Human Health

Every creature on earth require two primary things viz air and water without which life hardly sustains. Next comes food which goes to supply the necessary energy to development, nourishment, maintenance, fighting against the attacking enemies for successful onward living. Human beings belonging to this category are equally dependent on the above requirements which have to be complemented with another factor i.e. Health. Excepting the biological feeling of the inability of free movement coupled by expression of pain or keeping absolutely motionless, there is no health consciousness of non humans of all genus and species. The health feeling of human beings owe not only to physical condition but also relate to mental, social and even spiritual condition. With the advancement of civilization the health concept has been getting more and more complex due to the impact from the mental, social and spiritual conditions.

             The discussion will be confined to the first three items viz air, water and food which are the principal items for survival and thus if these are not available in right quantity, quality, it is obvious that there will dawn degradation of health and as a matter of fact such things have been going on in many areas of the world. To understand the problem in the entirety item wise discussion is required--

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Air--4500 million years ago Earth happened to be created followed by creation of atmosphere, oceans, seas,volcanoes, mountains, hills, solid surface both rough and even and uneven gradually over a very very long period ; one day came when the first blossom of life extricated as if from nowhere in the form of plant which spread out in every nook and corner of the earth in water and land..Foliage, flowers, fruits of innumerable plants some of which grew into sky kissing heights exhibiting vibgyor colors and vast area pervading aroma dressed the earth to make it ready to receive the next developed life. Life added more life which saw a new world , the animal world. The process of transition was extremely slow and thousands of years rolled by in between which came devastations , upheavals, disappearance of previous creations of plants and animals and substitutions of newer ones and these processes one day gave birth to the homo sapiens in short the present humans. Along with the  series of changes in the earth the atmosphere also underwent changes and the plants and the animals adjusted with such changes so that they could survive. Homo sapiens  people appeared  in the early times (about 200000 years ago) in an environment conducive to them.and the atmosphere presented them hundred percent free air .  With gradual uplift of these people after learning how to make fire for different purposes logs were started to be consumed and in course of time many areas became arid mainly due to deforestation without corresponding replacement by afforestation. Middle east areas bear testimony to the fact of these areas being turned into desert or arid zones. Yet it can be said that except this human  intervention in the natural ecological balance in the environment, the atmospheric conditions remained more or less unchanged till the advent of the industrial revolution when the life style of humans started to change rather reorient in the way which was totally unknown in the 18th century. In the twentieth century the term pollution first raised its dirty head which is now going to deny the access of pure air ..to be continued

continued--As is well known that the industrialization has brought many new and novel nature occurring products like coal, petroleum, gases etc which lay hidden underneath the earth for thousands of years and the consumption of which have started producing gases like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and others adding to the gas composition of the atmosphere. The new gas composition in the atmosphere is further mixed with the different exhaust gases from the industries and as a result the atmospheric temperature has been rising ( the process of heating is not the subject matter here) much to the detriment of atmospheric quality to the health of the creatures who are rather helpless in the matter. While human efforts are there at the national and international level to combat the green house effect(the heating of the atmosphere )being out of the scope of this essay, the fact remains that the humans have been subject to the toxicity of the human created gases, which if the human system fails to adjust may bring in disaster to the human race.

Water--The second mandatory requirement for survival of the humans is clean, pure,sweet and potable water which the humans have been using from rains, springs, rivers,lakes, pools, wells etc for thousands of years. There was not much problem t o get access to the drinking water but with increase in population, growth of satellite townships due to industrialization water scarcity has started surfacing and over and above the huge consumption of water in big industries has complicated the situation in a number of ways. The effluent of the small and big industries contain many chemical compounds which are injurious not only to human health but even also  to the crops which the humans consume. In big town, cities and mega cities municipal bodies have to make elaborate arrangement for storage of water from different sources,and do take all necessary steps to make it potable. In many countries the supply is not adequate and the quality is far from criticism . Surprisingly even the tubewells in some areas yield high percentage of iron, arsenic    (to be continued )

continued---which have been continuing to damage health in multiple hazards after prolonged consumption . Regard being had to various such minerals, chemicals, bacteria, viruses in the drinking water in many places in the world, a new commerce of manufacturing potable mineral water has sprung up almost everywhere and lo, even this packages are not safe in many areas and how one could be sure when in strange areas. Whatever preventive and remedial measures may be sought for, there may not be guarantee that the water will not harm and that health will be duly protected.

