Dangers of travelling to India

India is a beautiful country and it is relatively inexpensive to travel here. But there are challenges and you have to be careful about quite a few things. Most people will tell you to be careful with water and food, about being cheated and misguided, but very few will tell you to be careful about the air you breathe. Many other authors have written about a lot of stuff so let me tell you about the quality of air. The Indian government has legislated many laws which cover virtually everything under the sun. Regarding air quality in the capital New Delhi, even smoking in public places is not allowed. If you travel to the Delhi, and are staying in one of the more expensive hotels where you keep the windows closed, there is less of a problem. However in inexpensive hotels and when outdoors, you are at great risk of catching something from the bad quality of air.

There is no risk from vehicular pollution or at least the vehicles meet the most stringent emission norms. It is not the citizens but government departments who are responsible for a lot of pollution that can give you a breathing problem, especially of you already have a slightly weakened respiratory system. Delhi is very beautiful with many parks, forests and gardens. However, these also pose a threat. The weather in Delhi is such that we have a fall like condition virtually thru the year. During winter months (November, December, January, February), trees shed leaves because it is too cold. Even when temperatures start to rise in March, April and May trees keep shedding leaves in very large quantity and new fresh leaves start to grow. By the time it is June the temperatures become very high and the shedding of leaves starts once again and. I the months of July, August and September we have the monsoon when the trees do not shed leaves as much but the growth of grass becomes rapid. We have vast areas covered with grass which is under municipal control, including some other agencies. However, all these agencies are under the control of bureaucrats or politicians, who are not accountable for anything that happens, nor are they interested in doing the right thing even if matters are brought to their notice. As a result, large quantities of grass are cut all over the capital. All the fallen leaves and large quantities of grass that is cut and collected is, mostly disposed of by burning, creating large scale pollution and health problems for the residents and anyone travelling to the city, thru the year.

So when you travel to New Delhi, India, you need to be very careful not just about getting duped or catching a stomach flu or diarrhea, but also about getting a lung infection or breathing problems.

I am myself a resident of New Delhi and have been suffering; I believe I suffer from Chronic Fatigue (CFS) induced by this pollution. Bringing it to the notice of virtually all persons in authority including the Chief Minister, Mrs. Sheila Dikshit, has fallen on deaf ears. If you are concerned about this type of pollution that can easily be controlled by government action please write to the Chief Minister of Delhi Mrs Sheila Dikshit at the following address:

 

Ms Sheila Dikshit

Chief Minister of Delhi

Government of NCT – Delhi

Delhi Secretariat

I.P.Estate

New Delhi 110 002

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Curing erotomania, nymphomania, hyper-sexuality, epilepsy and masturbation in women

Masturbation is more of a male issue than a problem for women, mostly because men get sexual satisfaction from the release of semen and sperm and women from receiving it as the end of the act. So the fact is that it is not orgasm but giving and receiving of sperm, and procreation, which is the goal. Women like more sensuous and gentle things. A woman would get out of her clothes and do house work in the nude, she will not want to sit around looking nude men and masturbate. When she’s hot she may want to go out in public without her bra and panties on, wearing a sensuous dress. Also women have an advantage over men when it comes to finding a mate, a woman can virtually snap her fingers and there would be ten men wanting to sleep with her, but men don’t have it so easy. However, women at different points in their lives and due to varied reasons often are driven to masturbation and many enjoy it through their lives. But it remains a deviant act and has its health consequences. When men masturbate occasionally it may be considered healthy by some, it’s like keeping your engine running. When a woman masturbates it could be a psychological, emotional or physiological issue and much more deep rooted, mostly bordering on some sort of medically treatable problem. Often you may find women masturbate when the man they are with is not sensitive enough to see to it that she also has an orgasm, but this is not always the reason. The idea of this post is not to talk about the morality, but to look at some homeopathic remedies and conditions under which they are used. This is not an exhaustive list but some of the remedies and conditions of use are:

Origanum: “The remedy has a particular affinity for the female sexual organs, where it sets up great irritation and excitement. Erotomania, unconquerable lascivious impulses, and voluptuousness are symptoms that call for Origanum. The irritation is so great that in spite of every attempt she makes, she is driven to Onanism (masturbation) and self-abuse. All her life and impulses are centred on the sexual system. Everything around her is suggestive of sexual phenomena and she rushes on to its gratification on the slightly pretext”. Other comparable remedies are:

Calcaria Phos., Phosphorous, and Veratrum Viride: in these remedies the excitement is greatly increased before the menstrual period.

