Ārogya Nidhi (bhāg 1)

(Treasure of health (part-1))

If real health could be procured by medicine, then doctors, chemists and their family members would have never suffered from any illness. If health could have been a purchasable commodity, then no rich person would have ever remained sick. Health is not attained by injections, instruments, large hospital buildings, big medical degrees and qualifications of doctors; rather it is gained by following the rules of health and living a self-restrained life. To save the countrymen from unnecessary medical expenses and to easily lead a healthy and happy life, these two books ‘Ārogya Nidhi (treasure of health) in two parts, I and II are prepared by compiling various simple health measures and remedies as mentioned in Ayurveda, under the aegis of Sant Shri Asharamji Bapu.

Ārogya Nidhi (bhāg 1) contains:

• Avoid the curse of surgical operations.

• Allopathic medicines do not cure disease permanently.

• Some important tips to remain healthy forever.

• Diet and mode of living in spring, spring-summer, rainy season (monsoon), fall (autumn), fall-winter and winter.

• You must read this.

• You invite disease by suppressing the natural urges of hunger, thirst, cough and sneezing.

• Simple remedies for diseases of eyes, nose, ear, throat, and stomach.

• How to beget a healthy and brilliant progeny?

• Prescriptions for different diseases.

• Therapy for bites by poisonous animals or poisoning

• Methods for relieving insomnia in babies.

• Tips for beautification.

• Remedy for dandruff and other hair problems.

• Wheatgrass (green blood): a miraculous, cheap and the best medicine.

• Juice therapy for various diseases 

• Sugar and salt are harmful to health!

• Some invaluable gifts of nature.

• Cow’s milk: Ambrosia on earth.

• Welcoming a newborn baby.

• Benefits of wearing a cap, turban and sleepers.

• Therapeutic effects of ornaments in various diseases.

• Mantras and Beej mantras (seed mantras) for health

• Some mudrās, āsanas and prānāyāmas (breathing exercises) to enhance health.

• How to get rid of the demon of anger

• Medicine for the best health 

• Information regarding solar therapy, soil therapy, hydrotherapy, Swedan Chikitsā (sweating, fomentation), acupressure, massage therapy, Hasta Chikitsā (Palming) and magnetic therapy.

• Simple measures beneficial in internal heat, burning sensation on the soles, obesity, heat stroke, alcohol addiction, effects of poison, ulcers, cholera, ascites, cancer, hysteria, etc.

• Methods for body building and for increasing height and weight.

• Simple remedies for constipation, piles, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, hydrocele, common cold (flu), cough, asthma, tuberculosis, high blood pressure, urological (urinary) disorders, heart disease, oligospermia, fever, bleeding, pimples-rashes and benign tumours, lesions and ulcers, internal injury, elephantiasis, paralysis, gynecological disorders, childhood illnesses, rheumatism, arthritis and burns. 

• Information about health centres run by the ashrams. Get guidance from them to avoid costly allopathic medicine and protect your body, mind and save money.