Thread by @omlakhani

Let us answer all the questions asked by this Dhongi Baba. I will try and answer 1 or 2 questions every day for the benefit of the general public. Please share so that the falsehood of this person is exposed on a daily basis.

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https://twitter.com/yogrishiramdev/status/1396809666529619974

Answer 1:

First, there is nothing like "Allopathy". Allopathy is a term used by the

Wikipedia says

"The terms were coined in 1810 by the inventor of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann. It was originally used by 19th-century homeopaths as a derogatory term for heroic medicine"

Q. What is "Heroic medicine" ?

"Heroic medicine was based on the belief that disease is caused by imbalance among the four "humours" (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) and sought to treat disease symptoms by correcting that imbalance"

Ref: @Wikipedia

In fact the more you read about heroic medicine more you will realize the "heroic medicine" sounds more and more like Ayurvedic medicine.

So basically Allopathy was used for heroic medicine which is basically a European form of Ayurvedic medicine. So basically, "Allopathy" or the "Other medicine" for India is Ayurveda.

What the Dhongi Baba is referring to is "Modern medicine". Modern medicine is based on the concept of a clinical trial which is used to remove the element of bias.

Medicine A is effective of disease E because a series of clinical trials have proven beyond doubt that medicine A is effective. If medicine A was NOT effective in clinical trials, it will NOT be in the market.

Next. Coming to the question, the Dhongi Baba asks, What is the long term stable treatment of Hypertension and it's complications ?

First and foremost, the concept of Hypertension itself comes from Modern medicine. Hypertension is high blood pressure which is measured by sphygmomanometer. Did this device exist in the vedic times ? I wonder

Coming back to the question at hand, the answer is simple - "Anti-hypertensive medications"

Anti hypertensive medications or "BP medicines" which millions of people take including almost all politicians in India, are prescribed because they have proven in clinical trial that they not only reduce the BP, but also reduce it's complications

Here is a list of several clinical trials of commonly used Modern medicine drugs in which provide long term and "stable" reduction in the risk of developing heart attack and stroke.

healio.com/cardiology/lea…

Quoting from @UpToDate
"In large-scale randomized trials, pharmacologic antihypertensive therapy, as compared with placebo, produces a nearly 50 percent relative risk reduction in the incidence of heart failure, a 30 to 40 percent relative risk reduction in stroke...

...and a 20 to 25 percent relative risk reduction in myocardial infarction"

Meaning the BP medicine reduce complication by several folds

In simple words, taking BP medicines have PROVEN to reduce the risk of heart failure by 50%, Stroke लक़वा by 30-40% and heart attack दिल का दौरा by 20-25%

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