Sreedhareeyam-Ayurvedic Eye Hospital: Let us have an Eye for it
Sometime in February this year, Sreedhareeyam Eye Hospital based in Kerala was in the news on a global scale when the former Prime Minister of Kenya expressed his profound appreciation of this Ayurvedic Hospital which restored his 44-year daughter’s eyesight, especially after the family tried treatment in so many countries without any success. She had become blind after a stroke in 2017 and spent two years in total darkness. *
*(https://www.news18.com/news/india/here-is-why-this-former-pm-of-kenya-is-grateful-to-an-ayurvedic-hospital-in-kerala-4762514.html)
He
also requested our Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping him establish an
Ayurvedic Treatment plan in Kenya.
This
Ayurvedic Eye Hospital is an incredible eye treatment center, the only one in
the entire world, where if one wants to actually see with their own eyes, or
experience miracles, this is the go-to place.
I
have my own personal experience relating to this hospital as an
eighteen-year-old son of a close family friend was treated there successfully
in 2009 after the failure of several specialists in treating his condition.
Initially,
he developed redness in one eye, called Uveitis, which would not go away for a
couple of weeks, so the family got worried and took him to a family physician
and then later on to a local ophthalmologist. A couple of visits resulted in
the prescriptions of some eye drops but that did not help, so one day, the
doctor injected him with a steroid medication, which normally would reduce
inflammation, and redness is the symptom of inflammation. The ophthalmologist
used the words ‘there is fire behind his eyes, so this is the only option'.
However,
that too did not help and in a few days’ time, his intraocular pressure shot up
to almost 35 (which was to go up to 60 later, while normal is 20) or so in both eyes, which actually is a side effect of the steroid which is a very
well-known fact and the doctor assured that it would come back to normal after
a few days.
But
it did not become normal for a long time. So, now he was struggling to deal
with two conditions, Uveitis and Glaucoma (rise in Intraocular pressure).
The
days and months of agony started. Visit after visit, one specialist after
another, one kind of treatment after another, and nothing were working. Several
specialists diagnosed several conditions, all postulations and idiopathic (in
layman’s language, guesswork), such as Rheumatoid arthritis uveitis, Connective
tissue disorder, Wegener’s granulomatosis and they all wanted to try treating
one or more of these conditions. One specialist suggested treatment for
Connective tissue disorder which was similar to Chemotherapy. Another
specialist suggested Trabeculectomy, a Glaucoma surgery of the eye that would
create a new pathway for the fluid inside the eye to be drained with a comment
that, if not done, he may even lose his vision. Total 7 doctors, most of them eye
specialists, and almost a year of trial and tribulations later, his condition
was getting worse. After the first raise in his Intraocular pressure to 35, it
stayed in the range of 35-60 for a long time.
Finally,
another specialist doctor told the family that he needs to take Cellcept, a
medication that is normally prescribed for patients who undergo transplant
surgery which fights the rejection of the transplanted organ by weakening the
immune system. Taking this medication may be fine for those who get organ
transplanted in their body and to retain them, there is no other option but to
take these medications and it is fine if one takes this medication at a much
older age. But for a teenager to take this medication means a huge negative
impact on his normal living.
Anyway,
let me make a long story short.
The
parents declined to start the son on this medication and started the search for
some ayurvedic treatment. This story is almost 12-13 years old, so Sreedhareeyam
was not easily available to find out on Google. But, when one puts his/her head
down coupled with Prarthana, Prabhu comes to help. Prarthana has immense
shakti. This is our personal experience.
Both
parents worked day and night to find out some Ayurvedic treatment plans that
would help their son. Mother would stay awake till late at night and keep doing
searches on the internet. They were sleepless, relentless, and getting drained of their energy. But they kept trying.
Finally,
the mother found a ray of hope.
She
found a blog, written by someone who lived in New York, about his own
experience with Sreedhareeyam, and as luck would have it, he had a similar
condition as their son. She somehow managed to get in touch with the person and
heard from him about his personal experience. The last sentence that gentleman
said was that if I were you, I would catch the first flight after this
conversation is over.
