
REGULATION THAN BEFORE.
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AND
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME ARE
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY NETWORK
PATHOLOGIES.
Ayurved
The Atharva Veda contains early description of the use of
herbal medicine
Ayurveda is fifth veda or upveda
The ancient Indian sages,
who came face to face with
the truth, revealed the
secrets of wholesome living
after intense research and
observation of Herbs and
gave us the gift of Ayurved
AYURVEDA encompasses ..
Herbal healing
Rasa, Bhasma and Rasayan
Meditation and Yoga
Dietary control
PANCHAKARMA
Yagyopathy
Brahmavarchas Research Center
Research Institute dedicated for Scientific
Spirituality
Yagyapathy - An Approach To Total Health
* Oral medicines - Effect only
through digestion. But not
fully absorbed.
* Negative impact on digestive
system.
* Intravenous therapies Quick effect but risk of
reaction and side effects.
The Achievements
 Preservation of Herbal Plants of More Than 450 varieties,which
otherwise could have become extinct.
Delivering these readily available plants for Medicinal and
Spiritual use to each and everyone on “no profit” basis.
 Testing of Constituents of Herbal Plants
 Synthesis of Various Branches of Western and alternative
Systems of Medicines.
 Scientific Analysis of Effects of Yagyopathy,the most ancient
science of herbal healing through vaporization of these herbs and
Mantra Chikitsa
 Distribution of Herbs in purest form.
* Increasing no. of elderly
persons all over
* Care of dying patients
* Organ Transplants
* Stem cell revolution
* Genome and Cloning – Technological
wonders
* Health system getting bankrupt and
costs high
* Complimentary and alternative medicine
emerging fast.
* Impaired Physicians
* Pain Management and reassurance
* Depression as the topmost killer by 2015
Is a menace today
Leading to erosion of human
potential and lot of illnesses
In fact is
A non-specific response of the body to
any demand made upon it or to an
external stimuli.
( CONSTRUCTIVE STRESS )
RHYTHMIC CYCLE OF ACTIVITY & TENSION
ACTIVITY
ENERGY
TENSION
TIME
IMPROPERLY COPED STRESS LEADING TO ATASTROPHIES
HIGH
ACTIVITY
TOO MUCH ACTIVITY TENSION
DEPLETION OF ENERGY
TIME
ENERGY
TENSION
LOW
ACTIVITY
TOO LITTLE ACTIVITY TENSION
DEPLETION OF ENERGY
( BOSS )
A DEBILITATING PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION
BROUGHT ABOUT BY UNRELIEVED WORK STRESS
FIVE STAGES OF BOSS
(1) HONEYMOON
(2) FUEL SHORTAGE
(3) CHRONIC SYMPTOMS
(4) CRISIS
(5) LOSING THE MARATHON
BITING NAILS, CLENCHING FISTS, CLENCHING JAWS
DRUMMING FINGERS
GRINDING TEETH
HUNCHING SHOULDERS
PICKING AT FACIAL SKIN
Nervous Signals
TAPPING FEET
TWO JOBS AT A TIME
TOUCHING HAIR OFTEN
TOO HURRIED OR LOUD TALKING
TOO CONSCIOUS ABOUT BEING ON TIME
ANXIETY ,
DEPRESSION ,FRUSTRATION,
HABITUAL ANGER OR HOSTILITY,
HELPLESSENSS, HOPELESSNESS, IRRITABILITY,
RESTLESSNESS
SIGNALS OF STRESS
AGGRESSION , DISTURBED SLEEP
EMOTIONAL OUT BURSTS ,LEAVING JOBS
UNDONE ,OVER REACTIVE
* Sinus Tachycardia
* High Blood Pressure
* Ischaemic Heart -
Disease
* Diabetes Mellitus
* Hyper Acidity,
PU syndrome
* Ulcerative Colitis
* Migraine, tension headache,
Chronic backache
* Allergies, Asthma
* Thyrotoxicosis
* Auto immune disorders
* Menstrual Disorders
* Anxiety Neurosis, Obsessions
Depression will be world’s most debilitating
disease by 2005 after heart ailments. By
2015, it may be first.
Psychology is going to be the subject of
future for students.
STRESS IS NOT-- Merely nervous tension.
IT IS
* Always the non-specific result of damage
* Something to be avoided
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Change in dietary pattern: Tryptophan Rich
Food, Vegetarian Diet.
Subtler exercises - ASANS (Postures) &
PRAGYA YOG.
PRANAYAM: Churning of Vital energy.
Proper reading habits -“SWADHYAY” For
Self- Introspection.
Proper relaxation -“SHAVASAN”, Yog Nidra.
More to follow...
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Proper meditation upon flame,ocean,colors,
ragas.
Music therapy - “MANTRA CHIKITSA”.
Pulverized herbal powders - “AKOUSHADHI
CHIKITSA”.
