This Hospital Claims to Cure Cancer With the Help of Cows

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Here’s a cow story you haven’t heard yet.

While the country has just started to move on from a very lengthy and futile debate on cows and how they fare vis a vis people of various communities, a hospital in Gujarat has done something pretty incredible.

It has gone ahead and discovered invaluable use of the cow’s urine, milk and other substances in the treatment of cancer!

A hospital in Gujarat has discovered invaluable use of the cow’s urine, milk and other substances in the treatment of cancer! (Photo Courtesy: Girivihar Trust)
That’s right – cowpathy (a newly-coined term) and ‘panchgavya’, the medicine that is prepared using five substances obtained from cows – is being practised and administered respectively, at the Sheth RM Dhariwal Cancer Hospital at Valsad.

The novel practice has seen a steady increase in the number of patients over the years – and why ever not? Treatments here are priced at as low as Re 1 a day!

Where it all Began
Started under the aegis of Prabhav Hem Kamdhenu GiriVihar Trust, the unique hospital runs entirely on donations of Jain business families.

In fact, a Jain monk – Acharya Sri Vijay Hemprabha Surishwar Ji – guided the trust to first establish a gaushala, a panjrapole (animal shelter that houses 1500 rescued animals) and a modern hospital in Palitana (one of the biggest pilgrimages of Jainism).

This hospital treats patients for as little as Re 1 a day. (Photo Courtesy: Girivihar Trust)
Later, when the milk from the cows in the gaushala started serving close to 1000 temples around Palitana itself, the trust brought in Ayurveda experts to study and research the medicinal value of the substances obtained from a cow – namely its milk, urine, dung, curd and ghee. That is how the panchgavya, which is a combination of all five things, came into existence.

The trust built the hospital in Valsad and dedicated itself to treating cancer using panchgavya on patients. The medicine is applied as a paste on patients.

The unique hospital runs entirely on donations of Jain business families. (Photo Courtesy: Girivihar Trust)
How Does the ‘Cow Medicine’ Work?
How does this work though? The hospital explains:

Cancer cells don’t multiply because panchgavya is an eco-friendly substance. It helps flush out the cancerous toxins through motions.Senior staff member, Sheth RM Dhariwal Cancer Hospital
There are many who have survived cancer through cowpathy.

Vidya Patel, a 50-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh, came with stage 1 mouth cancer, caused by her gutkha habit.

I tried this line of treatment because, unlike chemotherapy, this has no side effects.Fortunately, the entire routine at the hospital not only helped me survive cancer but strengthened me mentally as a person. Now I am better prepared to battle any disease.Vidya Patel, cancer survivor

There are many who have survived cancer through cowpathy. (Photo Courtesy: Girivihar Trust)
The 600 cows from the gaushala, providing the said medicines aren’t Jersey cows or of the Shankara type; they are sturdy desis, who are fed a healthy diet along with ayurvedic herbs like ashwagandha.

“These are no ordinary cows, they are helping treat millions. That is why feeding them good food is imperative,” announces Vighn Prabh Vijay ji Maharaj, a Jain monk who visits the hospital frequently to share spiritual discourses with patients.

How is the Cancer Actually Treated?
The therapy is simple;

• Any patient, who checks in, is kept for 11 days, during which no meat is given and no tobacco, gutkha or addictions are allowed.
• The panchgavya is given in regulated doses by the doctors.
• Daily walks, healthy vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner along with spiritual discourse or meditation are part of the patient’s routine.

“The treatment worked and I have recovered from cancer,” Manitesh Sharma, cancer survivor. (Photo Courtesy: Girivihar Trust)
Manitesh Sharma vouches for the treatment.

When he developed sores all over his body, nobody in his home town in Uttar Pradesh had a cure to the malady. He was finally taken to Madras, where he was given chemotherapy. Soon, the 25-year-old recovered and returned home. But later, he caught a cold that refused to heal. After another round of tests, it was declared that he had cancer.

Struck by the misfortune, the family was ready to try anything to save him – when they came across this hospital.

