006 Exaggeration is also a CORRUPTION and CRIME
A Baba who has been making millions by selling Ayurvedic medicines manufactured by his Pharmaceutical Trusts has started cudgelling the Government with threats of fasts unto death, ended up in the Intensive Care Unit of a modern Hospital.
Not that Government of India is not corrupt. Not that nobody should take up campaigns against corruption.
What can irk thoughtful citizens is the fast-makers becoming enforcers of their sword-law.
The whims and fancies of the fast-makers cannot replace the whims and fancies of the corrupt bureaucrats and politicians.
The question which the Baba has a duty to explain satisfactorily by placing a reply on their websites is : How fast they could build their empires? How the donors went on showering millions of dollars and Euros on their Trusts?
Even if we assume that there were no frauds, there is always place for misrepresentations.
In the instant case the Babas and Trusts selling Ayurvedic medicines may not be conscious that they were exaggerating the curative properties of Ayurvedic drugs.
For example, the curative properties of some herbs may depend on the land on which they have been cultivated. Cures may depend on the chemical and enzyme content of the herbs and their extracts. Soils lacking in particular micro-elements may yield leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and barks which may not contain the required element in sufficient quantities to effectively cure an ailment.
The chemical composition of the body fluids of the patients also indicate the deficiency or surfeit of certain elements.
There should be a deficiency-supply match between the body composition and the use of herbs. We may not get any result if there is a mismatch.
Facts about Ayurvedic medicines: About 60% of Ayurvedic medicines contain heavy metals like mercury, lead, and pungent chemicals like sulphur and ashes. They are not panacea. They may have side-effects.
Companies exporting and selling Ayurvedic medicines have to be very clear about the likelihood of side-effects.
Sellers of Ayurvedic medicines and propagators of yogic practices like kapal bhati and anulom-vilom kriyas should not exaggerate the benefits of their medicines and practices. The medicines and yogic practices have their own limitations. They are to be viewed in practical perspectives and not in exaggerated halo-effect perspectives.
These precautions apply to the modern allopathic system of medicine also. I am not making any criticism of the allopathic modern medicines here because we are dealing with Ayurveda i.e. the traditional science of healing from India.
Hence: the users of Ayurveda and Yoga should be beware of exaggerated claims by their practitioners and sellers. The practitioners and sellers by their very commercial nature will not STOP EXAGGERATING.
(This topic I shall continue later).
Not that Government of India is not corrupt. Not that nobody should take up campaigns against corruption.
What can irk thoughtful citizens is the fast-makers becoming enforcers of their sword-law.
The whims and fancies of the fast-makers cannot replace the whims and fancies of the corrupt bureaucrats and politicians.
The question which the Baba has a duty to explain satisfactorily by placing a reply on their websites is : How fast they could build their empires? How the donors went on showering millions of dollars and Euros on their Trusts?
Even if we assume that there were no frauds, there is always place for misrepresentations.
How a misrepresentation is different from a fraud?
Ans: In case of fraud: the person provides false information knowing pretty well that it was false. Hence he becomes a fraudster.
In case of misrepresentation: the person providing false information may not know that he was providing false/erroneous information. He may genuinely believe that the information being provided by him is correct.
In the instant case the Babas and Trusts selling Ayurvedic medicines may not be conscious that they were exaggerating the curative properties of Ayurvedic drugs.
For example, the curative properties of some herbs may depend on the land on which they have been cultivated. Cures may depend on the chemical and enzyme content of the herbs and their extracts. Soils lacking in particular micro-elements may yield leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and barks which may not contain the required element in sufficient quantities to effectively cure an ailment.
The chemical composition of the body fluids of the patients also indicate the deficiency or surfeit of certain elements.
There should be a deficiency-supply match between the body composition and the use of herbs. We may not get any result if there is a mismatch.
Facts about Ayurvedic medicines: About 60% of Ayurvedic medicines contain heavy metals like mercury, lead, and pungent chemicals like sulphur and ashes. They are not panacea. They may have side-effects.
Companies exporting and selling Ayurvedic medicines have to be very clear about the likelihood of side-effects.
Sellers of Ayurvedic medicines and propagators of yogic practices like kapal bhati and anulom-vilom kriyas should not exaggerate the benefits of their medicines and practices. The medicines and yogic practices have their own limitations. They are to be viewed in practical perspectives and not in exaggerated halo-effect perspectives.
These precautions apply to the modern allopathic system of medicine also. I am not making any criticism of the allopathic modern medicines here because we are dealing with Ayurveda i.e. the traditional science of healing from India.
Hence: the users of Ayurveda and Yoga should be beware of exaggerated claims by their practitioners and sellers. The practitioners and sellers by their very commercial nature will not STOP EXAGGERATING.
(This topic I shall continue later).
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