According to scientists, This is the most relaxing tune ever recorded.

This eight minute song is a beautiful combination of arranged harmonies, rhythms and bass lines and thus helps to slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure and lower levels of the stress. The song features guitar, piano and electronic samples of natural soundscapes.

A study was conducted on 40 women, who were connected to sensors and had been given challenging puzzles to complete against the clock in order to induce a level of stress. Different songs were then played, to test their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and brain activity. The results showed that the song Weightless was 11 per cent more relaxing than any other song and even caused drowsiness among women in the lab. It induced a 65 per cent reduction in overall anxiety and brought them to a level 35 per cent lower than their usual resting rates. 

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According to Lyz Cooper, founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy, the song has been created using various scientific theories and make use of musical principles that are known to have individually calming effects. Hence these elements have been combined together by Marconi Union to make the perfect relaxing song ever. The song comprises of a sustaining rhythm that starts at 60 beats per minute and gradually slows to around 50. Thus, while listening to the song, your heartbeat automatically comes to match that beat. She even adds that it is necessary for the song to be eight minutes long because it takes about five minutes for entertainment to occur. The gaps between the notes have been chosen to create a feeling of euphoria and comfort. In addition, there are no repetitive melodies in the song which allows one's brain to completely switch off since one is no longer trying to predict what is next. The random chimes in the song help induce a deeper sense of relaxation and the final element in the song is the low, whooshing sounds and hums, those like the Buddhist chants.
Moreover, sound therapies have been used for thousands of years to help people relax and improve health and well-being. Among indigenous cultures, music has been the heart of healing and worship. The song, weightless is ideal for unwinding and putting an end to a stressful day.

According to Dr David Lewis-Hodgson, from Mindlab International, which conducted the research, this song induced the greatest relaxation, higher than any other music tested till date. In accordance to the Brain imaging studies, music works at a very deep level within the brain, stimulating not only those regions responsible for processing sound but also ones associated with emotions. The song Weightless can make one drowsy and hence should not be heard while driving.

Richard Talbot, from Marconi Union, was fascinated to work with a therapist to learn how and why certain sounds affect people's mood. Though he always knew the power of music, they had previously written songs using only their gut feeling.

The study conducted by bubble bath and shower gel firm, Radox Spa found the song was even more relaxing than a massage, walk or cup of tea. According to Cassie Shuttlewood, from Radox Spa, it is understandable not to spend hundreds of pounds on massages, spa weekends and yoga retreats to reduce stress levels.

The top ten relaxing songs are known to be 

1. Marconi Union - Weightless 
2. Airstream - Electra 
3. DJ Shah - Mellomaniac (Chill Out Mix) 
4. Enya - Watermark
5. Coldplay - Strawberry Swing
6. Barcelona - Please Don't Go 
7. All Saints - Pure Shores 
8. Adelev Someone Like You 
9. Mozart - Canzonetta Sull'aria 
10. Cafe Del Mar - We Can Fly

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Puri Jagannath Temple in 1890

The Elephanta Caves - Gharapuri

Introduction:
According to French art historian, Rene Grousset (1885-1952) who speaks of the Trimurti statue at Elephanta Caves: 

"Universal art has succeeded in few materialization of the Divine as powerful and also as balanced. He believed that it is "the greatest representation of the pantheistic god created by the hands of man." He concludes with poetic enthusiasm: "Never have the overflowing sap of life, the pride of force superior to everything, the secret intoxication of the inner god of things been so serenely expressed." 

(source: The India I Love - By Marie-Simone Renou p. 88-93).

Located on an island off Mumbai's eastern shore, the 6th century AD Elephanta cave temples, chiselled into a rocky cliff and dedicated to Shiva, contain some great masterpieces of Indian sculpture. Originally called Gharapuri or "Fort-city", the island was renamed by the Portuguese after a huge stone elephant that once stood there. This is now in the garden of the Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai's Byculla area. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Elephanta cave temples can be visited on a day trip from Mumbai.
Frijof Capra (1939- ) the famous theoretical high-energy physicist has observed:

" A superb sculpture of Shiva in the Hindu temple of Elephanta shows three faces of the god.....in the center the sublime union, of the two aspects in the magnificent head of Shiva Maheshvara, the Great Lord, radiating serene tranquility and transcendental aloofness. In the same temple, Shiva is also represented in androgynous form – half male, half female – the flowing movement of the god’s body and the serene detachment of his/her face symbolizing, again, the dynamic unification of the male and female."

(source: The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism - By Fritjof Capra p. 148-149). For more refer to chapter on Hindu Art
Maheshmurti

This is the glory of Elephanta, and few visitors can fail to be moved by this powerful, compelling image hailed by art historian Percy Brown as "the creation of a genius". The three faces represent Shiva in his different manifestations. The central face with its towering, elaborate crown depicts Shiva the Preserver, sublimely serene and introspective. The one facing west represents Shiva the Creator, gentle, solicitous and graceful. The head facing east, with its cruel mouth, fiercely hooked nose and serpents adorning the hair, shows Shiva the Destroyer. On either side of the statue are other superb sculptures.

The one on the east shows Shiva as Ardhanarishvara - the Lord who is Both Male and Female, and thus symbolizes the Divine Unity in which all opposites are resolved. The image on the west is of Shiva as Gangahara, helping the river goddess Ganga descend to earth while his consort Parvati and other deities look on. Contrasting images of peace and violence, joy and fury, can be seen in exquisite sculptures throughout the temple. Thus one sculpture near the Western Entrance lyrically depicts the marriage of Shiva and Parvati, while opposite it is a powerful panel showing Shiva brutally imapling the demon Andhaka. The Eastern Entrance has Shiva and Parvati contentedly playing dice in their mountain abode, as the demon-king Ravana tries to shake their mountain home in Kailash.

