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ACCUMULATION An unhealthy trend today, in human society is a very disturbing psychological deficiency in humankind. Accumulation is a very one-sided mental under-development in human beings, which deprives the fellow species of living-survival mechanisms. Accumulation much more than the actual luxurious living quantity, is nothing but a sense of stagnation generated out of the hallucination of greed. If we take into account, the substance of the spirit of wealth, than wealth is not a rigid thing but an ever-moving Universal spirit, which moves constantly taking care of the whole Universe. But because of humanity’s insufficient way of perception, the wealth or the Universal spirit, is stuck-up here and there, causing a great dis-harmony, the great survival technique disruption, the cause for all the problem the Universe is facing, at present. Most of all, we are accumulating the apathy for the Universal Nature, forgetting altogether, where lies the very ingredients for our survival. The sense of accumulation makes one extremely selfish, to a point of no return.Most of the Earth’s surface is cleared of forest covers today, not by the poor or the tribals living in the forest as it is presented most of the time, but by the rich and the powerful with their mega projects, and are totally unconcerned about the Universal environmental degradation and destruction… When we, are in a race for ever more accumulation of wealth for comfort and security, would it not also be proper for us to ruminate, what could give us comfort from the sufferings of the diseases caused by viruses created through ecological disruptions, who could save us from acid rain or a flood or a cyclone… Humanity should try to look for its security from Mother Nature, who alone can give us a life of eternal youth free of diseases . Without the transformation of our ignorance about Nature we couldn’t gain happiness, youth and immortality. Page - 23 Let us turn towards Nature at-least in a small way, and allow into our lives smallest of the small creations, the tiny plant species called WEEDS. Let us first look into the World of WEEDS, to begin with… Page - 24 . Of the family Euphorbiaceae A widely grown weed throughout the Indian plains, Popularly known as;
This here is a straight growing weed with upward branches; leaves long petioled, broad based and narrow tipped, acute wedge shaped at the base, rounded teeth on the leaf margin, smooth surfaced, thin; both male and female flowers in axillary spikes, male flowers minute, followed by a tuft of sterile flowers, the female scattered, 3-5 surrounded by a many nerved bract; fruits capsules, small, concealed by the bract; seeds egg shaped smooth, pale brown. The whole of this plant has properties to cure skin diseases. One can simply crush/squeeze this plant and rub on the effected skin surface repeatedly for a few times daily for a few days, till the skin displays a smooth natural texture and surface. The rural population consumes the juices of this plant directly, where modern medicine stores were neither at hand nor much liked to cure prolonged neglected coldness and constipation. This plant can be used in the vitiated conditions of Vata, pain in the ear, croup and painful discharge of urine drop by drop. This plant is bitter acrid in taste and temperament. Page - 25 Of the family Araceae It is mostly a weed, though cultivated by some tribals from the marshy plains, up to the elevation of 5,500ft, throughout India. This ever growing rhizomatous weed, acrid, aromatic and thermogenic in its characteristic constituents, popularly known as;
As the weed grows in marshy areas, it has been identified by the Botanists as semi-aquatic herb, rhizomes creeping, multi branched, 3/3.5 inch thickness in diameter, cylindrical and at times compressed, light brown or pinkish brown externally, white and spongy within; leaves deeply pleasant green, disposed in two vertical rows, sharp edges tapering to a slender point, base equitant, thickened in the middle, margin wavy; flowers light brown or greenish depending on the four different varieties grown, densely packed in sessile cylindrical spadix; fruits oblong turbinate berries with a pyramidal top; seeds few, pendent from the apex of the cells. The acrid, bitter, thermogenic & aromatic rhizomes of this weed has properties to cure many Vata & Kapha related diseases. It is used for cleaning the stomach of highly infested worms, tranquillising the central nerve system, indigestion, etc. Intolerance & irritation makes one much older in appearance and stamina than one’s actual age. Page - 26
Acalypha Indica Euphorbiaceae Page - 27
Acorus Calamus Araceae Page - 28 The first condition for everlasting youth is calmness and tolerance. One cannot maintain calmness without tolerance, which will not be possible with all the above complications in one’s body’s system. “The Materis Medicas like ‘Bhavaprakasam’, ‘Rajanighantu’ etc. mention another variety of Vaca, Svetavaca or hymavati (Velvayampu), which ‘Dravyagunavijnan’ identified as Iris germanich. It is reported that there is another variety of Vaca (Acorus gramineus soland) found growing abundantly in the Himalayas. Om Svetavach mentioned in ancient textbooks might perhaps be this plant. Page - 29 |