Food--It is the third most important item which goes to provide the necessary power and energy for survival--growth, maintenance , immunity etc to protect from diseases for making a healthy body .In the old days when the humans used to live a migrant life their food supply came from the jungles in the form of roots,tubers, eatable leaves, fruits of the trees, meat from different animals and also fish and other livestock of water in the rivers, lakes etc Problems used to arise when scarcity of such food due to exhaustion of the stock occurred and the group or the team had to move out elsewhere for searching of new stock of food in the like areas. Human intelligence one day discovered that food could be created by themselves and thus was born agriculture which changed their way of life from nomadic to settled life. This changeover is not a legend of one two years but hundreds of years passed before the humans settled to place themselves here and there with the distinct hope that they would get food and not run into uncertainty any more. Perhaps in the early period there were not problems in areas producing sufficient food and sharing by all the persons in the group but the peaceful ........
                                                                                                                           
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continued--coexistence with all the members of the clan took orientation when the concept of private property gradually took shape and ultimately in course of time the members acquired proprietary right in the agricultural fields under the possession of the clan and which eventually led to fight among the different clans leading  to feudal system in the years to come. Food production of each land holder varied and that there remained not that previous camaraderie where every member could get whatever food he needed. However this can not be said that the clans were so much narrow and unsympathetic as to deprive the needy members from food and let them die. The circumstances slowly turned into critical stage with the advancement of civilization when the Kings and the kingdoms came to rule over the people who were under their mandate to pay crops (as taxes ?)to them and also to the landlords for residing in their areas. The concept of equal distribution of food became folklore and everybody in the populace became not so lucky to get necessary quantity of food and instances are not rare when during flood, draught, other natural calamities, wars, riots etc thousands of people had to die due to lack of food. Famine raided humans again and again in century after century in different countries from time to time. While passing through the centuries of multitude of changes in land system,  administration set up, agricultural processes humans reached twentieth century which by the blessing of science opened new horizons to grow more food, storage, supply and distribution to every nook and corner of the world to ensure that everyone gets his share of food. The endeavor has been on and almost every day the science and technologies are adding new scheme, new machinery, manures, watering system, insecticide, pesticide, improved seeds etc to enhance production to meet the growing population of the earth during the next century. It is now twenty first century and can it be said that notwithstanding all these research work putting so much effort have been able to produce food for all ? Truth remains that the target is yet to be reached and the reasons can not be covered in this essay. It can not be denied that food is still lacking in many areas of the world in consequence of which Health is not ensured.  (to be continued  )

Human Health Part II

Economic Health--The sub head may present a bit confounding to many and  clarification needs be added for clear understanding of the matter. Economics is the financial condition of the person, which enables to buy a comfortable living house or shelter, to save from the high and low temperature, rains, snow,storm etc , cozy beds with  proper linen, net ( to repel mosquito or other insects etc where needed in some areas ), essential clothing according to seasonal requirements with protective outer fittings like cap/hats , umbrellas and raincoats etc. For house cleaning purposes modern gadgets like vacuum cleaner, scrubber, floor cleaner etc are also needed to ensure a healthy living. In short maintenance of sanitary and hygienic conditions in house and apartment entails considerable expenditure. Notwithstanding all the preventive measures taken in the house sickness can never be ruled out completely and then medical attention and treatment will be absolutely essential. To call a physician or a surgeon at home has been more and more expensive and the private nursing homes are no exception to this . Health insurance for meeting cost for treating diseases and meeting accidental injuries ( even deaths )  are the best cover up in modern times. Well being of health is not only  dependent on the house environment but also on maintenance of personal hygiene,. Nothing new is to be added in the matter as the lesson begins from very childhood at homes, and then in schools. Nevertheless bad habits and dirty living is not uncommon and specially people belonging to the slum areas bear testimony to such bad practices. Financial incapability is not the last question to explain the habits and it is more related to the social health which will be discussed later. The problem was really very acute till eighteenth centuries when thousands of people used to die from communicable diseases in almost every part of the globe. Mortality from the menace of such diseases has come down even in the underdeveloped/developing countries after improved therapy and preventive measures through the endeavours of hundreds of scientists during the last two hundred years. Sickness is there and will be there and the individual and the state require sizable finance to ensure that lesser number of mandays are lost due to sickness. Unhealthy poeple are not asset to the nation and in fact they are liability and so their number has got to be minimized by means and ways to be devised by the administration of the respective country.  (to be continued...)