(source: India - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides London p. 461).

Joao do Castro, a remarkable man and Renaissance personality with wide ranging interests and accomplishments.

Castro's navigational diary Roteiro de Goa ate Dio reflects a deep feeling of wonder on his part at the sight of the huge and magnificent temple at Elephanta, for he was thoroughly overwhelmed by the great 'boldness' of manner in which the whole edifice was hewn out of the hard, solid rock.

A work of such magnitude and artifice, he declared could not have been produced by mortals and it must be regarded as one of the wonders of the world. Castro was so impressed by the sculptures that he stated that 'Indeed the proportions and symmetry with which each figure and everything else is made it would be worth the while of any painter to study it even if he were Apelles.'

Diego do Couto, the Portuguese historian noted:

"It is constucted at the foot of a great Hill of Stone of light grey color; there is a beautiful Hall at its entrance, and in the yard that leads to the front back door, there are two human figures engraved on the same stone, twice as big as the Giants exhibited on the Procession of the Corpus Christi feast in Lisbon, so beautiful, elegant, and so well executed, that even in Silver they could not be better wrought and made with such perfection."

The conclusion he reached 'may certainly be reckoned one of the wonders - and perhaps the greatest in the world." He took elaborate measurements of the 'remarkable' and 'stupendous' temple, remarking that it was laid on a north-to-south axis. About the sculptures he made the general remark that 'not only the figures looked very beautiful, but the features and workmanship could be very distinctly perceived, so that neither in silver or wax could such figures be engraved with greater nicety, fineness or perfection."

The elaborate plastic treatment of Siva's matted hair with beautiful jewels set in it especially fascinated Couto who mentioned it admiringly on several occasions. His most important contribution was to leave an account of the great Maheshmurti group, generally regarded as the highest achievement of the Kalacuri period:

"From the pavement of this chapel issued a body from the waist upwards of so enormous size, that it fills the whole vacuum in length and breath of the chapel: it has three large faces, the middle one looks to the north, the second to the west, and other to the east. Each of these faces has two hands, and on the neck two large necklaces, wrought with considerable perfection. The figures have on their heads there very beautiful crowns."

Finally, from Couto we learn that the Elephanta interior was covered with a fine coat of lime and bitumen composition which 'made the Pagoda (temple) so bright, that it looked very beautiful and was worth seeing'. The colors have faded since in Elephanta, and only Couto's testimony remains to tell us how splendid it looked in the 16th century.

The Englishman John Ovington (1696) author of “A Voyage to Surat in the Year 1689, ”was specially fascinated by the animal sculpture in Elephanta: "Here likewise are the just dimensions of a Horse Carved in Stone, so lively with such a Colour and Carriage and the shape finisht with that Exactness, that many have Fancyed it, at a distance, a living Animal, than only a bare Representation.'

According to the Cambride man, Dr. Fryer, Elephanta too was a 'miraculous Piece hewd out of solid stone; it is supported with Forty two Corinthian Pillars, being a Square, open on all sides but towards the East; where stands a statue with three Heads, crowned with strange Hieroglyphics.' He noted with regret that the Portuguese 'strive to erase the reminders of this Herculean Work, that it may sink into oblivion of its Founders.'

Gemelli-Careri, the Italian (1700) took it to be the work of Alexander. "The Pagod or Temple....is one of the greatest wonders of Asia..."

(source: Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art - By Partha Mitter p. 31 - 41).

Pollution Control and Waste Management in Sri Lanka

Dr. W.L. Sumathipala

Senior Lecturer, The Open University of Sri Lanka and
Director National Ozone Unit, Ministry of Environment

The magnitude of degradation of the environment increased tremendously with the industrial revolution which started in 1850s.  Even prior to the industrial revolution, pollution due to human activities existed but in a reduced amount.  Those days the assimilation capacity of the environment was greater than the release of pollutants in to the environment.  Large volumes of wastes were released in to the environment with the development of machine-based industries.  Then the assimilation capacity of the environment became lower than the rate of waste generation.  As a result wastes accumulated in the environment giving rise to problems, which threatens the life existence on planet Earth.

In general, pollution can be considered in terms of Air Pollution, Water Pollution and Land Pollution.  Scientists are also considering some specific types of pollution such as pollution due to Noise, radiation and high temperature.

Since there are no boundaries in the atmosphere air is not limited to a place, region or to a country.  Therefore air pollution produced in some parts of the world can cause problems in another country in the world.  Therefore air pollution should be considered as a major problem where international efforts are needed to address the atmospheric problems. Further it is considered to be a serious problem as it affects the human health worldwide.  All the terrestrial life forms are exchanging gases with the atmosphere.  Therefore there is a danger of inhaling/absorbing what ever the pollutants available in the atmosphere because they do not have a filtering mechanism.  On the other hand the pollutants released in to the atmosphere gets diluted and the possibility of collecting or treating such pollution is impossible.  Therefore preventing, controlling or treating these substances before releasing them in to the atmosphere is very important.  The atmospheric lifetime of some pollutants/chemicals is very high and they cause global environmental problems such as Ozone Layer depletion.

