Nature’s Healing Energies
Newsletter October 2002
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Copyright Aditi Essences Pvt. Ltd & Aum Himalaya
Sanjeevini Essences Pvt. Ltd.
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Vol.
2, Issue 4
THE LAND OF THE
FLOWER WORSHIPPERS
Flower Therapy is swiftly becoming the buzzword in complementary medicine. Its safe healing powers and extraordinary ability to bring about a cure that is holistic in nature is creating a revolution of sorts. Its popularity reinforces the need for conventional medicine to take a good hard look at its practice of treating the disease, not the person.
India’s
mind-boggling reservoir of flora and fauna makes it a veritable paradise for
practitioners of Flower Therapy, or even just lovers of nature. While Indian
Flower Remedies are just being discovered by the world, flowers had woven their
delicate petals into the fabric of Indian society, its rituals and traditions a
long, long time ago.
Sacred
offerings for the Gods
Flowers
have always been revered and held sacred by Indians. No puja, prayer ceremony,
marriage or funeral rite is complete without the appropriate offering of
flowers. In fact, Indians associate some flowers with their religious deities.
Therefore, there are specific flower offerings for every god. The flowers are
believed to be charged by the power of the deities themselves.
The Angel’s Trumpet, flowers of the Cannon ball Tree and leaves from the Wood-apple Tree are usually associated with Lord Shiva. Devotees of the monkey god, Hanuman, offer flowers of the Swallow Wart on Saturdays. Ganesha, the god of prosperity and remover of obstacles is made offerings of the Red Hibiscus, as is the goddess Kali. The leaves of the Sacred Basil (tulsi), Mast and Mango tree, and Frangipani flowers are used by the temple priests as an intrinsic part of all pujas. Flowers that are meant to be puja offerings are never smelled. Inhaling their fragrance means rendering them impure and unfit as an offering.
Celebrating
with Flowers
Indian
festivals have always been celebrated with a profusion of flowers. The entrance
to every home is decorated with garlands of Marigold intertwined with Mango or
Mast tree leaves. Mango leaves in particular, are used extensively during
marriage and christening ceremonies. Fragrant rose water is sprayed on the
guests entering a marriage hall. Flowers of the Flame of the Forest are very
popular during Holi, the festival of colours.
The sweet smelling Jasmine is a favourite for wearing as a hair
adornment. Incidentally,
it is also a popular aphrodisiac!
In good times and
bad
Flowers
are not ubiquitous during feasts and celebrations alone. They are also used
during funeral rites. It is customary to place the leaf of the Sacred Basil and
a few drops of water from the river Ganges in the mouth of a person who has just
passed away. Coral Jasmine, Ashoka, Bakul or Banyan trees are usually planted on
samadhis or graves.
Indians
have always been aware of the therapeutic effect of flowers. Herbal and
ayurvedic remedies use flower extract as an important ingredient.
The Hibiscus flower is used in Ayurveda to treat a haemorrhage from the
uterus. It is also used to prepare hair oil decoctions that are beneficial for
hair growth. The Lotus is sought for curing heart ailments. Bathing in water in
which the flower of the ‘Awal’
tree has been immersed is a
ritual among women who wish to prevent backache and maintain their slender
figure after pregnancy.
Ayurvedic
physicians would go to the forests in search of the right kind of herb or plant.
They would pay mental obeisance to the tree before plucking its flower. Flowers
were never plucked at night. It was considered selfish and irreverent to pluck
them while they slept.
Bonding with
Nature
Although
urban living is doing great damage to the Indian ecosystem, it wasn’t always
so. Indians, essentially, are people who revere trees and plants and look upon
them as the harbingers of peace, good health, joy, bountiful harvests and
prosperity. Callousness towards trees was tantamount to blasphemy and felling a
tree in full bloom was taboo. Indian philosophy has always stressed the
importance of living in harmony with Nature. It even went so far as to encourage
people to worship trees. The Sacred Basil (tulsi), for instance, is worshipped
by Hindu women. They believe that it has the power to bring domestic peace and
happiness. Women also worship the Banyan tree on Vat
Savitri day. They fast on this day and pay obeisance to the tree. They
believe that the Banyan tree has the power to grant the gift of longevity to
their husbands.