Canthrides, Hyoscmous, Lachises, Platinum and Pulsitilla: in these remedies the aggravation of sexual impulses is particularly noticeable during menstruation.

Bufo Rana: ” I have had very gratifying results from Bufo in epilepsy, in a ‘negro’ girl aged about 17 or 18 years. The least pressure on the right hypo gastric region used to throw her into violent fits. From her shy, downward look, listlessness, indifference I had cause to suspect that she was a great victim to this vicious hadit (of masturbation). Since she has been put on Bufo, she has kept free from any further attack”.

Platinum: “It produces great sexual excitement of sexual passion both in males and females. In grown-up people this leads on to excessive venery, whereas in young boys (and girls) not having the opportunity of their elders, it ushers in the pernicious habit of self-abuse. Platinum is rightly recommended by Gallavardin for the impulses to pederasty and sodomy. It also removes the ill-effects of pre-pubic masturbation. Hence it is used with benefit in epilepsy due to the same cause. In this respect it closely resembles Bufo”.

“It suits young girls with premature development of sexual organs and instincts. This often leads to nymphomania and to similar vicious practices. This is also due to the titillating and tingling sensation in the genitals. Under Platinum this instinct of nymphomania becomes more in women in their lying-in state. Another peculiar feature with theses Platinum cases is the great sensitiveness of the sexual organs. This aggravation sensitiveness makes coition digital examination practically impossible. Sometimes we find them fainting during these acts”.

Other remedies that are indicated in aggravated sexual cravings each with its own distinctive feature are:

In Aster the sexual craving is insatiable and is not removed by coitus.

In Apis we have intense sexual desire in widows.

Coffea has excessive sensitiveness about the genitals with voluptuous itching.

In Gratiola as in Platinum the desire is increased in the lying-in women.

Hyoscyamus has as great a sexual craving. The patient is decidedly lascivious and her extreme lasciviousness leads her to impudent exposure of the pudenda. She is also given to smutty talk.

Kali Phos is to be thought of in premature growth of virgin girls. In this remedy the desire becomes intense after each menstrual period.

Lilium Tig. is indicated in a similar insatiable desire for sexual gratification in women with ovarian complaints. There is voluptuous itching in the vagina with a feeling of fullness in this part.

No remedy can come near Murex as regards the intensity of sexual passion. The desire is insatiable and uncontrollable; it simply drives the patient crazy. The slightest touch renews this craving.

Phosphorus is helpful in nymphomania in widows; in this remedy the excess of desire is due to a condition of forced celibacy. The irresistible desire for coition leads her on to lascivious exposure of the genitals a sin Hyoscyamus. However, in today’s social circumstances this may not really be applicable. But the skill of the homeopath is in being able to draw out other reasons that may be leading to forced celibacy, and prescribe the remedy taking into account other symptoms.

Tarentula causes great hyperaemia and hyperesthesia of the female sexual system which lead to extreme sexual excitement. This is the reason why it makes such an important remedy in nymphomania. They are simply forced to resort to this vile habit from the intensity of the excitement. In males it leads to onanism (loss of excessive ejaculate) and imbecility, ending in insanity.

It is a great remedy for intense unbearable pruritus vluvae extending into the vagina. The itchiness is great indeed at night time; with dryness heat of the parts, burning and frequent expulsion of gas from the vagina. The patient is driven mad every night. The urine generally is thick, hot and full of sediments.