The main sources for air pollution are burning fossil fuels for energy generation & transportation, biomass burning and industrial emissions.  The sources of air pollution give rise to gases, mixtures of fine particles or both.  Most common gases generated from burning fossil fuels are CO2, CO, Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and unburned hydrocarbons. Pollution due to biomass burning for cooking is very common in the Asian region.  This will generate unburned hydrocarbons due to incomplete burning processes, mixture of oxides of carbon, nitrogen & sulfur and particulate matter.  Industrial emissions are responsible for most hazardous chemicals such as fluorinated carbons, PFCs, SF6, etc.

Considering the difficulty of treating these gasses after releasing in to the atmosphere it is important to either control or treat the emission before releasing to the atmosphere.  In the industrial sector, controlling the emission of air pollutants can be achieved through changing the method of plant operation, changing the input or raw materials used in the process, adopting cleaner production methods or treating the pollutants prior to release.  Gaseous pollutants can be removed from their gaseous environment to either a liquid or a solid surface, where they will be preferentially retained, or where they react to form a non polluted species.  There are processes with various methods used for collecting gases with high concentration such as absorption in to a liquid or solid or adsorption on to a solid surface.  These are occurring either with or with out reaction.  Pollutants generated due to incomplete combustion can be removed through complete combustion converting them into CO2 and water.  This can be achieved in a combustion chamber providing sufficient air in the presence of a catalyst.  In order to prevent the release of particulate matter to the atmosphere, settling chambers, gravity separators, cyclone dust collectors, filters, wet scrubbers and electro statistic precipitators can be utilized.

Emission of radioactive particles is possible due to the development of energy generation through nuclear power plants.  Since these materials cannot be detected by human senses such as taste or smell and even a very minute quantity is lethal, there has to be stringent regulations utmost in operating these plants and handling waste.  These should operate on hundred percent accident free environments.  In addition, installation of multiple barriers, real time monitoring and error free safeguard systems are very important for these facilities.

Indoor air quality is very important, mainly because people remain indoors in excess of 90% of their lifetime.  Common indoor pollutants are Paints, Varnish, polish, household polymers, fuel wood burning, burning incense sticks and mosquito coils.  Houses or buildings with less ventilation are vulnerable for indoor air pollution resulting in nausea, vomiting, dizziness and respiratory diseases.  As a solution, Architects can design well-ventilated buildings with more air circulation.

Substances such as CFC, Halons, CTC, HCFC are depleting the Ozone Layer that protects human from the Sun’s dangerous UV radiation.  Increase of Greenhouse gases such as Fluorinated Carbons, Methane, and Nitrous Oxides in the atmosphere is making the earth atmosphere warmer resulting in climate change and sea level rise.  Global commitment is essential in order to control such global environmental problems.  Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocols are major global agreements to take action in order to control these two major environmental problems.

Water is a basic requirement for sustaining life.  Out of the total volume of available water in the planet, less than 1% is suitable for human consumption.  This limited resource is further reduced due to human activities, which make it unusable.  Main sources of water pollution are release of industrial waste, dumping solid waste, sewage, human waste including faecal matter, sediment run off due to soil erosion etc.  As a result of such activities, concentration of dissolved carbons, heavy metals, biohazards such as bacteria and virus and other nutrients will increase in the water sources resulting in loss of biodiversity and making the water unsafe for consumption.  Several methods have been developed for water treatment once it is polluted.  Biological treatment, chemical coagulation and filtration, carbon adsorption, chemical oxidation, ion exchange, electrodialysis, reverse osmosis, air stripping are some of them.  Water bodies are also being polluted due to discharge of sewage from watercrafts and oil spilling around the world.  Designing holding tanks for receiving and storing sewage until they can be unloaded on the shore is one controlling method.  Large vessels can be equipped with biological treatment plants.  Leaks from offshore drilling and accidental oil spills are possible resulting in threat to water creatures and large-scale killing of sea birds.  Surrounding the oil slick with a mechanical barrier until it can be removed, collecting the oil by mechanical means such as suction pumping or absorption by a suitable material and dispersing the slick with chemicals are methods practiced today.

Environmental problems due to solid waste are a growing problem in Sri Lanka and it is a major problem in many of the developing countries.  Current rate of waste collection by the local authorities in Sri Lanka is estimated to be about 2,500 tones per day.  Rate of waste generation depends on a number of factors such as socio economic conditions, public attitude towards reuse and recycling of waste and geographical and physical factors.  Due to the improvement of technology, a tremendous increase in non-degradable packaging materials such as plastic, polythene, metals and glass can be seen.  Solid wastes are generated from domestic, institutional, market, medical, commercial, industrial and garden sources. Industries such as food, paper, cardboard, rubber, and leather are good sources of organic waste. A greater portion of commercial and domestic waste are organic and biodegradable.  The major problem in relation to solid waste is uncontrolled disposal of wastes.

Toxic and hazardous wastes are generated mainly from industrial and medical sectors.  The extent of land pollution increases due to unorganized solid waste disposal practices.  Developing facilities for safe disposal and management of solid waste should be a high priority in society.  With the rapid development, population growth and urbanization, solid waste has increased and therefore it is essential to manage solid waste.  There is also a serious threat of utilizing Sri Lanka as a hazardous waste dumping site.

According to the estimates the local authorities collect only a part of the waste generated.  Disposing wastes in the home gardens are common in rural areas due to lack of collecting system or facilities.  At present waste disposal is mainly in open dumps, which are unsanitary.  Most of these areas are low laying marshy lands and abandoned paddy fields.  As a result leachate, emission of gases, odors, fire and loss of aesthetic beauty are possible.  As an alternative to open dumping, sanitary land filling has to be introduced.  Proper planning is essential to minimize the side effects.  Separation of solid waste at the point of generation is essential and thereafter different categories can be treated separately.  Biodegradable materials have to be composed and used as organic manure as far as possible.  Avenues for collecting recyclable materials and recycling should be promoted.  The final waste that is not possible for recycle has to be dump in a sanitary landfill.  Incineration is another option but the capital cost is very high and therefore it may not be suitable for a developing country.  At least several small-scale incinerators are essential to destroy toxic and hazardous waste.