Homa therapy, Yagna.
Avoid isolation, become part of society and
devote time for social & selfless service.
STRESS PROOFING LIFESTYLE
The art of being
The art of relating
The art of thinking
The art of becoming
The art of organizing
New salad combinations
 Fruit nuts and raw vegetables
 Raw or steamed/boiled vegetables
 Fiber rich diets
whole wheat flour
boiled rice
beans and pulses
potatoes with skin
 Fruits as alternatives to pies
 Sprouted Pulses /wheat grass
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Meditation
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A cleanser of our mental garbage.
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Our day to day necessecity.
It gives relief from mental constipation
Meditation
Implies giving a bath to your personality
of nobel and ideal thoughts.
How to meditate
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Sit in a comfortable position.
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Classic posture is cross-legged on floor
(sukhasana) or
a big chair with soft cushion.
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Straighten your spine.
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Imagine yourself supported by a string
hanging from ceiling connected to the top of
your head.
How to meditate
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Breathe deeply through your nose.
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Inhale to full up lungs and then exhale
slowly to expel all the air, observing breath
all the time.
How to meditate
Select something to focus upon:
A candle flame,
a flower,
your deity,
Himalayas or ocean.
Focus on your breath by counting each inhalation and
exhalation.
How to meditate
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You can also focus on sound of Aum or
Mantra or a meaningful word or phrase.
OR
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Mentally recite mantra in synchrony with
your breathing.
Even 20 minutes of inner equipoise is enough to give
you inner peace and freshness.
Scientific Basis
Meditation affects brain cells specifically in
our limbic nervous system (base of brain),
which controls :
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Metabolism,
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Blood pressure,
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Respiration,
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Heart rate and
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Our emotions.
Endorphins and Encephalins (pleasure giving hormones)
are secreted.
Scientific Basis
A Fact:
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60% to 80 % of visits to health care
professionals are related to stress.
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Patients who respond poorly to
medication and surgeries respond
extremely well to mind body approaches –
such as meditation.
Research
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Migraine headache sufferer experience a 32%
reduction in frequency or severity of migraine.
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Psoriasis lesions heal 4 times faster with
ultraviolet photo therapy along with meditation.
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Chronic pain relaxation techniques are very
effective in lessening the suffering.
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Cancer treatment : Meditation alleviates the
suffering of chronic pain and allows people
undergoing chemo to better manage pain and side
effects.
Research
In surgery :
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Prior to it, meditation and relaxation leads to
lesser anxiety, patients blood pressure is
lowered, they bleed less and surgery takes
less time.
In Management
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Production is more in subjects regular in
meditation.
Modern Medicine : Era Three
Non-local Medicine (Infinite Medicine)
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It grants mind freedom to roam
freely in space and time.
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Mind is more than the brain. No
one’s illness is a purely individual
matter.
Modern Medicine : Era Three
Non-local Medicine (Infinite Medicine)
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Healing can be achieved at a distance by
directing loving and compassionate
thoughts, intentions and prayers to
others.
Modern Medicine : Three Eras
Three features of Non Locality
1. Non Local happenings are unmediated
(Don’t require a go between singal)
Beyond Mind Body to a
New Era of Healing
Three features of Non Locality
2. Non local events are Unmitigated
(Strength does not falloff with
distance)
Beyond Mind Body to a
New Era of Healing
Three features of Non Locality
3. Non Local Phenomena are immediate
(No requirement for travel time)
Beyond Mind Body to a
New Era of Healing
Era 3 :
* Recognizes the collective, unbounded
nature of human consciousness
Reinventing Medicine
Era 3 - Medicine thus is a form of
healing based on the fundamental,
infinite nature of consciousness.
Reinventing Medicine
Concepts of Psycho-neuro-immunology
&
Development of Complementary or
Integrative medicine
Reinventing Medicine
Eternity Medicine Therapies
(i) Music
(ii) Presence being felt
(iii) Need of internal and eternal
medicine
Brahmavarchas
Research Institute
An Institute dedicated for Intercommunion of Science and
Spirituality
Computerized Tread Mill Test
An Advanced Test to Measure Cardiac Efficiency
Computerized E.E.G.
Computerized E.E.G.
21 channel Polyrite
This Electroencephalograph Equipment is used to measure
various parameter of the Brain.Various wave burst pattern
specially alpha waves are noted during intense meditation.
Bursts of alpha waves are
measured after filtration
through Crude EEG by a two
channel Physiograph. The
Percentage
improvement
shows efficacy of Meditation
and power of Mantra Shakti.
Saint - Savant
Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
Vandaniya Mata
Bhagwatidevi Sharma
Prakhar Pragya & Sajal Shradha
Shantikunj, a centre where people are trained in ways of leading enlightened life.
This new centre is being developed as Dev sanskriti
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