Calcarea Phosphorica has many important symptoms of the sexual system both in males and females. Sexual desire is increased; erection is painful, it occurs even while riding in a carriage. In females we notice nymphomania with incessant desire, particularly before catamenia. The sexual parts feel alive with blood. She feels pulsations in the parts with an increase of sexual desire. Even urination brings erection of the clitoris. There is leucorrhoea which is of a cream like consistency. The menses are profuse and the patient is weak and consumptive. The catamenial flow is dark. We notice labor-like pains before and during catamenia. Throbbing, stinging, tickling and pressing pains in the genitals, going up towards symphysis and downwards to the thighs are mostly present.

Raphanus Sativa has marked action on the female sexual system. We use it in hysteria specially when associated with pain in uterus and titillation in genitals forcing her to onanism (masturbation). The sensation of globus hystericus is also present. A round hot foreign body starting from the fundus of uterus stops at the entrance of the throat and chokes her. As regards nymphomania Raphanus ranks equal to Gratiola and Origanum. Great sexual excitement starting in the morning and continuing till 11 pm is noticed. This brings on a sort of sexual insomnia. The irritation in the organs keeps her awake far into the night. Raphanus cures the insomnia by putting a stop to the irritant which is the root cause of the trouble.

On the flip side we have Sepia where there is great dislike towards sexual intercourse. The female sexual system is particularly amenable to its influence. Its symptoms are many and varied. In the first place it causes a great sensitiveness of the sexual organs, which is the root cause of the great dislike towards sexual intercourse, betrayed by these patients. The congestion on which so much importance has been laid leads to induration of the ovaries with their appendages and of the neck of the uterus. It is this congestion which brings into being the great feeling of downward pressure in the pelvic cavity, compelling the patient to cross her thighs to prevent protrusion of the already prolapsed uterus. This is indeed an inevitable state of affairs, which may be certainly and permanently put right by the timely administration of Sepia by the conscientious homeopath who takes the pains to go into the minutest details of symptoms and never grudges patient application over the long pages of his material medica. This displacement of the womb also causes oppression of breath and anxiety and is accompanied by a greenish, yellow, leucorrheal discharge of fetid smell and corrosive nature. Dr Nash in his “Testimony of the clinic” cites a case of one Mrs Alice W., age 56, who was suffering from complete procidentia with all its accompanying symptoms. A dose of Sepia cm (Sepia potency 1,00,000) not only removed all the annoying symptoms but helped to draw the uterus back into the vaginal cavity.

Please do not take this as a guide for prescribing any remedy. If you wish to prescribe a remedy always look at the totality of symptoms. When I say totality of symptoms it means that all of the following should be considered: Complaint and history, Generalities, Mind or psychological symptoms, Head, eyes, ears, nose, face (skin color, look etc.), appetite, Food – likes and dislikes, stomach, abdomen, bowels, kidneys, urine, respiratory symptoms, chest, heart, neck, back, extremities, skin, fever, sleep, temperature, time of aggravation, time of amelioration, and any other peculiarities you may capture. Thus going just by the symptoms listed above would be a grave mistake. It is often said that taking the wrong homeopathic medication cannot harm you; please don’t forget if it can benefit you a wrongly chosen remedy may harm you. Unlike allopathic treatment, homeopathy requires a lot of skill and experience to have any beneficial effect. So stay healthy and keep your primal instincts in check.

 

 

Coitus interruptus, Onanism and Masturbation.

The three words are used interchangeably by some. However, the three are quite different. There is only one thing in common; in every case ejaculation takes place outside the vagina. In this discussion I will not look at the ethical or the “sin” aspect of any of the acts. Coitus interruptus is the act of pulling out during intercourse and ejaculating outside the vagina. This is practiced by some as a way of birth control, but it may not be completely effective, sperm may slip by in pre ejaculation fluid. So there could be risk of conception, like it could happen if you ejaculated thru the panties of your partner.