Noise pollution has a very close relationship with occupational safety.  In most cases industries are responsible for high noise pollution.  Recent studies show that there is direct relationship with high levels of noise and mental health.  Noise management can be achieved at the point of its origin and along the noise pathway and at the point of reception. There are several noise management techniques available at present.  Shock absorbing techniques, use of non metal parts to reduce the noise generated, use of acoustic guards, installing machinery on adequate mountings, locating machinery away from the residential areas are some of precautionary methods.

In most of the industries a large amount of heat is generated and released in to the atmosphere.  This problem of thermal pollution can be alleviated by using artificial cooling ponds or cooling towers.  Where possible this high temperature can be utilized for useful work such as generation of electricity.

In order to control pollution, proper and appropriate legislation, emission and effluent standards for industries are essential.  Awareness creation among the general public and making the man more environment friendly is an over all approach for environment protection.

Theme Seminar Presented at the Forestry and Environment Symposium 2005, Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka, 2-3 December 2005

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ஒரு தோற்றுப் போன விடுதலைப் போராட்டம்

துப்பாக்கிகள்
இன்னமும்
இயங்கக்கூடிய
நிலையில்
இருகின்றன, 
அதை
இயக்கியவர்கள்
யாருமே இப்ப
இருப்பில்
இல்லை.....

மரண தேவதைகள்
இன்னமும்
சாட்சியங்களுடன்
இருக்குறார்கள்,
அதில்ப்
பேசித் தீர்க்கப்
பேச்சு வார்த்தை
தேடிய வாய்கள்
திறக்கப்படுமுன்னே
நிரந்தரமாகவே
மவுனிக்கப்பட்ட
மரண அடையாளங்கள்
ஒன்றுமே இப்ப
மனிதர்களிடம்
இல்லை.....

விடுதலையின்
தொடக்க நெருப்பு
இன்னமும்
அணையாமல் இருக்கு,
அதை
சாம்பல் மேடுகளில்
வன்னிக் காடுகளில்
சமுத்திரக் கரையில்
பொட்டல் வெளிகளில்
எரிய வைத்து
நடந்த சுவடுகள்
ஒன்றுமே இப்ப
இயற்கையிடம்
இல்லை....

இப்பவும்
வெற்றிகரமாகக்
கற்றுக் கொள்ள
எவளவோ
தந்து விட்டு
சென்றுள்ள
ஒரு
தோற்றுப் போன
விடுதலைப்
போராட்டம்
வரலாற்றில் மட்டும்
இருக்கு..........

நாவுக் அரசன்
ஒஸ்லோ 06.05.14

How does stress increase your risk for stroke and heart attack?

Credit: George Hodan/public domain
Scientists have shown that anger, anxiety, and depression not only affect the functioning of the heart, but also increase the risk for heart disease.Stroke and heart attacks are the end products of progressive damage to blood vessels supplying the heart and brain, a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis progresses when there are high levels of chemicals in the body called pro-inflammatory cytokines.

It is thought that persisting stress increases the risk for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease by evoking negative emotions that, in turn, raise the levels of pro-inflammatory chemicals in the body.

Researchers have now investigated the underlying neural circuitry of this process, and report their findings in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry.

"Drawing upon the observation that many of the same brain areas involved in emotion are also involved in sensing and regulating levels of inflammation in the body, we hypothesized that brain activity linked to negative emotions – specifically efforts to regulate negative emotions – would relate to physical signs of risk for heart disease," explained Dr. Peter Gianaros, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and first author on the study.

To conduct the study, Gianaros and his colleagues recruited 157 healthy adult volunteers who were asked to regulate their emotional reactions to unpleasant pictures while their brain activity was measured with functional imaging. The researchers also scanned their arteries for signs of atherosclerosis to assess heart disease risk and measured levels of inflammation in the bloodstream, a major physiological risk factor for atherosclerosis and premature death by heart disease.

They found that individuals who show greater brain activation when regulating the irnegative emotions also exhibit elevated blood levels of interleukin-6, one of the body's pro-inflammatory cytokines, and increased thickness of the carotid artery wall, a marker of atherosclerosis.

The inflammation levels accounted for the link between signs of atherosclerosis and brain activity patterns seen during emotion regulation. Importantly, the findings were significant even after controlling for a number of different factors, like age, gender, smoking, and other conventional heart disease risk factors.

"These new findings agree with the popular belief that emotions are connected to heart health," said Gianaros. "We think that the mechanistic basis for this connection may lie in the functioning of brain regions important for regulating both emotion and inflammation."

These findings may have implications for brain-based prevention and intervention efforts to improve heart health and protect against heart disease."

