How I got involved in Ayurveda
My son, Shri Ashwini Kumar Gautam, born on 28th July, 1987 in AIIMS Delhi, suffered from Mrigi-Apasmar (EPILEPSY) since birth. Some of the symptoms he had were the blood pressure difference in right and left side of his body was more than 200, his eyes used to go upside down, foam coming out of his mouth, neck growing one-fourth of its size, black loose motions, totally unconscious as dead etc. We got him treated in the AIIMS for years but whenever we stopped the treatment, the symptoms appeared again and his condition worsened every time. Even doctors were clueless. In the treatment, he was given Lesix tab thrice a day. The medicine kept him in a state of half consciousness always. We were asked to use this medicine continuously for years without break and if we ever forgot the medicine once, his fits would return back. One can imagine our condition and this continued for 15 years.
God blessed us when Ashwini was 15 years old. Some of our relatives advised us to go to some Vaidya in the village Agri, on Noorpur Road, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. We went to that Vaidya who advised us to stop all medicines and follow his treatment. My wife, my mother-in-law and I got very nervous as without the medicines his fits will return. Understanding our concern, the Vaidya offered us to sign on a stamp paper for any loss if incurred to the child. We agreed to follow his advice as we were depressed and helpless from last 15 years. He gave us some ayurveda medicine for 45 days and only for Rs. 150/- . The only restriction we had to follow was to shun egg and rice mixed with kadhi (yellow color) from Ashwini’s diet for lifelong. The medicines came as boon and the Vaidya as God in our life. My son was fully cured and since then he is not having any problem. However, if by mistake he consumes egg in the form of pastry etc, he suffers from fits. So we banned these items from Ashwini’s diet forever.
Since then I made up my mind to become a VAIDYA and started doing anything that helped me to know about Ayurveda. I contacted many Saadhus and Vaidyas to extract whatever knowledge I can from them. Also I studied many books on Ayurveda and started preparing my own medicines at home. By God’s grace and my dedication, I started seeing results in my treatment. People responded to my medicines and more and more people started visiting me for treatment.
From last five years, I am practicing Ayurveda and with each success my belief is strengthened and I am more confident that Ayurveda is the Nature’s way to heal and my sole aim in life now is to help people with all the knowledge I acquired all these years.