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Continued--Despite taking care of sanitation and personal  hygiene ill health from time to time can hardly be avoided . To meet such contingency medical consultation becomes essential, although there are wide scale practice of consuming number of medicines without prescription by medical authority. Medical authority belongs to different system which has been classified into two broad groups viz ;- 1.Allopathic system of Medicine  2.Alternative system of Medicine All the quick acting modern medicines backed up by pathological , bacteriological, scan laboratories and surgery etc provides the key treatment to the patients. The fact remains that this system has been able to do away with many communicable diseases from the face of the earth although it has not been successful to control several diseases for which researches have been on to find improved therapy. Alternative system has indeed innumerable branches which are unique in some countries and some are available in specific countries. Allopathic system is universal but not the other system but what is pertinent to point out that some alternative system like Ayurveda ( originating in India and still being practised ) is one of oldest system of medicine in the world. So also the Chinese system of medicine confined within China. Indigenous system of medicines even now in vogue in many countries not only amongst the aboriginal people but also in the civilized societies. In the middle ages Hakimi another alternative system of medicine was routinely used in many countries and have not gone out totally. In came Homeopathy with low expenditure medicine getting popular in the underdeveloped /developing countries. Other alternative medicines contain treatment without prescribing any medicine---acupressure, acupuncture,magneto therapy, reiki, chanting mantras (verses in sanskrit ),. Besides these there are so many therapies like aroma therapy, hydro therapy, color therapy etc.  By using different natural spices, flowers and fruits etc known as natural treatment people have been getting teatment from ancient time.                                                                                          (  to be continued......)

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continued--It is therefore surprising that there are lots of people who either for financial constraints or other reasons subscribe to the alternative medicine as a routine measure . In reality how these medicines come to the ailing humans is a serious question as there have not been proper studies to assess and evaluate the efficacy of the system . It has been found that the indigenous system in some cases have miraculously cured some patients but failed in many cases also. The scientific basis of the system if not proved significant by statistical study , cure of some patients in some cases are chance cases and the patients should not trust it.  Any medicine in any system is declared efficacious having therapeutic value to treat a disease by trial and error and on getting significant result after statistical analysis .Health problem turns into serious condition by applications of self prescribed treatment from system dependent on chance factors. Individuals are by and large unaware of the complexities of different diseases which send specific syndromes during prepathogenetic period . The patients should not take any chance and get to scientific treatment as early as possible to restore the health.

Mental health--The discussion has so far centred around physical health which is to be obtained by inhaling pollution free air, drinking proper potable water, taking balanced food and consulting physicians etc. Mental health is a part of total health. Neglect of mental health leads to preposterous situation in the long run. The question arises that where mental health is no concrete thing and by observing the physical appearance  can not be seen, how it can be observed and judged. Normally a person's mind can not be seen like physical health by different instruments or gadgets. The person concerned can describe what is going on inside the mind when he is in trouble in some matter if he is outspoken, but the introvert normally does not divulge anything in consequence of which mental sickness surround the person. The circumstances leading to such sickness is complex in character and grows within a person from known and unknown causes which a psychiatrist is likely to elicit out. Aberration from normal condition brings disaster to the person concerned who not only suffers himself but makes others of the family and members of the neighborhood also suffer. (  to be continued    )