Masturbation is the act when you are usually not with a woman and stimulate yourself and thereby have an orgasm, and ejaculate. There could be variants to the act of masturbation. You could ask your girlfriend to give you a hand job or a stimulate you or orally. You could do it between her breasts or her navel. All these can be fun but at best are modern day perversions. I have done it between a woman’s legs, been given a hand job while watching a movie. I have done it thru panties. When I was very young I have rubbed myself to a full orgasm thru my girlfriend’s clothes. You could even do it in the anus. All these acts could be clubbed under masturbation. As long as you do not penetrate the woman and ejaculate it should be called masturbation. Sexual intercourse or love making is when you penetrate a woman and finish off inside her, delivering all your sperm inside to potentially fertilize her. The real objective of sexual intercourse is not pleasure but procreation. Pleasure is the candy nature gives you, so that the human race does not come to an end.

Onanism finds its origins in the bible. Onan, the son of Judah married his brother’s widow in accordance with Jewish law. He was to plant his seed in her and deliver a son for his brother. Onan married his sister-in-law, slept with her but would not plant his seed in her. He would spill his seed on the ground, because he did not want to give her a child. Now this, as described in the bible is coitus interruptus, but is a highly debated topic. There are as many interpretations to Onan’s story as there are thinking men. My purpose here is not to bring another interpretation to the table, but to look at it from Homeopathic medical angle. During my study of Homeopathy, I found that Homeopaths use the term to describe any sexual act where the ejaculation takes place outside the vagina. So Homeopaths include Masturbation and coitus interruptus within the purview of Onanism. In Homeopathy there are serious consequences of Onanism. It can lead to serious emotional, psychological and physical damage. In N.M.Choudhuri’s (MD) “A study of Materia Medica” He writes in symptoms of the remedy Staphisagria: “Staphisagria is the premier remedy of the 20^th century because it is called for the premier vice of the present time, we mean the evil habit of Onanism. All the melancholy symptoms that appear in the train of this evil habit find, as we shall very soon see, a great help in Staphisagria. These patients look abashed; they cannot look you straight in the face; a guilty conscience is constantly reminding them of their despicable treason against law of nature. Their countenance, which but for their filthy habit might have been full of life and health and happiness, is indicative of total wreckage. The nose is pointed and the eyes are sunken with blue rings around them. Not a ray of hope, not a ray of ambition lighten their brows and their whole expression is one of solid darkness, apathy and indifference. Their memory too has suffered from the great drain on the vital fluid. After short mental work they complain of a sensation of weight between the eyes. In a short while they so completely forget all that they have studied that they are scarcely able to recall them even after long reflection. We very often come across such sad cases of young men who, through this pernicious habit, get transformed into blank idiocy and stand sorely in need of remedies like Staphisagria. Their sensitiveness is so highly strained that it is a matter of extreme difficulty to live peaceably with them. They cannot brook any slight and when no slight is meant they will construe other people’s dealings as indicative of such and feel miserable over the supposed slight”. In the case of the remedy named China he says “China finds its usefulness in the ailments of the male sexual organs, especially in impotence (Erectile Dysfunction) from over indulgence, and in other consequences of excessive or long continued seminal losses”. In case of Aurum Metallicum Doctor Choudhuri says “It is used epididymitis, orchitis, balanitis and induration of testes…. Frequent discharge of prostatic fluid the effect of onanism, while associated with settled melancholia and suicidal mania, point to Autum Met. as their sure remedy”.

If we look at the Homeopathic view closely, the Homeopath is not talking about the ethical or religious issues he is commenting upon simple loss of vitality due to excessive loss of ejaculate. It takes the body a lot of work to generate semen and sperm. Ayurveda says that a drop is equal to eight drops of blood. So, when you ejaculate 5ml of semen it is equal to about 40ml of blood. So if you do that every day for a year you lose material worth 15 litres of blood. If you are producing more semen and sperm you will lose more. It is not rare for a man to do this for a few years especially when he is young, I have done it every day for many years when I was younger and am paying the price.

So how does ejaculating within the vagina help. First, it will never be possible for a woman to have sex every day for 365 days a year, whereas an addict may masturbate up to 5 times a day. She is going to have to take time off for various reasons, unlike a man. Also, if you were not in a relationship you would not go looking for a mate every day. You try any scenario and if you decided to ejaculate within a woman every time you could not possibly lose as much ejaculate as you could by other means. Whichever way you look at it, the point is to save as much of the vital fluid as you can and let it help restore your own lost vitality instead of wasting it.