"It is remarkable to see the links develop between negative emotional states, brain circuits, inflammation, and markers of poor physical health," said Dr. John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry. "As we identify the key mechanisms linking brain and body, we may be able to also break the cycle through which stress and depression impair physical health."thanks http://medicalxpress.com/

The Salar de Uyuni salt desert in southern Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat. Photograph by Takashi Nakagawa

செம்பருத்தி பூவின் மருத்துவ குணங்கள்

செம்பருத்திப்பூ பூஜைக்கு மலராகப் பயன் படுகிறது. சிவந்த நிறமுடைய பூவே சிறந்த பலன் உடையது. இது வெப்பு அகற்றிக் காமம்
பெருக்கும் செய்கையுடையது. கூந்தல் வளர்ச்சிக்கு மூலிகை ஷாம்பு தயார்செய்ய பயன்படுகிறது. இது கருப்பை கோளறுகள் உதிரப்போக்கு , இருதய நோய் ரத்தஅழுத்த நோய் குணமடையப் பயன்படும்.
அழலை, இரத்தபித்தம், தாகம்,பேதி, வயிற்றுக் கடுப்பு, விந்துவை நீற்றும், மேகம், விசுசி வேட்டை போம். தேகவாரேக்கியம், விழியொளியும் உண்டாம்.
செம்பையிலைக்கட்டி, ஜந்நி, தினவு, துடைவாழை, நீர்ரேற்றம், பிளவை, பீநாசங்கள், புண்புரை, மேகம், வாதகபம், விப்புருதி, விரணம், வீக்கம், வெடித்த புண், புரைகளும் போம்.
பூவை நீரிட்டுக்காச்சி வடிகட்டிப்பாலும் சர்கரையும் சேர்த்து காலை மாலை பருக மார்புவலி, இதய பலவீனம் தீரும். காப்பி, டீ புகையிலை நீக்க
வேண்டும்.
பூவை உலர்த்திப் பொடித்துச் சம எடை மருதம் பட்டைத்தூள் கலந்து பாலில் காலை மாலை பருக இதயபலவீனம் தீரும்.
பூவை நல்லெண்ணையில் காச்சி தடவ முடி வளரும். செம்பரத்தை வேர்ப்பட்டை, இலைந்தை மரப்பட்டை மாதுளம் பட்டை சம அளவு சூரணம் செய்து 4 சிட்டிகை காலை மாலை சாப்பிட பெரும் பாடு தீரும்.
செம்பரத்தம் பூ 500 கிராம் அம்மியில் நெகிழ அரைத்து அதில் ஒரு கிலோ சர்க்கரையைப் போதிய நீர்விட்டுக் கரைத்து வடிகட்டிக்கலந்து சிறுதீயில் எரித்துக்குழம்புப் பதமாக்கி (செம்பரத்தை மண்ப்பாகு) வைத்துக்கொண்டு 15 மி.லி.யாகக் காலை மாலை சாப்பிட்டு வர உட் சூடு, நீரெருச் சல், உள்ளுறுப்புகளில் உள்ள புண், ஈரல் வீக்கம், நீர்கட்டு ஆகியவை தீரும்.
இந்தப்பூவின் கசாயத்துடன் மான் கொம்பு பற்பம் ஒரு கிராம் அளவு சேர்த்து 10-20 நாள் சாப்பிட இதயத்துடிப்பு ஒழுங்கு படும். படபடப்பு இருக்காது. குருதி தூய்மையாகும். குருதி மிகுதி யாக உற்பத்தியாகும். பாரிச வாய்வும் குணமாகும். இதன் மகரந்தக் காம்பு உலர்திய தூள் 5 கிராம்
பாலில் சாப்பிட மலடு நீங்கும்.
தஙகச்சத்து இப்பூவில் இருப்பதால் தாதுவிருத்திக்கு மிகவும் சிறந்ததாகும். நாழும்10 பூவினை மென்று தின்று பால்அருந்தினால் நாற்பது நாளில் தாது
விருத்தி ஏற்படும். நீர்த்துப்போன விந்து கெட்டி படும், ஆண்மை எழுச்சி பெறும். உலர்த்திய பூ சூரணத்துடன் முருங்கைப்பூ அல்லது விதை
உலர்த்திய தூளும் சேர்த்துச்சாப்பிட்டு வந்தால் ஆண்மை குறைபாடு நீங்கும்.................இன்பம் நீடிக்கும்

ஆத்மகத- Aathmakatha (மலையாள திரைப்படம்)

2010ஆம் ஆண்டில் திரைக்கு வந்த படம். எல்லோரும் மரியாதையுடனும், மதிப்புடனும் மனதில் நினைக்கும் ஸ்ரீனிவாசன்தான் படத்தின் கதாநாயகன். கண் பார்வை தெரியாத பாத்திரத்தில் வருகிறார். படம் பார்ப்போர் அனைவரையும் கண் கலங்க வைக்கிறார்.
பிரேம்லால் கதை, திரைக்கதை, வசனம் எழுதி இயக்கியிருக்கும் இப்படத்தின் இசையமைப்பாளர்:அல்ஃபோன்ஸ் ஜோசப். பின்னணி இசை: மோகன் சித்தாரா.
நல்ல ஒரு கதையை பலமாக எண்ணி எடுக்கப்பட்ட படம். அவர்களின் நம்பிக்கை வீண் போகவில்லை. படம் முடிந்து வெளியே வரும்போது, மிகச் சிறந்த ஒரு படத்தைப் பார்த்து விட்டு வருகிறோம் என்னும் உணர்வு அனைவரின் மனதிலும் உண்டாகும்.
அந்த அளவிற்கு அருமையான கதை... தெளிவான திரைக்கதை... பாராட்டக் கூடிய உரையாடல்கள்... மனதில் நிற்கக் கூடிய உயிர்ப்பான கதாபாத்திரங்கள்.
இவை அனைத்தும் இருக்கும் ஒரு படம் நல்ல படமாகத்தானே இருக்கும்?
அந்த நல்ல படத்தின் கதைதான் என்ன?
மேலும் படிக்க…

Headaches

Nutritious

It is an extremely important life lesson for our youth

“This media we call social is anything but, when we open our computers and it’s our doors we shut”… This is one of the most vital messages that everyone needs to hear.