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continued--Mental health is an abstract condition which follows a person from  toddler period as is evident from  the fact that the toddlers envy the siblings junior to them. There are instances when one toddler is found to do injury by pushing,beating biting or even trying to throttle the infant sibling. Provided parental tutelage fails to control such outbursts, the future will store mental disturbance for the toddler. There are so many underlying causes as to grow mental derangement which is beyond the scope of this article. The pertinent point is how this mental disorder affects human health. Mentally sick persons do not always exhibit signs of brake down of health if there is no lack of the ingredients of physical health. Such cases show the incompetence, lack of motivation to do any work , lead a proper life or be an asset either to the family or the society. Balanced mental health is the necessity of total health and to attain this balance great responsibility comes to rest on the families , schools, colleges , all teaching institutions, also in the working places to ensure that no body falls into the trap of mental imbalance. In spite of the preventive measures chances of persons being entrapped in metal illness can never be ruled out altogether and therefore comes the need  of treating these persons . Apart from the modern mental hospitals based on the allopathic system of medicine with properly trained persons both under the public and private organisation there are indigenous arrangement where people flock to get treatment of the mentally deranged patients. The experience is far from happy as the proper investigation into the cause of the malady being totally lacking, there occurs no treatment at all and the recovery of the patients get retarded or the prospect of recovery is lost forever. . Under developed or developing countries see such incidents too often. Such counties witness two kinds of mentally ill people apart from the really mentally ill people---
1.pretend  to be mentally ill to avoid some mishaps of their life 2. are made to pretend mentally ill to deprive them of the rightful claims.  The subject matter of mental health is so complex, confusing and so deep acting that hundreds, thousands of various incidents right from fighting , war, murder, rape and what not in the world owe to the aberration/derangement/displacement/polarized state of mind and it is believed and apprehended that remedy will never be achieved..   ( to be continued.....)      , 

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continued--Social health is another part of human health. What is  social health and why it is tagged with human health. It is natural that such a question arises as because people by and large are concerned with individual health and the concept of social health is unknown to them. When the humans once closed their nomadic life, they gradually settled into definite addresses though isolated initially but gradually agglomerating into groups of aboriginals which went on to form tribes having distinct classification to be named societies. This transition took prolonged time and so many permutations and combinations of migrant people from different parts of the world ultimately giving rise to nation where live identical groups of people bound in societies. Movements of the populace from one place to another has not stopped and contingent upon situations threatening massacres for political or religious reasons there still remains constant flow of people from one country to another even in the 21st century. Under such circumstances society structure has to absorb such style and idiosyncrasies hitherto unknown to it  and so a gap of 50 years always see changes in aspects of life. Intermingling of existing old and incoming new elements bring varying changes in the society health which leave its mark on the people who have formed it. Every society has many strata like economic,
religious, political, highly cultural, educational etc and it is a common practice that people generally like to reside in areas where identical type of people reside. Naturally people in each area follow the existing life style which pertains to that area. Everybody knows it and further clarification is not necessary. The prevailing environment of the society helps to build what a person will be in future. If somebody live amidst thieves, robbers , it is said, the person concerned is likely to be thief or robber or even thug but other one living with virtuous people, may be  will be a saint and if not at least a person of high morality. Social customs vary from country to country which go to make their people in their own way. Offering of a drink ( whisky /Vodka etc ) is customary in some countries whereas it is taboo in other countries.                                                                          (..to be continued ...)  

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Continued--every society has its own circumscribed area and the people living within that area absorb the good and bad things that are prevalent in that area. The inheritance of the good things bestow to the people in general development and welfare to the society itself ; on the other side in the bad side all the vices from addictions to drugs, smuggling, looting, creating all types of disturbances even goading to destroy the lawful rulers of the land. The social health deterioration is perhaps the worst of all the health aspect and may be called the greatest enemy to the human existence. From the social ill health come out criminals whose main aim is to make upheaval of the existing societies and gain access to all the wealth for enjoyment by driving out the peaceful majority. In the name of expansion of kingdoms there have been aggression in the peaceful neighborhood which saw ruthless killing, driving the inhabitants and getting their wealth. History is full of such stories relating to the criminals so to say,  who besides looting the wealth, driving and killing people destroyed all the relics of history by demolishing the building and structures, by burning libraries, museums, research centres etc in the past and even now in the 21st century. Thus if the present civilization suffers from social ill health, further upheaval will follow and what will be left for the future progeny o body knows. To meet the exigency of such situations if the whole human effort be lacking there will not remain any chance of revival and the dilapidated, devastated fragments of the old civilization will welcome the new arrivals. Will they not condemn our inability to protect and restore the valuable asset of the past ?