Thus it is that all of Nature, flowers included, have always had a
special place in the lives of Indians. It is on the basis of this strong and
eternal bond that Indian Flower Therapy continues to bring forth miraculous
cures, to heal and to rejuvenate.
As
part of this series on flower energy essences, we will be bringing you some
interesting Indian mythological tales relevant to them in the next piece.
HOW
SAFE IS YOUR HOME FROM CHEMICAL POLLUTION?
When it is festival time, we all are excited about lights, crackers,
sounds, sweets & beautiful rangoli. It brings back good memories in our mind
about all the earlier Diwali time (festival of lights) & new beginning each
year with prayers, ceremonies & lots of gifts, & spending time with dear
ones.
But it is also a time for some of us feeling ill each year because of
heavy air pollution caused by firecrackers. Those who are asthmatics know-what
happens. And many of them religiously leave major cities to breath fresh air.
Then there are those of us who are perfectly getting indigestion-and that
is because of eating a variety of foods including sweets, many of them loaded
with preservatives & food colours & sometime artificial sweetness.
Our
home is200% more polluted than outdoors environment –EPA Studies.
Chemical
pollution touches every one’s life. Even from most unsuspected sources like
house cleansers, used in abundance during festival house cleaning. Smell of
incense stick, which may be often chemical in origin-suppose to purify air of
some bad odour, pollutes air further. Strong detergents with extra chlorine can
be very harmful for health. And what about house painting? Primers & most of
paints also are strong chemicals – causing overload of chemicals in our
system.
What about – ‘Once a month – routine Pest control’ – has anyone
thought about what chemicals are they? How long the smell lingers on in many
corners of your home, in furniture, and you may be having small children at home
breathing all of it!
Even the benign, most popular & effective dish cleaners are very
strong chemicals & one needs to take utmost care to thoroughly clean dishes
& other utensils, or else you land up eating a minute dose of it every day!
And then there are mosquito repellants sprays; again causing allergy to
most sensitive souls. A mosquito net on window will be much easier on your
health.
What
about the most exotic perfumes in your dressing table? Any idea? You are
smelling, inhaling tiny particles of the strong chemical almost the whole day.
Some of them, if not from a
reputed company may make you more ill then fresh. And by the way-what is wrong
in smelling your body odor? If it does not smell good – you need to pay
attention to your diet! Don’t
mask with strong perfumes. The same goes for body deodorants very aggressively
marketed by various companies and also great room fresheners.
Chemicals have invaded our life in a very big way. Next time you have a
carpet cleaned-be very aware the formaldehyde used for cleansing is strong
chemical.
And your elegant looking furniture, you polish varnish with great care
– emit fumes which you unknowingly inhale.
A lot of all this together in our so called ‘modern – urban-home’
could be responsible for ‘sick building syndrome’ If you don’t get your
Air conditioned machine cleaned regularly, you are breathing air-which may be
full of harmful bacteria & fungus- you may get constant sneezing, headaches
& body ache.
Even the foam used in your sofa or bed – mattress if of not very good
quality can emit most obnoxious influences on your health. Your bed may be a
wonderful home for dust mites! To some it causes allergies.
You
boast of having ‘green thumb’ got lovely plants at home – take care
don’t use strong fertilizers pesticide3s much of it may find its way in your
system.
As it is, the city with its dangerous level of Air pollution sickens us
– the added danger is from our own home.
CHARITY
CORNER
It
is very exciting to know that ‘The Times of India’ the largest daily
in English is now taking a great interest in promoting Complementary Therapies.
Under the banner of ‘Times Foundation’, both Dr. Rupa Shah & Dr. Atul
Shah are now giving their services in the form of free consultation to the Times
Of India staff on every Monday.
NEWS
TO SHARE
Zee
News carried a story on Flower Energy Essences in their “Health News”
section on 30th August 2002. They actually showed the procedure of
capturing healing energy of flowers in water
Various
Rotary Clubs are taking great interest in learning about this new
therapy, as both doctors are constantly invited to deliver talks at their
meetings. The response has been very good amongst medicos as well as rest of the
members.