Look Up is a spoken word for the “online” generation. Written, performed and directed by Gary Turk, it is an extremely important life lesson for our youth.  Children are growing up in a world where they don’t play outside or communicate with their friends. It seems today everything is done via text message or over the internet. It’s heartbreaking… I feel guilty myself. We need to spread this message before it’s too late. Please do your part and SHARE it with everyone you know.

Schizophrenia:

Causes of Schizophrenia

The causes of schizophrenia are not known. Multiple factors such as genetics and brain chemistry may play a role.

Complications of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia can have a devastating impact on patients and their families. Patients with schizophrenia have increased risk for self-destructive behaviors and suicide. The antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia can have severe side effects, including increased risk of obesity and diabetes.

Medications

Schizophrenia is a chronic condition, which is usually treated with antipsychotic medication. There are two main classes of these drugs:

Typical antipsychotics (“first-generation” antipsychotics) include haloperidol (Haldol), chlorpromazine (Thorazine), perphenazine (Trilafon), thioridazine (Mellaril), trifluoperazine (Stelazine), and fluphenazine (Prolixin). All of these drugs are available as generics.
Atypical antipsychotics (“second-generation” antipsychotics) include clozapine (Clozaril, generic), risperidone (Risperdal, generic), olanzapine (Zyprexa, generic), quetiapine (Seroquel), ziprasidone (Geodon), aripiprazole (Abilify), palperidone (Invega), iloperidone (Fanapt), asenapine (Saphris), and lurasidone (Latuda).

Cancer Treatment - Living Legend Narayana Murthy

 
Cancer still means a dreadly term which symbolises end of the life , Recently my friends Father-in-law has died of Throat cancer, and due to that his sister-in-law who was  9 months pregnant  had a miscarriage just before her delivery date  as she was disturbed with her father's death , hearing this I felt sorry and If I had known about Vaidya Narayana Murthy's Medicine earlier I would have told him and imagine two lives would have been saved. I am so confident Vaidya Murthy's medicine would have cured his illness for sure. After seeing the video you will also have the same confidence

Shri Vaidya Narayana Murthy aged 60 years  hails from a family who is practicing Ayurvedic medicine from the last 800 years , from the past 40 years of expertise, He is curing Patients suffering with Blood Cancer, Throat Cancer, Kidney Stones and Heart Block without any charge it is totally free of cost. People from all over India and world visits  him every Sunday and Thursdays, On an average 300 people per day  irrespective of cast, creed, rich & poor Que up at his residence in Shimoga, Karnataka. he sees the reports and talks for two minutes and decides the medicine.

The source of his medicines is from different kinds of plants and herbs which he personally collects from forest during particulars days of the week , He needs approximately 50-60 kg of roots, stems and barks for the medicine he gives to the patients per day, The patient needs to take these medicines with specific dietary instructions, it may take typically 90 days to 180 days to cure. unlike Chemotheraphy and laser treatment which are not a permanent solution or happy ending always his natural medicines relieve the patients successfullyhere is no need to take a Appointment it is all first come first serve basis, only on Sundays and Thursdays from early morning 7 am, patients need to carry thier medical reports with them .

How to reach Shimoga?

You can take a train from Bangalore there are 2 express trains and 2 passenger trains 

Bangalore-Shimoga Express  (Train no 16227) & SBEC SMET Express (Train no 16201)

Shimoga is around 274 kms from Bangalore , you can travel by state transport buses or taxis , here is the route map

15 NGO'S are beleived to be working with Vaidya Narayana Murthy for this noble cause , I take pride in sharing this with you and be a part of this noble cause. Peron like him deserves awards of highest degree , Government should recognise him and take a initiative to let his expertise be useful to as many as possible
உங்கள் நண்பர்களுக்கு இதை தெரிய படுத்தவும்
கிட்னி செயல் இழந்து டயாலிசிஸ் செய்து கொண்டிருப்பவரா?
இனி டயாலிசிஸ் செய்ய வேண்டிய அவசியம் இல்லை,
எந்த வகையான கேன்சராக இருந்தாலும், டாக்டர்களால் கை விடப்பட்ட நோயாளியா.? இங்கு பூரண குணம் அடைந்து தீர்வு காணப்படுகிறது
நோயாளிகள் நேரில் செல்ல வேண்டும் என்று கட்டாயம் இல்லை அவர்களை சார்ந்து மற்றொருவர் சென்றால் போதும்
பார்வை நாள் ;-
வியாழன், ஞாயிறு நாட்களில் மட்டும் .
வைத்தியர் மற்றும் மருந்தின் செலவு 100 மட்டுமே.
வைத்தியத்திற்கு செல்லும் ரயில் வழி
(கர்நாடக மாநிலம்)
பெங்களூர் to சிமோகா toஆனந்த புரம் to நரசிபுரா
ஈஸ்வர் குமார் 09840012852,

Maharshi Sushrut (600 BCE) : Father of Plastic Surgery

A genius who has been glowingly recognized in the annals of medical science. Born to sage Vishwamitra, Acharya Sushrut details the first ever surgery procedures in “Sushrut Samhita,” a unique encyclopedia of surgery. He is venerated as the father of plastic surgery and the science of anesthesia.
When surgery was in its infancy in Europe, Sushrut was performing Rhinoplasty (restoration of a damaged nose) and other challenging operations. In the “Sushrut Samhita,” he prescribes treatment for twelve types of fractures and six types of dislocations. His details on human embryology are simply amazing.
Sushrut used 125 types of surgical instruments including scalpels, lancets, needles, Cathers and rectal speculums; mostly designed from the jaws of animals and birds. He has also described a number of stitching methods; the use of horse's hair as thread and fibers of bark.
In the “Sushrut Samhita,” he details 300 types of operations. The ancient Indians were the pioneers in amputation, caesarian and cranial surgeries. Acharya Sushrut was a giant in the arena of medical science.