The
parents followed his advice.
The
father and the son, both left for Sreedhareeyam Hospital in Kerala and stayed
there for 3 weeks.
Since
the son had two different conditions, Uveitis and Glaucoma, Sreedhareeyam's
doctor suggested treating only one condition at a time for which Uveitis was
selected.
The
doctors advised the son to continue all his allopathic eye drops as advised by
the doctors in Canada.
Lo
and behold, Uveitis was gone in 3 weeks. For good.
The
hospital asked him to return for Glaucoma treatment after 4 months.
So,
he did.
The
son admitted himself for 3 weeks for the treatment and in 2 weeks’ time, his
Intraocular pressure came back to normal in the range of 12-18.
He
continued Ayurvedic medications for six months, while his allopathic eye drops
medicines were tapered off.
Once
back in Canada, he kept monitoring his Intraocular pressure for six months and
it never raised its ugly head, ever again.
This
handsome highly educated 31-year-old young man got married last month to a
beautiful lady and looking forward to an excellent career as well as a very
happy life ahead.
For
a second, imagine this scenario.
What
if the parents had simply accepted the treatment plan as prescribed by the specialists and given Cellcept to their 18-year-old son?
I
am not at all trying to say here that modern medicine has nothing good for the
people. There are a lot of areas where modern medicine is a blessing for
mankind; like in cases of accidents, trauma, infections, emergency situations,
a lot of surgeries, etc.
It
would be good for mankind if modern medicine respects the age-old tried and
tested for thousands of years Ayurvedic field as well. At the personal level, there
are thousands of doctors in this modern medicine who are open-minded and who do
respect this ancient knowledge. Unfortunately, it is the professional bodies of
these physicians that have usurped the power of the only healthcare providers,
and have monopolized the truth by virtue of their stranglehold on politics,
media, and academia.
The
ancient Ayurvedic treatment is laughed at and considered as primitive and a sign
of backwardness.
Before
I close, I must mention some gems that the father of this man personally
witnessed and this story must be told.
· The first dose of treatment for a new patient
is provided in at least a 300-year-old home Dhanvantari mandir in the hospital.
Dhanvantari is the Devata of Ayurveda as per the Sanatana Dharma teachings.
· When the patients are discharged, they are
provided medications for 3-6 months, a day before their discharge, and it’s a
tradition that all the medications are kept in the mandir overnight by the patient,
to be blessed by Bhagwan Dhanvantari.
· During their 3-week stay, the father spoke to
many of the patients and asked them questions about their stories, and most
were too happy and willing to oblige. He met an edible-oil king from
Maharashtra, who had come to Sreedhareeyam after 25 years of trying allopathy in
different countries and was gradually losing his vision and when he visited
Sreedhareeyam for the first time, his vision was merely 5%. He was not
disappointed as here they could stop further loss of his vision once he came
here for his treatment.
· He met a 77 years old British Lawyer who had
lost his complete vision, initially due to wet MD (macular degeneration)
followed by two laser surgery in the UK as well as dry MD, who was brought here
by a kind Indian friend. He regained some of his vision after the 3rd treatment which changed his life completely as he was no
more dependent on somebody for his living.
· Sreedhareeyam successfully, by and large,
treats the following eye conditions:
Retinitis
Pigmentosa/Glaucoma/Macular Degeneration (both hereditary as well as
age-related, dry/wet), Myopia, etc.
And
the last most important point that I would like to make is that the treatment
cost is very reasonable.
If
one wants to be treated by Sreedhareeyam, what one needs is complete shraddha in
them.
Today
his parents are glad that they did their own research to study the long-term
consequences of the treatment options offered to them. They believe that
surrendering to Paramatma has given them strength and guided them in the right
direction in making critical decisions.
Those
who have read up to here are kindly requested to share this post with their
families, friends, and colleagues.
It
has a huge potential for changing lives, positively.
Astu!
Udit Shah
Email:
udit56@gmail.com
Note:
For
more information about Sreedhareeyam, please read here:
https://sreedhareeyam.com/our-legacy/
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