Spritual Health--                                                                                                 ( to be continued..)

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continued--Spiritual health--The concept of the word 'spirit' is not clear to the majority of the people who on consultation with a dictionary find a number of meanings which will not help to link with the concept of health. Spirit according to Hindu philosophy is atma (soul ?) residing inside a living being and the main driving force for survival. Atma , it is said , is immortal, it can not be cut, burnt, gagged or drowned and remains even after the death of the living being. One can never see it but can be felt that there is something inside inspiring, hoping , driving to get some good things or even fighting with the evil things that so often arise in the mind. When the warning of the atma goes unheeded , there will be chance of committing evil acts. Atma never participates in any work good or bad , it is onlooker, silent and seemingly adviser to take recourse to lively actions of life. When the living being dies, atma finds it as unworthy abode and leaves it. Where it goes to live ? Does it become ghost/phantom ?What is its destination after leaving from the body of the living being ?  The postulation holds that the Great Atma which is the Chief Architect to form the Universe receive the atmas coming after the deaths of the livings beings and again let them go to the new born ; the cycle will continue so long the living world will sustain.

                     To many it is a confused theory , how the spirit go to help the humans and unless there are physical or even mental demonstration of getting good or bad effect, spiritual health concept is just a myth or another hypothesis only. An individual  blessed with all the requirements of life suddenly finds one morning the loss of his job/business or death of his near and dear one or his residence destroyed by natural calamities or any such incidents that take away his smooth running life, the state of the sufferer may be well imagined. Who can render help and console him and show the next course of action towards restoration ?  It is the resident spirit that can present him the panacea to take fresh run in life. It is the symptom of healthy spirit or in other words the spiritual health that comes out in right time and place to lead the sufferer to proper redemption. Material improvement giving a super cozy life without any spiritual support may break down at any moment
and there are so many examples. Many civilization did spring up  in many countries in the past and barring a few all of them perished due to lack of spiritual help and support. This energy is unknown like the black energy of physics, the difference is that the black energy effect has not yet been established where as the spiritual energy is manifest by its actions. This clearly confirms that spiritual energy or health is not just a myth and is equally essential for the humans.         ( to be continued..)

continued--It is a common experience to find people in adverse circumtances fall  victims at the hands of pseudo spiritual therapists ( sadhus, fakirs, mendicants or like type ) who by their charming demonstrations conquer the shaky minds and slowly gulp their wealth and asset and put them into the bottom of the suffering. So beware of the cheaters! The question is how to recognize them ; what are the signs and symtoms to read their cognizance ? The expert cheaters are so tricky to mesmerize their victims that even prudent persons get lost by their hearty lectures. It seems desirable that one should trust more on oneself than on others advice or counsel as because the deliverer resides inside the body , who if properly mused upon may indicate a way out of the critical situation. In other words, thinking of the past mistakes done ,earlier quick wrong decision taken, action taken in haste where no action was more deserving,  giving information to strangers, looking for counsel or advice even in trifling difficulties etc will  suggest  next course of action to be taken on the basis of the past experiences to abate the sufferings and go ahead with new hope and aspiration. There is another way and that depends how one can find out shareer of identical crisis in friends or close relations who are trustworthy and sympathtic to each other. Those who have lost their near and dear ones may console one another, refugees may exchange their grief and sorrow in a new country .Many such examples be cited ; what will be required is to  make oneself strong and hardy from within from the young time so that if such type of calamities ever happen  to them, they will never break  down and  will face all the odds bravely.

