Index Publishers' Note Mahamrityunjaya Mantra What Is Life? What Is Disease? To the Followers of Naturopathy The Wonderful Human Machine The Human Body The Origin of Disease Health and Nature Cure Health and Law Of Nature Health and Conservation of Energy Health and Clothing The Secret of Living Health and Disease Vital Facts About Health Way to Radiant Health How to Keep Fit and Healthy Health and Psychology What Is Nature Cure'? Philosophy of Nature Cure Naturopathy and Spiritual Life Story of Nature Cure Fundamental Principles of Nature Cure Nature Cure Methods AIR FOR HEALTH AND CURE History of Water-cure How Water Serves As a Medical Agent Water Remedies Efficacy of Baths Cold Sponging Tepid Sponging Cold Rub Mud Cure SUN CURE How to Cure Diseases by Colour Power Influence of Colour on Health To the Celibates Aids to Brahmacharya Yogic Recipes for Brahmacharya Violation of Brahmacharya Self-restraint and Planned Parenthood EXERCISE MASSAGE CHIROPRACTIC SLEEP CARE OF TEETH Nature's Tonics Upanishads on Food Purpose of Food Constituents of Food Digestion Dietetic Treatment Diet and Health Protective Foods Cereals Proteins Pulses Germination of Pulses Vegetables Vegetable Salads Starches Mineral Salts Milk Fruits Fruit Salad Nuts Honey Dietetic Don'ts Different Qualities of Food Articles Incompatible Foods Dietetic Values of Fruits Rejuvenation Through Milk Treatment Fast and Its Importance Fasting and Its Benefits Fast Cure Methodical Breaking of Fasts Barley Bitter Gourd Bottle Gourd Buttermilk Kandang Kathri (kalyant) Mint Papaya Pine Apple Radish Sapota Wood Apple Spinach Sundakai Tomato White Pumpkin Food Medicines for All Arai Keerai Australian Asthma Weed Holy Basil (Tulasi) Indian Acalypha Indian Parselane Indian Pennywort Fenugreek Malabar Night-shade Manathakkali (Tamil) Ponnangkani (Tamil) Pulichakkerai Thumbai (Tamil) Thuthulai (Tamil) Philosophy of Ginger Asthma Cure by Adusa Burns and Scalds Bruises and Contusions Cuts and Wounds Bleeding Prevention of Disease Acne Anaemia Appendicitis Blood Pressure Carbuncle Cholera Consumption Cough Diarrhoea and Dysentery Dyspepsia Eczema Epilepsy Fever Gonorrhoea Headache Heart Disease Impotency Influenza Insomnia Jaundice Leprosy Loss of Appetite Malaria Obesity Piles (Haemorrhoids) Pneumonia Rheumatism Small Pox Spermatorrhoea Sunstroke Syphilis Typhoid Fever Vomiting Other Ailments Bed Wetting Broncho-pneumonia Chicken Pox Cold In Children Colic Constipation Dysentery Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids Indigestion of Children Infantile Convulsion Infantile Diarrhoea Infantile Paralysis Measles Mumps Rickets Teething Thread Worms Whooping Cough Hints for Women's Health Menstrual Disorders Amenorrhoea Menorrhagia Dysmenorrhoea Leucorrhoea Hysteria Care of the Expectant Mother Care of the Nursing Mother Pregnancy and Its Disorders Ten Commandments of Pregnancy Some Facts Regarding Child-bearing Rearing of the Child Rearing of the Child Feeding of Infants Biochemic Remedies for Children's Ailments Child Welfare HEALTH AND DEEP BREATHING Mental Therapeutics MUSICO-THERAPY Difference Between Psychic and Spiritual Healing Healing by Mantra PUBLIC HEALTH General Treatment Some Useful Remedies Other Medicinal Cures Treatment by Herbs and Bazaar Drugs Treatment by Patent Medicines Mantra for Scorpion Sting SOME NATUROPATHIC….. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Consumption Infantile Paralysis Leprosy Hysteria Fits Skin Diseases Elephantiasis Leucoderma Headache Heart Trouble Minor Ailments CHEAP HOUSEHOLD….. NATURAL REMEDIES SOME DO'S AND DONT'S….. FOR HEALTH Principles of Nature Cure All About Heart Miracle Cure of the Country-folk Care of the Eyes Unities in Nature Cure Nature Cure of Diabetes Naturopathic Cure of Asthma Signs of Good Health An Index to Water Cure Foodstuff Equivalents Disease Equivalents OM Dedicated To the Cosmic Healing Power, Mother Nature, Our Saviour- To All Pioneers and Followers Of Naturopathy, As Well As To the Mankind At Large For Their Health Long Life, Peace and Happiness PUBLISHERS' NOTE Dealing with a wide range of subjects on the natural way of living and treatment of diseases, the most striking feature of the present work is that it is completely free from any bias or prejudice against other systems of medicine. On the other hand, its approach is synthetic, which lays great emphasis on the practical way of treating diseases—mainly through observing the natural rules of living, improving the general standard of health and harnessing the forces of nature as curative agents. Individual treatment of a number of common diseases, including that of women and children, the science of heliotherapy, chromotherapy, hydrotherapy, air-therapy as also other allied subjects as dietetics, mental therapeutics and spiritual healing, are included in the thirty-three chapters of this work. Tenth in the "Health and Long Life Series", Practice of Nature Cure, is preceded by the author's already well-known works as Family Doctor, Health and Long Life, Health and Happiness and A Boon to Diabetics. As it is naturally expected, the central outlook of the work is based on spirituality. THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY MAHA MRITYUNJAYA MANTRA Om Trayambakam yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam; Urvaarukamiva bandhanaat mrityormuksheeya maamritaat. MEANING We worship the Three-eyed One (Lord Siva), who is fragrant and who nourishes all beings; may He liberate us from death for the sake of Immortality, even as a cucumber is severed from its bondage (the creeper). BENEFITS 1. This Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is a life-giving Mantra. In these days, when life is very complex and accidents are frequent, this Mantra wards off death by snake bite, lightning, motor accidents, fire accidents, cycle accidents, water accidents, air accidents and accidents of all descriptions. Besides, it has a great curative effect. Diseases pronounced incurable by doc-tors are cured by this Mantra, when chanted with sincerity, faith and devotion. It is a weapon against all diseases. It is a Mantra to conquer death. 2. It is also a Moksha Mantra. It is Lord Siva's Mantra. It bestows long life (Deergha Ayus), peace (Santi), wealth (Aisvarya), prosperity (Pushti), satisfaction (Tushti) and Immortality (Moksha). 3. On your birthday, repeat one Iakh of this Mantra or at least 50,000 times; perform Havan and feed the saints, the poor and the sick. This will bestow on you long life, Peace and prosperity. CONTENTS Publishers' Note 8 Mahamrityunjaya Mantra 9 Chapter One LIFE: THE GRAND VEHICLE OF ALL ENDEAVOURS What Is Life? 21 What Is Disease? 22 To the Followers of Naturopathy 24 The Wonderful Human Machine 27 The Human Body 28 The Origin of Disease 30 Health and Nature Cure 32 Health and Law Of Nature 33 Health and Conservation of Energy 34 Health and Clothing 35 The Secret of Living 37 Health and Disease 45 Vital Facts About Health 47 Way to Radiant Health 48 How to Keep Fit and Healthy 51 Health and Psychology 53 Chapter Two MOTHER NATURE: OUR SAVIOUR What Is Nature Cure'? 57 Philosophy of Nature Cure 58 Naturopathy and Spiritual Life 59 Story of Nature Cure 61 Fundamental Principles of Nature Cure 62 Nature Cure Methods 63 Chapter Three AIR FOR HEALTH AND CURE 66 Chapter Four WATER-CURE History of Water-cure 71 How Water Serves As a Medical Agent 74 Water Remedies 76 Efficacy of Baths 78 Cold Sponging 84 Tepid Sponging 85 Cold Rub 85 Mud Cure 86 Chapter Five SUN CURE 88 Chapter Six COLOUR CURE How to Cure Diseases by Colour Power 91 Influence of Colour on Health 93 Chapter Seven HEALTH AND BRAHMACHARYA To the Celibates 97 Aids to Brahmacharya 99 Yogic Recipes for Brahmacharya 102 Violation of Brahmacharya 103 Self-restraint and Planned Parenthood 103 Chapter Eight EXERCISE 109 Chapter Nine MASSAGE 111 Chapter Ten CHIROPRACTIC 114 Chapter Eleven SLEEP 117 Chapter Twelve CARE OF TEETH 120 Chapter Thirteen DIET AND HEALTH Nature's Tonics 123 Upanishads on Food 123 Purpose of Food 128 Constituents of Food 130 Digestion 132 Dietetic Treatment 133 Diet and Health 135 Protective Foods 138 Cereals 138 Proteins 138 Pulses 139 Germination of Pulses 139 Vegetables 140 Vegetable Salads 141 Starches 142 Mineral Salts 143 Milk 144 Fruits 144 Fruit Salad 145 Nuts 145 Honey 145 Dietetic Don'ts 145 Different Qualities of Food Articles 146 Incompatible Foods 147 Dietetic Values of Fruits 148 Rejuvenation Through Milk Treatment 150 Chapter Fourteen FAST CURE Fast and Its Importance 155 Fasting and Its Benefits 157 Fast Cure 158 Methodical Breaking of Fasts 163 Chapter Fifteen FOOD MEDICINES Barley 166 Bitter Gourd 166 Bottle Gourd 167 Buttermilk 168 Kandang Kathri (kalyant) 168 Mint 169 Papaya 170 Pine Apple 171 Radish 172 Sapota 173 Wood Apple 173 Spinach 174 Sundakai 175 Tomato 176 White Pumpkin 177 Food Medicines for All 177 Chapter Sixteen HERBAL CURE Arai Keerai 180 Australian Asthma Weed 180 Holy Basil (Tulasi) 181 Indian Acalypha 182 Indian Parselane 184 Indian Pennywort 185 Fenugreek 186 Malabar Night-shade 187 Manathakkali (Tamil) 188 Ponnangkani (Tamil) 188 Pulichakkerai 189 Thumbai (Tamil) 189 Thuthulai (Tamil) 190 Philosophy of Ginger 191 Asthma Cure by Adusa 191 Chapter Seventeen NATUROPATHIC FIRST AIDS Burns and Scalds 192 Bruises and Contusions 194 Cuts and Wounds 194 Bleeding 195 Chapter Eighteen TREATMENT OF DISEASES Prevention of Disease 198 Acne 199 Anaemia 200 Appendicitis 201 Blood Pressure 202 Carbuncle 202 Cholera 203 Consumption 204 Cough 206 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 207 Dyspepsia 208 Eczema 208 Epilepsy 209 Fever 211 Gonorrhoea 212 Headache 213 Heart Disease 215 Impotency 216 Influenza 218 Insomnia 219 Jaundice 220 Leprosy