கணவனுக்காக மனைவிகட்டிய தாஜ்மஹால்(கிணறு)

குஜராத்தில், கணவனின் நினைவுக்காக, மனைவி கட்டிய, 'ராணி கி வாவ்' படிக்கிணறு, யுனஸ்கோவின் பாரம்பரிய பட்டியலில் இடம் பெறுவதற்கு, பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன், வட இந்தியாவில் தண்ணீர் பஞ்சம் தலைவிரித்தாடியது. எனவே தண்ணீர் பஞ்சத்தை போக்குவதற்காக, ராஜஸ்தான், குஜராத் போன்ற மாநிலங்களில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் படிக்கிணறுகளை கட்டினர். குறிப்பாக குஜராத் மாநிலத்தில் அதிகளவிலான படிக்கிணறுகளை கட்டினர்.பருவமழைக் காலங்களில் பெறப்படும் மழைநீரை சேகரிக்கவும், வாணிபத்துக்காக பல்வேறு பகுதிகளுக்கு செல்லும் பயணிகள் தங்குவதற்கும் இக்கிணறுகள் கட்டப்பட்டன.

இதில் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க 'ராணி கி வாவ்' படிக்கிணறு, குஜராத் மாநிலம் படான் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ளது.சோலங்கி வம்சத்து அரசனான பீமதேவருக்கு 1050ல் அவருடைய மனைவி உதயமதி இப் படிக்கிணறை கட்டினார். காதலியின் நினைவுக்காக ஷாஜகான் கட்டிய தாஜ்மஹாலை போல, கணவனின்நினைவுக்காக மனைவி உதயமதி கட்டிய 'ராணி கி வாவ்' படிக்கிணறும், நம் நாட்டு கலாசாரத்துக்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டு.

64 மீ. நீளமும், 20 மீ. அகலமும், 27 மீ. ஆழமும் கொண்ட இப்படிக்கிணறு, 1958 வரை மண் மூடிக்கிடந்தது. அதன் பின் அரசின் கவனத்துக்கு வந்தது. 1972ல், அகழ்வாராய்ச்சி பணிகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டன. 1984ல், பொதுமக்களின் பார்வைக்காக திறந்து வைக்கப்பட்டது.குஜராத்துக்கு சுற்றுலா செல்லும் பெரும்பாலான பயணிகள் ராணி கி வாவ்வுக்கு கட்டாயம் செல்வர். குஜராத்தில் உள்ள படிக்கிணறுகளின் ராணி என போற்றப்படுவது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. ஐ.நா., சபையின் கலாசாரா அமைப்பான யுனஸ்கோ ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் ஒவ்வொரு நாட்டிலும் பாரம்பரியமிக்க இடங்களை பட்டியலிட்டு அந்த இடத்துக்கு புகழ் சேர்க்கும். ஒவ்வொரு நாட்டிலும் இதற்கென பிரத்யேக வல்லுனர் குழு அமைக்கப்படும்.

இந்த ஆண்டு வல்லுனர் குழு ராணி கி வாவ்வையும், இமாச்சல் பிரதேசத்தில்உள்ள நேஷனல் பார்க்கையும் பாரம்பரிய பட்டியலுக்கு பரிந்துரைத்துள்ளது. 1998லும் ராணி கி வாவ் பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்டாலும் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்படவில்லை. இம்முறை தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்படலாம் என்ற எதிர்பார்ப்பு அதிகரித்துள்ளது.

HINDU PRESENT AND ANCIENT PAST OF VIETNAM !!

[ Vo Canh inscription (3rd century AD) & A Shivait Sanskrit inscription (6th century AD), discovered near Nha Trang, now central Vietnam.]

“The first Cham king that history knows is Sri Maran, identified as a Tamil ruler. The fact that a Pandyan king ruled Vietnam was missed by many historians.Translated into Tamil it is Thiru Maran. Several Pandyan kings by these names are spoken of in inscriptions and Tamil sangam literature. The oldest Sanksrit inscription discovered in Vietnam mentions the name of Sri Maran. The inscription is known as the Vo-Canch inscription.”

Another early Champa king was Bhadravarman, who ruled from 349-361CE. His capital was the citadel of Simhapura or ‘Lion City,’ now called Tra Kieu. Badravarman built a number of temples, conquered his rivals, ruled well and in his final years abdicated his throne and spent his last days in India on the banks of the Ganges River.

Historic Champa was divided into five regions. Indrapura (present-day Dong Duong) served as the religious center of the kingdom; Amaravati is the present day Quong Nam province; Vijya is now Cha Ban; Kauthara is the modern Nha Trang; and Panduranga is known today simply as Phan. Panduranga was the last Cham territory to be conquered by the Sino-Vietnamese.

60,000 of Cham people still follow hindu way of life , spirituality and worship. Sanskrit script was used to write three languages spoken in the peninsula: The Mon language spoken at that time in Eastern Burma and in the central part of what is now Thailand; the Cham language of the kingdom of Champa for which the territory roughly corresponded to what is today Annam and northern coastal Cochinchina in Vietnam and, finally, the Khmer language.

