Delay is the only Risk
This
proverb is extensively used in the corporate world to motivate people towards
their work. Then these charged employees start running after their targets as
if there is no tomorrow. Most of the times, when carrier gets priority you tend
to work so hard then health is bound to suffer. While chasing your appraisals
and perks; physical needs are often neglected.
Ayurveda
says you have to respect the signals from your body to avoid future illnesses.
As per Ayurveda there are 13 urges which should not be suppressed i.e. Adharneeya
Vega. If you tend to neglect them your health is at stake. One of most
commonly suppressed urge is the urge of defecation. People tend to avoid visit
to toilet because some trivial reasons.
According
to Charaka suppression of defecation over a period of time can result in lower
abdominal pain, headache, accumulation of flatus and feces, leg cramps and
flatulence. Accumulation of flatus & feces leads to constipation which in
turn can be a cause of ano rectal diseases like piles, fissure and fistula. We
as ayurvedic doctors see a lot of patients who are suffering from leg cramps
over years. They are taking different pain killers, vitamin & mineral
supplements for the same without any positive outcome. Once they stop
suppressing defecation urge followed by Vata stabilizing treatment they become
healthy. Ayurveda also says that forceful act to expulsion from body i.e. Vega
Udiran is also equally harmful. Straining while defection, frequent use of
laxatives are few examples of Vega Udiran.
Few
years back we hardly used to see constipation in children at young age; but we
are seeing an increasing number of childhood constipation. I label this as ‘Diaper
constipation’ as it is a major culprit for it. Children who are using to
diapers all the time fail to understand nature’s call. They try to pass motions
while standing as toilet training is not given to them. Squatting position is
the ideal position for passing motions but unfortunately neither diaper babies
nor their parents understand this simple fact and keep running from one doctor
to another.
Now
perhaps somebody will say that it is an over exaggerated picture. There are few
‘Highly educated intellectuals’ who say
that Ayurveda is pseudo scientific and out dated science which is useless in
current era of information & technology. Well I have got a bit of
information for them.
‘Text
book of Medical Physiology’ written by Guyton & Hall is one of the most
reputed books in the medical fraternity all over the world. There is a
reference on page no. 767 in 10th edition of the above book.
“Clinical experience shows that if one fails to allow defecation to occur when
the defecation reflex is excited or if one overuses laxatives to take the place
of normal bowel function, the reflexes themselves become progressively less
strong over a period of time the colon becomes atonic.” Atonic colon is a major
cause of habitual constipation.
Guyton
& Hall’s book on physiology was first published in 1956. ‘Charaka Samhita’
was written around 2nd century B.C. Now it’s up to you can decide
who the pioneer is and who is the follower? Rather than going in this endless debate. It
is better that you listen to your body signals and respect them because
DELAY
IS THE ONLY RISK.
© Dr Pushkar Purushottam Wagh
MD (Ayurved)
9224349827
drpushkarwagh@gmail.com
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