Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Q: I’ve been reading with great interest the medicinal value of turmeric and also using it to fighting viral and other infections. That I was hooked to turmeric during the COVID-19 pandemic is obvious. Could you kindly distil the glut of information available on turmeric and make it simple for readers
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The idea of incorporating and teaching complementary and alternative medicine [CAM] in the conventional medical school curriculum has been a raging debate for too long. The argument is not so much as to whether or not conventional medical institutions are receptive enough to integrating evidence-based CAM knowledge in their own academic,
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Your feelings divulge as to what is going on in your life more accurately than your favourite astrological column. Our feelings and emotions form the vibrant, or resonant tapestry, a ‘multiclued’ synthesis and universal correlation between us and our fellow beings. You just can’t think of life without them; because, if
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Just like how loneliness is agony worse confounded by murky isolation and solitude is bliss, optimism always emerges in the midst of growing turmoil. What can also turn the tide is simple — little drops of empathy that bring about more than a sense of harmony, or calm. This occurs primarily
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR There is a participatory progression in everything that occurs, or happens, around us. This relates to, in each and every sense, a reciprocal intent — one that also articulates something that is apparent. Picture this — we are able to touch, also feel, things. This is because anything that is touchable
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR It’s not long ago that a topical study was published in Microvascular Research, a conventional medical journal. The study investigated the microcirculatory effects of a homeopathic preparation in patients with giddiness [vertigo], using advanced vital microscopy techniques. After 12 weeks of treatment, patients receiving a homeopathic preparation exhibited improvement in all
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Homeopathy has evolved — since its inception 200+ years ago — into a refined discipline of patient bespoke diagnosis and prescription. It offers a wide range of remedies for use in therapeutic practice and preventative medicine. It is not only safe, low-cost, and effective, it also holds the promise to be
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Watching unpleasant news on TV, late at night, is detrimental to one’s health and well-being. It wobbles our sleep and causes disagreeable side- and after-effects on one’s psyche. This is akin to our frenzied response when we lose something valuable. It brings negative, unhelpful primary emotions. A loss of something which
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all know that TV, the eternal baby-sitter, or surrogate mother, is magic potion. Yet, there’s also a huge dark side to TV. TV has not only battered our values, it has also marginalised old-fashioned conversations, at home, and outside of it, including good habits like reading, or watching a stage-play.
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The quintessential discovery of hypnosis is attributed to Dr Franz Anton Mesmer, MD, the ‘non-conformist’ 18th-century Viennese physician. Dr Mesmer, it is now evidenced, used a method similar to modern hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, with the sole intention of removing neurotic symptoms. Dr Mesmer discovered that when he applied magnets on some