Why men like porn and women don’t

Men like to masturbate to porn, but ask a woman and she will at the least not understand why and in most cases a woman would be disgusted by it. But most of us guys love it. Personally I don’t really like hard-core stuff. I somehow do not want to see a man screwing a woman who is desperately trying to make you believe that she is loving it. For me the fun part of the whole deal ends once the clothes are off and penetration takes place. Also what is the fun in seeing the same action repeated over and over till the man ejaculates and the woman pretends to have an orgasm. If at all I would like to see a woman do a striptease or two women make out. Striptease is something that is natural to both men seeing it and women doing it. Men are designed to be attracted by the visuals of women and parts of women. However a bit of what we get excited by also depends on our cultural and social conditioning. In some cultures where a woman is not supposed to show her face or some other part of her, a man could easily get excited by just looking at her face, her ankle, her neck or whatever he is not conditioned to see. Considering, the modern woman is liberated and cannot be pressed to abide by any sexual rules; she wears tight clothes showing her shape, she shows everything and does everything that will make men respond. She may not want to direct it towards every man out there, but has no option. In the process men are becoming more and more visually desensitized. You have seen nearly everything the only thing left that will excite are breasts and vagina. If women decided to walk around in the nude, we would need to sexually redesign men’s responses from scratch.

Women are designed to show off, all they have. It is a simple equation of action and reaction. The woman is supposed to create exciting visuals and the man is supposed to react to them and this is what makes pornographic material so popular with men. Just imagine if men stopped getting excited by visuals created by women, it would mark the end of the human race. We may think we are a highly evolved race, but the fact is the primal instinct to procreate is as old as the human race itself and will probably never change. Men are supposed to get sexually excited by the visuals of a firm round breast, but if the breast was square, men would have been wired to respond to that. We are excited by the body shape of a woman only because we are programmed to do so. In different parts of the world and different cultures the parameters that define beauty are different depending upon the shape women have taken because of the weather, diet and other factors. Any man who pretends not to look at women very openly is simply well trained to disguise his sexual response to the presence of women. I don’ think there would be a man alive or dead who was not excited by the body or presence of a woman.

Coming back to my topic, why we men like to watch porn and most women don’t is because the way we are “wired”. Women are programmed to sexually respond to touch and smell more than visual inputs. So showing a woman your penis cannot generate the same response as a woman taking off her clothes. Men are “wired” for visual response. Give a man some erotic stuff to see and allow him to stimulate the top one inch of his penis and he will be quite satisfied. Ask a woman to play with herself while looking at the most handsome of men and she would rarely get excited. Women need to be held, massaged, touched all over and gently caressed to respond. That is why dancing, dinners, foreplay, hand holding, riding a motorcycle with her body squeezed against yours are very sexually exciting things for a woman. Women are also experts at not showing what they enjoy sexually.

Sometimes women can respond to visual stimuli, but she will not look for instant gratification by masturbating. This is because a woman needs to receive semen and sperm as a final outcome of any sexual act. This is not to say that women do not masturbate at all. Women masturbate, but more because of sensitivity, irritation or itching of the sexual organs. Even when a woman masturbates she will involve her whole body in the act and not just centre on her vagina and clitoris. Unlike men women can carry their sexual excitement for long periods of time, waiting to find the right mate. When a woman is sexually excited, you can make it out by what she wears and the way she behaves. She will flaunt her body more; she will wear bright colors especially red to attract the attention of a potential mate. She will go to places where there is possibility of finding the right man. But she will remain passively active, waiting for men to make the move so she can choose the one she wants to allow to please her.

When you are a young boy you may respond to all women type stimuli, but as a man matures he responds more and more to visual stimulus. That is why, we want to go to dance bars, see women in bikinis, lingerie or in the nude. A woman can excite you simply by showing cleavage, by wearing a short skirt or hot pants, or simply wearing something which flaunts her body. That is why women do makeup but men don’t. To be a little politically in-correct, most women are advertising their wares as part of the scheme of things, and men are standing in queue for their turn. However, unlike advertising for products, in this case a woman will decide who is going to get her stuff. So she is continuously sending the sexual message out there by what she wears, the way she talks, looks, walks and behaves. Men are constantly window shopping, but in this case it is not a wad of money that will get him the goods, the woman will take her time and pick the man she thinks is right for her. Most men think that they have seduced a woman, when they get into bed with her, whereas the fact invariably is that they have been seduced into thinking that they have successfully won the game.

So the bottom line is that if you like to watch pornographic material it is only because you are programmed to do so. It is not your fault, or anything to be ashamed about. This however, does not make masturbating to porn, all right. Masturbation can have very damaging consequences. See my post “My experience with sexual self-abuse” and “How to stop a masturbation addiction” in this blog for more.

Combating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – CFS with Ayurveda (2)

I am continuing this from the post I published on 31-03-2013 as “Combating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – CFS with Ayurveda part (1)”. I am giving below more home and Ayurveda remedies that I have used or I am using with the benefits I have received from. In some cases however I could be using them for long term benefits or combating a condition like difficulty in urinating or suspected prostate enlargement, or as a preventive.

METHI (FENUGREEK) SEEDS: I am using fenugreek, because I have a family history of osteoporosis. Although men usually do not suffer from the condition, I am using it to supply my body with building material for bones as a replacement of calcium. It is best taken after soaking overnight, on an empty stomach. I am however, consuming as a powder, for convenience sake.

CLOVES: Cloves have a warming effect on the body. They increase digestive power, and keep you warm in winters. One or two cloves soaked for about 36 hours in a glass of water make an excellent mouth freshener, rinse your mouth with this water or drink it. Crush a couple of cloves in a mixer and make tea from it. Clove oil, available in the market is great for toothache.

SAUNF: It is an excellent mild laxative. Take two table spoons full of Saunf add three or four cups of water, reduce to one cup, drink it at night to relieve you of constipation. It can be chewed after meals as a mouth freshener. There are two types of saunf available the small size one is more pungent. However both work the same.

SHILAJIT: Shilajit is generally considered to enhance sexual power for males, and is usually consumed for that reason alone. Healthy men also consume to last longer and get firmer erections. However Shilajit has a much wider application. It can be used after any long term disease to regain strength. It has a warm effect on the body. It is an excellent tonic.

PUNARNAVA: I am using Punarnava to improve urinary flow which has diminished as a result of an enlarged prostate.

GOKSHURA: I am using this to improve vitality and help reduce the size of my prostate.

VASAKA: I have a chronic bronchial problem. I throw up small amounts of phlegm, especially in the morning. Vasaka helps the respiratory system.

HARITIKI: This is a mild laxative. Capsules of Haritiki can be taken 1 or 2 times a day to promote better bowl movement.

BRAHMI: Is an excellent brain tonic. I am taking it to help me combat, psychological issues arising out of my long drawn tryst with health issues, and consequently career.  

KARELA (BITTER GOURD): Can be dried and made into a powder Take one to two grams, it promotes carbohydrate metabolism, thereby increasing energy levels. Fresh Karela can be consumed in the form of juice. Mix it with tomatoes, carrots and beetroot or any other combination you like. I use one Karela of about 4 inches length in 300 ml juice, considering that Karela is very bitter, you could use less.

Combating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – CFS with Ayurveda (2)

I am continuing this from the post I published on 31-03-2013 as “Combating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – CFS with Ayurveda part (1)”. I am giving below more home and Ayurveda remedies that I have used or I am using with the benefits I have received from. In some cases however I could be using them for long term benefits or combating a condition like difficulty in urinating or suspected prostate enlargement, or as a preventive.

METHI (FENUGREEK) SEEDS: I am using fenugreek, because I have a family history of osteoporosis. Although men usually do not suffer from the condition, I am using it to supply my body with building material for bones as a replacement of calcium. It is best taken after soaking overnight, on an empty stomach. I am however, consuming as a powder, for convenience sake.

CLOVES: Cloves have a warming effect on the body. They increase digestive power, and keep you warm in winters. One or two cloves soaked for about 36 hours in a glass of water make an excellent mouth freshener, rinse your mouth with this water or drink it. Crush a couple of cloves in a mixer and make tea from it. Clove oil, available in the market is great for toothache.

SAUNF: It is an excellent mild laxative. Take two table spoons full of Saunf add three or four cups of water, reduce to one cup, drink it at night to relieve you of constipation. It can be chewed after meals as a mouth freshener. There are two types of saunf available the small size one is more pungent. However both work the same.

SHILAJIT: Shilajit is generally considered to enhance sexual power for males, and is usually consumed for that reason alone. Healthy men also consume to last longer and get firmer erections. However Shilajit has a much wider application. It can be used after any long term disease to regain strength. It has a warm effect on the body. It is an excellent tonic.

PUNARNAVA: I am using Punarnava to improve urinary flow which has diminished as a result of an enlarged prostate.

GOKSHURA: I am using this to improve vitality and help reduce the size of my prostate.

VASAKA: I have a chronic bronchial problem. I throw up small amounts of phlegm, especially in the morning. Vasaka helps the respiratory system.

HARITIKI: This is a mild laxative. Capsules of Haritiki can be taken 1 or 2 times a day to promote better bowl movement.

BRAHMI: Is an excellent brain tonic. I am taking it to help me combat, psychological issues arising out of my long drawn tryst with health issues, and consequently career.  

KARELA (BITTER GOURD): Can be dried and made into a powder Take one to two grams, it promotes carbohydrate metabolism, thereby increasing energy levels. Fresh Karela can be consumed in the form of juice. Mix it with tomatoes, carrots and beetroot or any other combination you like. I use one Karela of about 4 inches length in 300 ml juice, considering that Karela is very bitter, you could use less.

Penis enlargement – Women's View Point?

To have a long, fat and firm penis is a fantasy for most men. However, the fact is that there are as many shapes and sizes of the organ as there are men. I feel that the obsession comes from watching porn stars show off their large assets. However, a penis is not a car and bigger is not always better. When it comes to women the personality of the man and that of the penis matter a lot more than the size of the organ. In other words what matters is, what the man can do in bed with the penis and otherwise which matters to a woman much more than size. Men get sexual satisfaction when they have an orgasm, and the top one inch of the penis is the most important part of a man’s entire sexuality. However, a woman is a sex organ from head to toe. Every part of a woman needs stimulation during love making. The biggest mistake men make when they get a chance is to reach between the legs as fast as they can. I guess we men do this because that is what we want the woman to do to us and women will usually not reach for the penis, till they have spent a lot of time getting pleasure in every other possible way and there is nothing else to do but let the man penetrate and finish it off. A man given the chance will have sex in 10 minutes flat, which is quiet unlikely for a woman. If a woman is doing this it is not for sexual reasons but due to other considerations.

So, my advice to every man is to forget about the size and worry more about the personality. However, having a nice and firm erection is an asset and a bit of size enhancement is possible with massage of the penis, exercises like Sexual Qigong, “Pranayam” and giving up porn and masturbation addiction. Massaging the penis is simple, all you need to do is masturbate but hold back just before you ejaculate, use a lot of oil for the massage. Also try to give up ejaculation outside the vagina, like in oral sex or sex between the breasts.

You should also try to develop the muscles which help you control ejaculation. These, are about the same muscles which help you stop urinating mid-stream. To strengthen these muscles try stopping and starting urine flow a few times every time to go. Also do the same contractions even when not urinating. Try doing it 5 or 10 times daily. Once this set of muscles become strong you will be able to last longer during intercourse. Some people can have a full orgasm without ejaculating.

All of the above will result in better control and a healthier and fuller erection. When you have a fuller erection, you actually gain about half to 3 quarters of an inch in length.

Broadly there are three penis types, long and thin (A), thick and short (B) and thick and long(C). Also there are three types of vaginas, very narrow (1), very open (2) and deep (3). The following combinations can be formed, A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3. Kama Sutra has described in great detail the nine combinations that can be formed and which combinations are the best. However, when there is a mismatched pair like A2 or B3, sexual pleasure can be a bit of a problem. However, if you understand the woman’s needs and are creative with your technique every combination works. It is less of an issue for the man. But for women usually the right penis type is more important. Most men would want to have a thick and long penis. But that is a male fantasy. This penis type will usually hurt a woman than give her pleasure, if the man is not careful and sensitive. So don’t be obsessed by penis size but try to become a more creative lover and try new positions. Be happy with what you have and try using it better.

How to give up smoking with homeopathy and pranayama

I started smoking when I was in high school. As it usually happens, at 15 years boys are desperate to become men. So they try building their bodies to look larger and try other things like alcohol and smoking. They masturbate because the girls are not willing and hormones have started raging. So, I kind of did all this. Coming back to smoking I guess I felt more like a man smoking. But soon like all addictions smoking took over my life. I started smoking 20 cigarettes a day. I did this for the next 25 years and paid the price with a chronic chest ailment. I quit 9 years ago but still have to live with a weakened respiratory system.

Anyway, this is how I quit smoking. Against all suggestions telling me to cut it down and eventually stop, I decided one day in April of 2004 that I am going to give it up. I did not throw the pack of cigarettes away, but simply stopped smoking, in fact I still have that pack of cigarettes with 16 cigarettes in it. It was difficult for about a month, first because of the body wanting the nicotine “fix”, which was quiet difficult to overcome. Then there is the social issue to deal with, the informal chats one has with fellow smokers, which often leads to more business or career opportunities. Then there are friends one has grown up with, and have smoked together, for many a years. They will often want you to not leave the “club”.

To get over the nicotine “fix” issue, one I tried to avoid situations which triggered a craving or where I would usually smoke. I would often go for an evening walk and smoke, so I cut down on walking and started going to the sports club where smoking was not allowed. I altered my social situation. I tried to associate and mix with friends who did not smoke. However, for the first 4 days I did not go out of the house at all. Smoking at home was not possible because my mother is allergic to tobacco smoke.

I had been studying homeopathy for a while and found some remedies which could help lessen nicotine craving. I do not remember all, but one of them was Nux Vomica (potency 30c) which helped lessen the craving for me. Also, tabacum, helped deal with the backache, very common in smokers as well as diminished eyesight. Long term use of Tabacum can also help in muscular weakness caused by tobacco use. Tobacco does not only have an effect on the repertory system, it also affects your sex drive and may lead to Impotence, and it affects the muscular systems, weakening it, has an effect on the eyesight and affects the appetite. It does give you temporary relief from stress, but there is a long term price to be paid.

I also found that Yoga, especially “Pranayam”or breathing exercises, help relieve the craving. Cigrette smoke affects the body in two ways. One it gives you a nicotine “fix” and two it opens up the respiratory pathways and you absorb more Oxygen. So doing “Pranayam” helps by opening up the respiratory pathways naturally. One may think that any other type of aerobic exercise should have the same effect, but it does not. “Pranayam” not only opens up the respiratory pathways but also triggers the release of natural nicotine like hormones in the body.

In about a month from the point I gave up smoking, I stopped having the craving. However, I kept falling back into the trap of addiction repeatedly. It took me several years of conscious effort, and many lifestyle and social changes to completely give it up.

I recently started smoking again, I really do not know why. Nothing much has changed in my life to trigger this. I am smoking about half a cigarette every morning, before I start Yoga, which I do for 2 years. It has been 7 days since I started again. Addiction to smoking usually starts in this manner. Initially you feel that I am just doing it to relax a little, but soon the body is trapped by the craving for Nicotine. I am hoping that I will stop. So I guess even after stopping for over 9 years, an addict is at the risk of falling back into the trap. The good news is that I am really not getting any kick out of it at all, and think every morning whether I should or should not smoke this cigarette.