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----- Original Message ----- From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Ayurveda - Dr. Paneri of Ahmedabad > Bob: > These are very good questions. I think you should ask him those > questions. But, before you do so, you should understand the Indian system > of ayurvedic medical pracrice. Everybody goes through four years of > Ayurvedic medicine, including anatomy, physiology etc. After the completion > of this course, everybody is on his/her own. Each indivudal practitioner has > his own concoctions based on the ayurvedic principles and if something > works, they keep it as their family secret. In North America, we patent our > findings and we sue each other out for patent infringement. > > "What is this marvelous medicine? And if it cures so many conditions, why > are not the people of Ahmedabad the healthiest in the world?" > You are misunderstanding that one medicine cures all diseases. Just as > any Western Doctor, there is one doctor with who prescribes different > medications - except in this case different combinations of herbal medicines > for different diseases. This is not one medicine cures all situation. Even > for PD, depending upon the symptoms, he says, he has different ingredients > in his medication. I am not defending anybody here. I am just explaining > the situation. As I understand it, it is perfectly legal in India to sell > ayurvdic medicine. If you believe in it you take it, otherwise you leave > it. > > It would be nice to have a double blind study conducted on this > material. I think the first step should be to study in an animal model. I > have suggested this to him and he has agreed to cooperate with me on this > study. Besides, the local neurlogists as well as chief Neurologists in > Bombay University, Dr. Shingel (Spelling?), are not only conducting some > studies with his material, but I am told are referring some of their > pateints to him. > > Eg. The Schering Corporation tested his medication for Herpes and got > the FDA approval too. But, he has refused to release the confidential herbs > he uses in his concoction. > > Again, I am not defending anybody here. I am stating things as I heard. > > If you have any further questions, please contact him directly. His > email address is availabe on the internet. > > Raj > [log in to unmask] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn