MAHARISHI AYURVEDA THERAPY SHOWN TO REDUCE DANGEROUS CARCINOGENIC CHEMICALS IN BODY TISSUES

Dr Alex Hankey explains the findings and significance of a breakthrough study on the effects of Maharishi Ayurveda Panchakarma
(reprinted with kind permission of Transcedental Mediation News, October 2002)

In a study published in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine in its September/October 2002 issue, two Maharishi University of Management scientists, Dr Robert Herron and Dr John Fagan, have shown that Maharishi Ayurveda Panchakarma therapy greatly reduces the levels of 14 important 'lipophilic' (i.e. fat-soluble) toxic and carcinogenic chemicals in the body, which would otherwise remain in the body for a very long time.

Indeed, Herron and Fagan had designed their study knowing that Maharishi Ayurveda Panchakarma therapy includes traditional treatments with the potential to eliminate fat soluble wastes, including carcinogens, and also that no previous study had found reductions in such lipophilic toxins.

Their study therefore represents a great breakthrough, being the first ever to find significant reductions in these important toxins in a short period of time. Lipophilic toxicants, it states, may cause hormone disruption, immune system suppression, reproductive disorders, and several types of cancer. Even though lipophilic toxicants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been banned for decades, they continue to persist in the environment, and are found in significant concentrations in the body and represent a substantial health risk. ...MORE

IMPROVED HEALTH

One study on 142 people showed positive changes in many areas of health after one week-long treatment, with Maharishi Ayurveda Panchakarma.

Reference: R. H. Schneider, H. S. Kasture. S.Rothenberg, R. Averbach, K. Cavanaugh, D. K. Robinson and R. K. Wallace. 'Improvements in Mental and Physical Health with the Maharishi Ayerveda Panchakarma Programme. Proceedings of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine 1985.

COMBATING CHRONIC PROBLEMS

Maharishi Ayurveda is proving to be of great value in the treatment of many conditions, including chronic, long-standing or persistent disorders that are often notoriously difficult to treat and for which orthodox medicine can usually offer, at best, only relief from symptoms. One study, conducted in col laboration with the largest health insurance company in Holland, examined the benefits of Maharishi Ayurveda treatment in 126 patients with 10 common chronic disorders: rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, headaches, eczema, psoriasis, constipation and non-insulin dependent diabetes.

After three months of treatment, 79 per cent of the patients showed clear-cut improvements in their condition. These patients had suffered from their problems for an average period of 18 years, and had failed to find relief from other approaches, both orthodox and complementary.

Reference: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Integrate Geneeskunde 1989