You all have heard about the sudden demise of famous singer KK and what was the reason behind it? CARDIAC ARREST. That was only shown but past history…He was having gastric problems and was taking ANTACIDS on & off. Also having blockages in the heart.

So we can understand that with the help of ANTACIDS, he was just managing the Gastric problems and it turned out to be his biggest mistake.

This can be with us too. As we also do so many mistakes like,

You are having pain and you go to the doctor and then you take painkillers.

Having Cold, Fever and taking Antibiotics, Antipyretic…These all things are so normal. but having repeatedly Cold, Fever, Pain and repeatedly having these types of medicines, this is not you are HEALING. You are just managing your complaints, your pain, your disease.

Now we can go on with another example.

Like….You are diagnosed with sugar in your blood reports. You consulted the best doctor…ENDOCRINOLOGIST.

He went through all the check-ups and gave you medicines. But are those medicines Healing your disease???

No…a big noo…cause these are the medicines you have to take all over your life. there is no going back. once one dose is not working properly, then higher, higher, and higher dose and last INSULIN.So as per this, you went to your doctor for perfect HEALING, not for the MANAGEMENT.

SO WHAT IS MANAGEMENT AND WHAT IS HEALING??

MANAGEMENT means you go to the right doctor, right diagnosis, and taking the right medicines.

HEALING means you go for the right treatment, identifying the triggering factors, diet, and lifestyle changes.

As per Ayurveda, CHIKITSA means,

चिकित्सा रोग निदान प्रतिकारे |

Treatment means avoiding causative factors of the disease.

या  क्रिया व्याधिहारिणी सा चिकित्सा निगध्यते |

दोष धातु मलानां व साम्यकृत् स एव रोगह्रत् ||

The process which alleviates or destroys the disease is called chikitsa. The Activity which keeps in the balance Dosha, Dhatu(bodily tissues), and Mala(waste products) and with which the body performs its functions properly is called chikitsa.

So now you know, that ACIDITY is only managed by ANTACIDS but you can heal yourself from ACIDITY with –

Finding the root cause, avoiding the triggering factors, and doing some lifestyle changes.

So you have to decide whether you want to heal from the disease or just want to manage it by temporary things.