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Medicine is a science, which, in its true essence deals with the disease
in the human both from the physical and psychological aspect; because human
is a being consisting of a complex body and soul; the well being and illness
of each having a direct effect on the other; and a healthy person is one who
is both physically and mentally healthy.
A person can be truly called a doctor and heal the sick who is both the
doctor of the body as well as the soul; in other words a psychoanalyst. For
example, sorrow, distance and the loss of a loved one can act as an
anorectic. A doctor who is unaware of the effect of the psyche on the
biophysical activities of the body can miss this as a cause in the line of
treatment and hence fail in treating the patient correctly, i.e., give a
purgative or a locative instead of psychotherapy. Anxiety, tension,
apprehension are mental disturbances that can lead to insomnia. The doctor,
by giving an anxiolytic and hypnotic agent; will obviously not be curing the
ailment.
Holistic Approach
In a majority of cases, physiological illnesses lead to psychological
problems; e.g. high fever causing delerium and delusions; and likewise a
psychologist unaware of medicine will be giving psychotherapy for long hours
and missing the physical condition which has led to hallucinations. Hence,
medicine in its true meaning refers to the knowledge that encircles the body
and soul of a human being as a unit and only the true messengers of god can
be bestowed with this true healing power.
Dr.Alexes Carl, in his book: 'How to live or Way of life' quotes: "In the
past, a few family doctors who had general knowledge clubbed with nobility,
carried out the task of guiding the people physically and spiritually, but
today the Doctor has turned into a merchant doing business."
Now-a-days an ENT specialist or cardiologist will fail to give any
patient spiritual guidance if the patient has any psychological or social
problems; and the doctors who do not consider all dimensions of a human
being in the treatment, rarely give useful curative treatment and often give
harmful treatment.
To teach how to live in its true meaning to the people we need guidance
from a mighty being who knows the requirements of the century. Science of
medicine, a wise philosopher and a spiritual soul, all rolled into one. In
other words, a pious person who has a matured experience of life, and well
read in all aspects of the worldly human science is worthy of teaching and
preaching the path to humanity.
Constitutional Pressures
Unfortunately, no consideration is given to their spiritual and higher
aspects of the human being. The laws and regulations devised in a
constitution of a country for the betterment of its people lacks a moral and
spiritually divine dimension, hence devoid of the true humanitarian essence.
Preventions and precautions are superficial and only in aspects that attract
vision and hearing and not thoughts and ideas. In matrimonial matters, the
blood of the girl and boy is cross matched for any incompatibilities but
their beliefs and morals are not put to test.
The incorrect law of conduct (e.g. immoral freedom and threats) utilities
all the means to ignite passion and sexual desires of a human being, some
public theatres and cinemas get youngsters ready for sexual conducts by what
they show on screen and on the other hand the means for a correct legal
marriage is not within the reach of all.
The law forbids a young man to get legally married before the age of 18.
Which would restore his bodily needs and moral behaviour, on the other hand
it leaves all doors open to immoral means of extinguishing the outburst of
sexual hormones and offers sections of the city known as "Red Light Areas"
for this purpose, which are the root for STDs and the killer disease AIDS,
all leading to destruction of the sacred social unit - FAMILY. For treating
STDs like Syphilis and Gonorrhoea, there are plenty of trained specialists
but the root - adultery - is promoted and advertised.
Humans have always been in state of extremes, at some eras they reach the
heights of divine spirituality and ascend above all worldly and human
desires and there have been times like the present century that the main
focus is only to satisfy sexual and material desires as if the only purpose
of human existence and creation. When he comes out of his physical shell, he
turns from an element into a living creature and from a human into a divine
holy angel and above and at times as like recent times human beings reverse
the path and turns towards the animal in them.
Health and Well-being
This world has plenty of resources and a lot of happiness to offer. At
the same time, famines, disasters and sorrow is so much more. The creature
that has taken shelter on earth under the sky which continuously showers
mishaps on him, on the planet which sucks one to its destructive valleys. A
moment of negligence may cost one irreparable and incompensatable eternal
losses.
The energy we utilise to combat difficulties and obstacles of life can be
under a subtitle of a cluster of conditions prevailing to cultures and
heritage the sum of which is known as "The science of Health and well
being." Nevertheless, we have to admit that this science as is the case with
others though existing since thousands of years is still in the preliminary
stages and very incomplete.
Today, health is focussed on prevention of diseases and combating
different Microbes. It is defined as : "Health is prevention of communicable
diseases that rapidly spreads between the occupants of a country, town, city
or country." This mistake in defining is because of the misnomer of Microbe
or causative agent being referred to as the disease itself.
In the Religion of Islam, Health (Religious Medicine) has a vast and more
generalized meaning which encircles prevention of diseases and combat with
their causative agents as sub headings.
In Hinduism, Ayurveda, the science of life, is more than a system of
medical treatment - it is part of a system where dietetics, physical
exercise, positive thought, fresh air, sunlight etc., complement each other
and lay down rules for living in harmony with nature.
Thus, we observe that traditional medicines in Asian cultures are both
preventive measures and healing processes that rely entirely on natural
means - and as such there is little distinction between foods and medicinal
herbs.
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