1. A small piece of camphor (kapoor) roughly the size of a tablet should be taken once every fortnightly. It can be taken with water by adults while children can take it along with normal food. Please remember camphor is not to be used everyday, but only once each season, or once a month
2. Those who can take garlic, must have two pods of raw garlic first thing in the morning. To be swallowed daily with lukewarm water. Garlic too strengthens immunity like the earlier measures mentioned.
3. Have five appropriately washed leaves of Tulsi (known as Basil in English; medicinal name Ocimum sanctum) each day in the break of day. Tulsi has a large number of remedial properties. It keeps throat and lungs clear and helps in strengthening your immunity.
4. Do Pranayam every day (preferably under assistance if you are already not initiated into it) and go for morning jog/walk on a regular basis to keep your throat and lungs in first-class condition and body in fine fettle. Even in small measures, it will work wonders for your body’s resistance against Swine Flu which attack the nose, throat and lungs, besides keeping you fit.
5. Have citrus fruits, generally Vitamin C rich Amla (Indian gooseberry) juice.
6. Giloi (medicinal name Tinospora cordifolia) is a generally available plant in many areas. Take a one-foot long branch of giloi, add five to six leaves of Tulsi and boil in water for 15-20 minutes or long enough to allow the water to extort its properties. Add black pepper and sendha (salt used during religious fasts), rock or black salt, or Misri (crystalised sugar like lumps to make it sweet) according to taste. Let it cool a bit and drink this kadha (concoction) while still warm. It will be a boost for your immunity. You can easily obtain Gilio from supermarket.
7. Those not sensitive to to milk, must take a glass of warm or lukewarm milk every night with a small measure of haldi (turmeric).
8. Clean your hands regularly every day with soap and warm water for 15-20 seconds; particularly before meals, or each time after touching a surface that you believe could be contaminated with Swine Flu virus such as a door handle or a knob/handle, specially if you have returned from a public place or used public transport.
9. Aloe vera (gwarpatha) too is a generally available plant. Its fat and long, cactus-like leaves have an odorless gel. A teaspoon gel taken with water daily can work wonders for not only your skin and joint pains, but also boost immunity.
10. And lastly, Take homeopathic medicines — Pyrogenium 200 and Inflenzium 200 (inflenzium 200) in particular — five pills three times a day, or two-three drops three times a day. While these are not specifically targeted at H1N1 either, these work well as preventive against common flu virus.

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Don’t know what is happening. Why so many deaths suddenly. I will keep updating it regularly. Request you all to let me know as soon as you hear any news about it. Thanks.

I urge you all Indians to check these advisories out and send it to all your friends to prevent ourselves from this pandemic disease.

Swine Flu Prevention Advisory for Patients

Swine Flu Prevention Advisory for Parents

My dear Presidents,

I agree with you that swine flu awareness is needed, but there is no need to be panicky and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception than to spread scientific information.

These are few facts about swine flu when discussed with the leading epidemiologists.

1. Swine flu, that is H1N1 flu is not new, first detected in 1987
2. Infective stage of flue is 5 days, 1 day before and 4 days after onset of symptoms
3. The best way to prevent it spreading is asking patient having symptoms of flu like fever cough and running nose to take rest at home for 4 days so he does not transmit it
4. Masks are of limited value if any, in this disease, it can spread through droplets on your skin, through contact etc, and I have seen that the masks in Pune are worn as fashion statement, while walking on road today morning I saw people wearing masks coming out for a morning walk with their dogs!, many wearing masks around their necks, and so on, infact these masks shall act as the vehicles to carry the virus, instead, avoiding crowded places or cinema halls or malls where air conditioners are on, is advisable, because you get  recirculated air, where the virus density multiplies
5. Death after H1N1 flu is not common, infect infections like measles is taking toll of thousands more every year, and we are oblivious of the facts. Swine flu is being blown out of proportion by media trying to create hysteria among lay people.
6. Fever accompanied by respiratory distress, should be immediately notified which is likely to be a complication of H1N1 flu
7. The mortality is less than .01 percent of those affected, that means may be one in 10,000 affected is likely to suffer the life loss.
8. If you remember, 2 years ago SARS was blown out of proportion, what happened? Humans develop immunity to the virus, the same is going to happen, we develop immunity in due course of time, the virus is in the air, you can not stop it, our body is already developing the immunity so nothing to panic.

We need to take care of children and elderly who have less immunity and do not let them go to crowded places that are all.

WE MUST START THIS CAMPAIGN OF NOT  TO BE AFRAID OF THIS FLU AND LET YOUR DAILY WORK CONTINUE AS NORMAL, NO MASKS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS OR SPECIFIC EXPOSED TO LOT OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE BENEFITED, NOT PROVEN.

I am amazed to hear that people are selling masks of RS 20 each which are available to less than Rupee 1 in the market.
See who is getting benefited?

Please spread the scientific info, do not join the band wagon and stick to science, that should be the order of the day.

Deepak Purohit
District governor
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