I had come with very little expectations. But the treatment worked. I have recovered from cancer but to prevent a relapse, I now live an addiction-free life.Manitesh Sharma, cancer survivor

For medicine, food and accommodation, a patient is charged Re 1 a day. (Photo Courtesy: Girivihar Trust)
All For Re 1
The hospital is extremely pocket-friendly – especially for those who are not so privileged. For medicine, food and accommodation, a patient is charged Re 1 a day.

The person who accompanies the patient has to pay Re1 for each meal though.

The place gets 2,400 to 3,600 patients a year and spends close to Rs 5 crore annually. Everything is done through donations.

Cancer is a disease that alters a person psychologically as well as physically. Our line of treatment not only reduces the pain but also frees the mind of stress regarding the disease. Half the job is done by the peaceful routine and surroundings itself.Senior staff member, Sheth RM Dhariwal Cancer Hospital
Perhaps the most important detail?

People of all communities are welcome at the health centre, adds the staff member.

(Runa Mukherjee Parikh has written on women, culture, social issues, education and animals, with The Times of India, India Today and IBN Live. When not hounding for stories, she can be found petting dogs, watching sitcoms or travelling. A big believer in ‘animals come before humans’, she is currently struggling to make sense of her Bengali-Gujarati lifestyle in Ahmedabad.)




This Hospital Claims to Cure Cancer With the Help of Cows - TheQuint

 

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Cows in this picture look to be from Sahiwal Breed, Sahiwal (Pakistan) is one of the most famous cow breed.

 

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Good for Indians and cancer patients there.

 

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• Good for Indians and cancer patients there.

  
  Looks like Pakistanis are running to India to take advantage of our better medical facility, that they lack in their home country.
  
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  In the last five years, there has been a sharp spiral in the number of patients coming from Pakistan to India for treatment. At least 70% of them come for liver transplants, with Hepatitis C being the most common cause for the organ's failure, followed by Hepatitis B, autoimmune liver diseases and congenital diseases in children.
  
  Apollo Hospitals, Delhi gets about 50 patients from Pakistan every month. "These patients come here as the cost of an organ transplant here is half of that in Pakistan. Moreover, there are very few centres there that undertake transplant procedures," said Apollo Hospitals senior manager Ajay Bhardwaj who helps patients from across the border. He said these patients also choose India over other neighbouring countries as they find it easier to converse. A report in Dawn, a Pakistan daily, estimated that more than 500 Pakistanis had received liver transplantation in India so far.
  
  
  
  
  
  In India, most of these patients head to Delhi, owing to good connectivity, and Tamil Nadu, which leads the country in organ transplants. "Most of the patients who head south are those needing a heart transplant. While Delhi does only three or four heart transplants a year, Tamil Nadu does 40 a year," said Dr K R Balakrishnan, director, cardiac sciences, Fortis Malar Hospital. Of this, about 10% have been from Pakistan in the past three years. While adult patients wait for about three months for a donor organ, it takes longer for children owing to limited paediatric organ donations.
  
  
  
  The ties between patients and doctors don't end once they go home. "Transplant procedures require frequent follow-ups, but since many of these patients don't have access to healthcare facilities, we call them and check on them," said cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty who sees a sizeable number of Pakistanis in his hospital on the outskirts of Bangalore. Hospitals also send drugs that are unavailable or expensive to their patients.
  
  
  Doctors say the journey for Pakistani patients and their families is not easy. "They usually issue visas only to the patient and a relative. Sometimes he or she may require more than one care giver," said Dr Balakrishnan. Patients also face hurdles when they have to extend their stay in the hospital. "The government has been supportive in patient care, logistics and visa support, but a lot more needs to be done," he said.
  
  
  He did his first surgery of a person from Pakistan nearly 20 years ago. "When the Kargil war was happening in 1999, we had a 15-year-old from Pakistan in our operation theatre getting a valve replacement from a graft donated by an Indian," he said.

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Regarding the above. It would be better, if we could teach Pakistanis better medical technology and advanced procedures. They are clearly quite lacking in the medical field. We can open some medical colleges there and send some of our professors, like we do in African countries and central Asian countries. In that way Pakistanis need not travel all the way here and get better facilities in their own countries.