Plants heal and that is the truth!

21-year-old Akash Prasad, a freelance editor with SHARAN, shares how he healed himself of fever naturally.

Last week due to the change in weather and continuous rains, I developed a fever along with a cough and body ache. I couldn’t get myself to do anything. Everything came to a standstill, and I took the opportunity to heal naturally.

I know it’s always best to avoid medicines and that our body has a wonderful mechanism to heal. I decided to take it easy. I just slept the whole day and ate only when I felt hungry. My body was using all its energy to heal. On the rare times I felt hungry, I had fruit.

Within three days, I healed completely. I am glad I decided to stay away from medicines, which are nothing but chemicals and only work to alleviate the symptoms.

When you look at the animals in the wild, they know exactly what to eat, when to eat and how to heal themselves. I recently saw a video of a lion eating grass! Plants heal and this is the truth.

Even though my family consumes meat, I turned a vegetarian when I was 8 years old. Now with SHARAN, I am almost totally plant-based.

Simply changing what we put in our mouths makes a huge difference. I rarely fall sick, my energy levels are wonderful and I have a sense of clarity in my thinking. I am grateful to Dr Nandita Shah and team SHARAN for helping me and so many others understand how easy it is to be healthy.

Mixed Vegetable Clear Soup  

Soups make wonderful light meals. Try this hearty and wholesome soup and nourish your body as you heal.

Ingredients

• 2 cups finely chopped carrot, beans, cauliflower, broccoli, celery
• Unrefined salt to taste
• Pepper powder to taste
• A few sprigs dill, chopped

Method

Bring a pot of water to boil. Add the chopped vegetables and let it cook. Turn the heat off. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add chopped dill just before serving.

Serves 2

Food For The Mind

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Dos and Don’ts for Fevers
                  

Our conditioning has made us believe that a fever is bad. Instead, we need to thank our body for having the wisdom to build up a temperature so that the invading organism cannot multiply rampantly. We also need to be aware that we have to assist the body to heal by giving it ample rest, plenty of fluids and only simple food if any. Here are some tips to handle any fever.

1. Take plenty of rest When you are unwell the body automatically asks for rest so that it can divert all its energies into healing. Resting at this time is the best thing that you can do to help your body heal.

2. Eat only when hungry When we are unwell our body automatically tells us not to eat. The tongue gets coated, food doesn’t taste good anymore, and there is no appetite. This is so that the body doesn’t have to divert any of its energies into digestion and can use all of it for healing. All too often our family members tell us to try eating, even if just a little. This is bad advice.  Always listen to your body.

3. Drink plenty of fluids Our body often indicates thirst. Quench it at these times with plain water or even tender coconut/lemon water. Fluids help to cleanse the body.

4. Get a diagnosis Different infectious diseases have different symptoms that doctors use to diagnose. Instead of getting rid of them, careful observation of all the symptoms will help in diagnosis. Blood tests can also help. If we have a diagnosis then we have an idea of what to expect in terms of duration, intensity and prognosis. And if it is something that can definitely be helped with certain treatments it may even be wise to take them. A good example could be malaria, typhoid fever, encephalitis, meningitis or certain types of pneumonia.

5. Avoid antipyretics This is a golden rule. Bringing down the fever is always counter-productive. Our effort should be towards bringing down the infection or problem and not the fever which is only a symptom.

6. Make yourself comfortable The body will tell you how. It will tell you whether you need blankets or open air, light or darkness, activity or inactivity. Listen to the advice of your body.

7. Avoid medicines unless necessary Medicines are great when required, but most of the time they are not. In general, doctors hand out a long prescription for any fever which comprises an antipyretic, an antibiotic or two, a probiotic, a vitamin or two, an antacid, and perhaps some symptom-specific medications like a painkiller. A fever treated this way often takes just as many days as a fever that is treated entirely by listening to your body. The advantage of the latter is that you will have long-standing immunity and no side effects.

8. Thank your body Express gratitude to your body for its amazing ability to heal itself.