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CURE FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS

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Disease Description

Immunity refers to the ability to defend the body against infection and disease and resist harmful microbes. The immune system has a non speciflc and specific component.

Non-specific or innate immunity is the natural resistance with which a human is born and it provides non-specific physical, chemical and cellular barriers to a wide range of pathogens. For example, the epithetical cell layer which lines our skin and mucous membranes is often the first barrier that microbes encounter. Other examples are tear secretion, chemical secretions, fever, the inflammatory response which leads to microbes being "destroyed and eaten" by cells of the immune system.

Specific or adaptive immunity responses involving components such as B and T cells is able to adapt itself to each pathogen and generate pathogen specific antibodies. Artificial adaptive immunity against a pathogen can be induced by vaccination.

The immune system needs to maintain a delicate balance. Low immunity can leave one vulnerable to diseases, whereas an overactive immune system may lead to autoimmune disorders.

Autoimmune diseases arise from an inappropriate immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the immune system mistakes some part of the body as a pathogen and attacks its own cells. This may be restricted to certain organs (e.g. in autoimmune thyroiditis) or involve a particular tissue in different places (e.g. Good- Pasture's disease which may affect the basement membrane in both the lung and the kidney). The treatment of autoimmune diseases is typically with immunosuppression—medication which decreases the immune response.

A STEP TO BE FOLLOWED

1. UPANISHAD

Only initiation can cure this disorder.

  1. Sit straight in either Vajra asana or Padma asana
  1. Close your eyes
  1. Keep your hands relaxed
  1. Sit in a deep receptive mood to receive initiation

Kriya Date 12-Mar-2012