It is a question that all the necessitis of life have been supplied and the total health has been esured to the humans yet there comes deterioration, loss of strength ,various kinds of diseases ,limbs getting weaker, thinking power diminishing and the body organs slowing down in actions etc etc as  age advances ; mere medication though delays the death , does not give back the energy it had before...
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continued--Maintenance of Human Health--The difference aspects of health and its different requirements have already been discussed ; question now arises whether the meeting of the requirements is adequate for proper maintenance of  health. Proper maintenance of health demands some other attachment which help to build a strong body to bear the hazards of daily life , skip off  disease and disablement and make a powerful mind and intellect to conquer the affliction, disappointment, despondency, hopelessness and in other words all the dark and abominable tendencies threatening self and others as well. The remedial ways are many ; from simple daily walking to rigorous field practices involving innumerable local , national and international sports and games where participate millions of people either in amateur or professional way to maintain strong bodies. But average people remain out of the above group and can hardly spare time or do not desire at all to attend to competitive physical practices particularly at advanced age.It seems desirable that they should do free hand exercises or some simple floor exercises, swimming in house pools, riding horse (if possible), ,or playing games like table tennis, lawn tennis, squash  or golf ( if possible ). Use  of instruments and modern exercising gadgets as are used in gymnasiums suit the young people and the elderly except the professionals are unlikely to be attracted to the over straining practices. The fact remains that the above mentioned exercises maintain the  physical health no doubt but mental and spiritual health are hardly affected by the above practices. Besides it has also been observed that very hard exercises undertaken over long period of time go to damage the body to make them totally inactive and useless and daily life then becomes a curse to them.  Such instances are common that everybody knows and  it is not necessary to cite any example. It is very much surprising that the ancient world in some countries came to know that mere physical body movements would not bring in the suitable solution of the problems.                                                                                                   ...( to be continued.....) 

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continued--Indian and Chinese system of yoga combines both the physical ,and mental aspect of health and over and above, higher level of practitioners are benefited in spiritual aspect as well. There are so many sitting, standing, lying postures from simple to most intricate ones suiting for all ages that the experts in this branch suggest and train according to the prevailing health conditions  If for some reasons services of experts are not being available in the area, there are many illustrative books on yoga in different languages may help the beginners to start their practices . The beginners should see the following very carefully by reading the text and viewing the pictures again and again to accustom to the postures. Very simple and easy doing asanas should be tried first , while taking care not to hurt any limb or organ or muscle of the body by over straining or forcing to do a posture. Initially perfection may never be reached , so allow the body to that extent as will bear the pressure and if there is feeling of both stress and strain , withdraw, rest and try again. In this way a particular posture may come under the control of the practitioners. The next thing is the most vital thing for observation ; if after doing such asanas say for half an hour, a calm and pleasant feeling  pervade the entire body and mind ( when the mind will demand to keep mum and no talks !) If otherwise, there is pain, tiredness or a bad feeling , it indicates that the internal organs( outer body as well) received excess stress and strain which may permanently damage a part or whole of the body. It must be borne in mind that those who are aged must take additional care in view of their limbs and body being hardened and there has been considerable loss of flexibility to allow free movement.  After asanas pranayam and mudras may be learnt from experts only as it is difficult to learn from books only.  Commoners are not supposed to reach the highest goal of  yoga and their main purpose will be to enrich both physical and mental health. Every asana apparently physical looking has mental extension too. Whenever any asana is taken up, the mental preparation should also begin either thinking of the deity ( for believer of God ) or universal power (for atheist ) or nature power asking for a contribution to strengthen the body and the mind. This is very difficult to explain and only by practice this may be realized.                                                                ...(..to be continued...)

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Continued--If any person is in sick bed or incapacitated temporarily or for a long time to undertake any physical or yoga practices is there any other way to act to complement the treatment. During illness or incapacitated period, mental agony even surpasses the physical pain. For the benefit of mankind Indian yoga has provided alternative means to such sick person to do some practices even on bed and get the best help from the universe. It is hand mudra ( this word ordinarily means lock )which is not only simple, easy doing and without any training and any person can do it by consulting any book or the same may be downloaded and printed from the net. Unfortunately those who have lost their fingers in the hand can not undertake such mudra. Mental development comes best from what is known as Meditation which is indeed a difficult task to perform. To shut the eyes and concentrate on the mind constitute meditation. Closing of eyes is so easy to do but concentrate on mind is its most difficult part. It is a common experience that mind flies away every now and then and hardly becomes stationary in consequence of which many works suffer. There being no given formula to control the mind, the only way to allow it to roam in an area about which the thinker is fond of. Start from this  point by regular practice the mind will leave to and fro movement and becomes steady. When it reaches that stage beg from the universe power/energy from its unending stock and there is nothing to mistrust that the universe will deny it. This can not be obtained in a day or two and continued practice day after day will one day make you feel that you have received the desired thing.
                        Information and knowledge about Chinese system of yoga are not abundantly available and a few books have been translated. Trainers are not readily available in every country. In  Tao system of yoga there are some easy physical exercises which are normally taught to the Chinese military for regulating the body known as " Baduanjin " containing 8 pieces of brocades. Besides this there are Self-Massage Rejuvenation providing some simple massages with Healing Sounds. These can be done while sitting or standing and are indeed easy to do. There are lots of others which without teacher can not be done. The Taoist claim that their techniques of health, rejuvenation,longevity and sexuality are great possessions and once learnt can be carried wherever one goes.
                          There are many other system and practices discovered in many countries for maintenance of total health , may be some are still in vogue , while others have faded away. It will add to the completeness of the article if further details are appended herewith.
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Humanhealth-teeth

