Disclaimer

The views expressed here are those of Mahes Visvalingam alone. She is just an open-minded, curiosity-driven independent thinker. When she realised that additives in food and allopathic medicines were responsible for her chronic diseases, she started to explore complementary therapies in 1988 and is now a lot healthier. She has allergies which are not life threatening and has come to realise that the symptoms are part of her body’s attempt to protect and heal itself of pollutants in air, water, food and especially additives in medication.

This site contains notes on her ad-hoc experimental use of natural remedies for treating common ailments.  She is not a certified health professional.  She acknowledges that A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and that Curiosity killed the cat; it may well kill her. 

There is the old saying that One man's food is another man's poison. As with food, one man’s medicine can be another man's aggravation, even if not poison.  This applies not only to allopathic drugs (leaflets enclosed in packets often cite contraindications) but also to some natural cures (which often do not cover contraindications).  Many systems of natural healing classify people into types according to their constitution.  They believe that even the food which cures one person of an ailment may aggravate another's condition.   So, you need to establish whether remedies and therapies are suitable for you. For example, even some breathing techniques can be detrimental to those with high blood pressure.

So, this website is being developed with the help of others to inform you of the various remedies and practices we have looked into. Case studies based on experience are documented mainly for the benefit of researchers. You cannot draw generalisations from them because people react differently. Please consult a suitably trained medical professional to see if a therapy may be risky for you.  Mahes Visvalingam shall not be held responsible or liable for any use of the information contained in this website.

The site provides links to other interesting sites.  Please read widely before you decide to try a treatment.  Much of the literature on the effectiveness of alternative therapies tends to be second-hand accounts.  First-hand accounts (like those provided here) tend to be anecdotal and subjective and may be contradictory and confusing.  This is inevitable given that people respond differently to most treatments.