For
the first time, St Xavier’s College organized the workshops for
students at their famous event ‘Malhar’. Students were very surprised
and pleased with this very new knowledge. This was followed by ‘IN Mumbai’
cable network doing a news story on the same.
The
most unexpected response came from the well-read local newspaper called ‘Janmabhoomi’
in Gujarati language carrying a very good article in their special colour
feature page on the ‘Healing power of nature’.
‘
Lokasatta’
the leading Marathi daily also carried a story on flower essences.
The
lecture at the ‘Indian Merchant’s Chamber – Ladies Wing’ was well
attended, by more than 110 women.
SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES
Do
write to us your experiences, we will love to include them here.
I
gave Aditi Formulae to a Homoeopathic doctor named Dr. Rao in Pali (Rajasthan).
He gave the Aditi formula for Depression to one lady who was suffering from
depression since last 6 months. Only in 5 days, there was a major transformation
observed in her. Her weight also drastically came down by 5 kilos. Because of
depression she had put on a lot of weight in last 6 months. Her husband is a
C.A. Today, the doctor rang me up to congratulate me. Therefore, I decided to
share this with you.
Anil
Aggrawal, Falna, Rajasthan, India.
Our
note: Although it may appear very surprising that some one can lose as much
as 5 kilos of weight, in our practice we have observed that often mental
depression is associated with water retention in body. Therefore, when a right
help is given, there is a good loss of extra water in body, leading to
substantial weight loss in the initial few days. This is often accompanied by
improvement in moods. Later the weight loss will be gradual.
Q&A
What
if my condition is really serious? Can I still use Flower Energy Essences?
If
you have a serious mental or emotional condition, or a known physical malady,
you should consult a qualified medical practitioner. Nowadays, many health
practitioners include Flower Therapy in their complementary health programs. In
fact, flower therapy can be tried as complementary therapy by a qualified
medical practitioner for even the most serious maladies.
Do
flower energy essences have any harmful side-effects?
Flower
energy essences usually have no known ill-effects when taken judiciously. They
contain the vibrational energies of flowers/leaves/bark/gem
in water. Hence, the primary ingredient is water. This means that the
essences may be considered harmless, with no known side-effects. They can be
given to children too. In rare cases, if one does notice any untoward effect,
discontinue the flower energy essences and consult your physician.
How
can I use flower energy essences for my child who lacks confidence and is very
fearful?
Children
respond very well to flower energy essences, as they are so simple in their
heart and minds! Fearfulness & Nervousness formula and formula for
confidence will be very helpful for this child.
WEB
–SIDE STORY
Our
website is constantly receiving orders and wholesale inquiries from many
countries,– the new addition being
Malaysia. The site is getting updated every now and then with new
information. Check out for some interesting case studies and expanded reference
chart.
WORKSHOP
NEWS
October
20 One-day workshop in
Mumbai on Healing potential of Indian Flower
Energy Essences (Basic, introductory course) (Contact our office for
registration)
October
22 Lecture
at the IMA-West Suburban branch
November
9 Introductory
Level I workshop in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
10 Advanced meeting for the Level II Students.
11 Mornings-Zurich,
Switzerland for Medical Doctors- Special introduction
11 Evening-
Zurich, Switzerland for Pharmacists-Special introduction
14 Introductory
talk in Turin, Italy
15 Introductory
talk in Verona, Italy
16 & 17 Two day, Level
II workshop in Florence, Italy.
JOINING
RETAIL NETWORK
Good
news for our customers in Goa………
The
end of September month saw the opening of a lifestyle store in Goa, named ‘Manthan’,
which was also promoted at the big event that took place in Goa called
‘Interhash’ where flower essences were introduced for the first time. Aditi
team was present to participate and share the enthusiasm. ‘Manthan’ will be
displaying and selling flower essences from now on in Goa. Here are the contact
details :
Manthan
(Goa)
Contact
: Christopher
Tel
: (0832) 771659
E-mail
: susegad@goatelecom.com
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The
contents of this text and statements made herein have not been evaluated by
concerned, competent government authority or by the FDA. We do not make any
claims regarding the prevention, treatment, diagnosis or cure of any ailments. These
remedies, devices, gels or other health products are not a substitute to proper
medical care.
These
dropper bottles are not meant to be put in eye, ear or nose.