The other day while coming via short cut way through a shadowy forest, I happened to accost an old fellow who smiled and beckoned me to come closer. Approaching him I was struck by his sparkling teeth though his hair showed him to be very old and the man confirmed that he was 102 years. I asked him if he was on false teeth ; he burst out into laughter and made some strong sound by hitting the teeth with a pebble and said that they were original. To my question of maintenance of such strong teeth at such prime age he told me that he learnt it from tiger and asked me to leave forthwith as the roar of a tiger was nearing . In fear I took to my heels.

I did not tread the path for a fortnight in fear of tiger. However I was very eager to meet the old fellow and so I took the risk to venture in the shadowy forest once again. I went there four or five times but failed to meet him. I was thinking if the old man was still alive or that he left the place . Anyway I was moving away when I heard a sound calling me from behind--Hey,man ar'nt you the same man who ran away after hearing the tiger sound. I nodded. and the reference of tiger once again sent a chill in me. The old man joined--That tiger whom I once saved is either dead or has left this forest. Actually what happened that the tiger was severely injured with porcupine bone in the front claw and limping. Secondly another bone of porcupine got stuck in its mouth. The tiger was roaring and even after seeing me did not attack me. To speak the truth I was terribly frightened and could hardly make any move forward or backward. I stood as if in a trance and the tiger slowly came to me and lay down on the ground. It seemed to me , man that it was seeking help from me. I showed it my leg one after the other. To much of my  surprise  the tiger lifted its injured claw which I found with full of puss and the bone got stuck in it. Man, you can not imagine what was my position at that time, but what asserted me that it would have easily killed me when it first saw me but it did not do it. I then prayed to God and then by holding the paw I  held the bone and slowly pulled it out. The bad odor made me vomit and I was feeling extremely indisposed.. The tiger was lying on the ground showing that it got immense relief and soon fell into sleep. I was then quick enough to leave the place thanking God for giving me second life. The rotten smell lasted for three days and I had to skip my meal for the period. Who knew that I had further assignment and the tiger after seeing me from a distance came running which showed considerable improvement to which I poured down an antiseptic solution ( that I was carrying one such bottle with me to treat in case of any injury) . The tiger was showing its mouth where the porcupine bone stuck and there was severe pain and inflammation . It was indeed the toughest task in my life to pull out a bone from the mouth of a tiger. I reached 100 only 2 days before , so I thought that I have lived satisfactorily for a period which very few people can reach. I came to think that although it is an animal its main objective was to get relief from the man who had already cured its injured claw. So I took the risk ; I showed it to lie down showing the opening of mouth--and lo, it immediately did what I showed. I put a log in its mouth lest it should not bite and after seeing the bone I pulled it out from the mouth.. That time however there was profuse bleeding and I poured the antiseptic solution. While the tiger was resting, I moved away quickly . A week later I found it  and after seeing me almost jumped over me, hugged me and went growling. Its pampering almost killed me , however I got up and found its sparkling teeth. Man you will be surprised to know that the tiger was chewing acacia tree which are abundant in the area of the forest. I asked the old man if the gum of the tree helped the tiger from infection made after getting the bone of porcupine stuck into the mouth. Well, man , may be so , and I have not lost any more teeth since I started chewing acacia branch..(end )