All native regional languages descended from SANSKRIT ... Khmer come from Sanskrit. as a consequence of Hinduisation, Sanskrit exerted a considerable influence on the lexicon of old Khmer and the neighbouring languages. Cambodian space also owns a fair number of inscriptions in the Sanskrit language of which the content is very different from the Khmer inscriptions.

A Sacred Creed of One of Hinduism’s Four Primary Denominations

 
EVERY RELIGION HAS A CREED OF ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, an authoritative formulation of its beliefs. Historically, creeds have developed whenever religions migrate from their homelands. Until then, the beliefs are fully contained in the culture and taught to children as a natural part of growing up. A creed is the distillation of volumes of knowledge into a series of easy-to-remember beliefs. A creed is meant to summarize the explicit teachings or articles of faith, to imbed and thus protect and transmit the beliefs. Creeds give strength to individuals seeking to understand life and religion. Creeds also enable members of one faith to express, in elementary and consistent terms, their traditions to members of another.

Though the vast array of doctrines within Hinduism has not always been articulated in summary form, from ancient times unto today we have the well-known creedal mahavakya, “great sayings,” of the Vedic Upanishads. Now, in this technological age in which village integrity is being replaced by worldwide mobility, the importance of a creed becomes apparent if religious identity is to be preserved. We need two kinds of strength—that which is found in diversity and individual freedom to inquire and that which derives from a union of minds in upholding the universal and shared principles of our faith.

Saivism is truly ageless, for it has no beginning. It is the precursor of the many-faceted religion now termed Hinduism. Scholars trace the roots of Siva worship back more than 8,000 years to the advanced Indus Valley civilization. But sacred writings tell us there never was a time when Saivism did not exist. Modern history records six main schools: Saiva Siddhanta, Pashupatism, Kashmir Saivism, Vira Saivism, Siddha Siddhanta and Siva Advaita. Saivism’s grandeur and beauty are found in a practical culture, an enlightened view of man’s place in the universe and a profound system of temple mysticism and yoga. It provides knowledge of man’s evolution from God and back to God, of the soul’s unfoldment and awakening guided by enlightened sages. Like all the Hindu sects, its majority are families, headed by hundreds of orders of swamis and sadhus who follow the fiery, world-renouncing path to moksha. The Vedas state, “By knowing Siva, who is hidden in all things, exceedingly fine, like film arising from clarified butter, the One embracer of the universe—by realizing God, one is released from all fetters.”

The twelve beliefs on the following pages embody the centuries-old central convictions of Saivism, especially as postulated in Saiva Siddhanta, one of the six schools of Saivism. They cover the basic beliefs about God, soul and world, evil and love and more. On the last page is a glossary of words used in the twelve beliefs.

Belief One

REGARDING GOD’S UNMANIFEST REALITY

Siva’s followers all believe that Lord Siva is God, whose Absolute Being, Parasiva, transcends time, form and space. The yogi silently exclaims, “It is not this. It is not that.” Yea, such an inscrutable God is God Siva. Aum.

Belief Two

REGARDING GOD’S MANIFEST NATURE OF ALL-PERVADING LOVE

Siva’s followers all believe that Lord Siva is God, whose immanent nature of love, Parashakti, is the substratum, primal substance or pure consciousness flowing through all form as energy, existence, knowledge and bliss. Aum.

Belief Three

REGARDING GOD AS PERSONAL LORD AND CREATOR OF ALL

Siva’s followers all believe that Lord Siva is God, whose immanent nature is the Primal Soul, Supreme Mahadeva, Paramesvara, author of Vedas and Agamas, the creator, preserver and destroyer of all that exists. Aum.

Belief Four

REGARDING THE ELEPHANT-FACED DEITY

Siva’s followers all believe in the Mahadeva Lord Ganesha, son of Siva-Shakti, to whom they must first supplicate before beginning any worship or task. His rule is compassionate. His law is just. Justice is His mind. Aum.

Belief Five

REGARDING THE DEITY KARTTIKEYA

Siva’s followers all believe in the Mahadeva Karttikeya, son of Siva-Shakti, whose vel of grace dissolves the bondages of ignorance. The yogi, locked in lotus, venerates Murugan. Thus restrained, his mind becomes calm. Aum.

Belief Six

REGARDING THE SOUL’S CREATION AND IDENTITY WITH GOD

Siva’s followers all believe that each soul is created by Lord Siva and is identical to Him, and that this identity will be fully realized by all souls when the bondage of anava, karma and maya is removed by His grace. Aum.

Belief Seven

THE GROSS, SUBTLE AND CAUSAL PLANES OF EXISTENCE

Siva’s followers all believe in three worlds: the gross plane, where souls take on physical bodies; the subtle plane, where souls take on astral bodies; and the causal plane, where souls exist in their self-effulgent form. Aum.

Belief Eight

REGARDING KARMA, SAMSARA AND LIBERATION FROM REBIRTH

Siva’s followers all believe in the law of karma—that one must reap the effects of all actions he has caused—and that each soul continues to reincarnate until all karmas are resolved and moksha, liberation, is attained. Aum.

Belief Nine

REGARDING THE FOUR MARGAS, OR STAGES OF INNER PROGRESS

Siva’s followers all believe that the performance of charya, virtuous living, kriya, temple worship, and yoga, leading to Parasiva through the grace of the living satguru, is absolutely necessary to bring forth jnana, wisdom. Aum.

Belief Ten

REGARDING THE GOODNESS OF ALL

Siva’s followers all believe there is no intrinsic evil. Evil has no source, unless the source of evil’s seeming be ignorance itself. They are truly compassionate, knowing that ultimately there is no good or bad. All is Siva’s will. Aum.

Belief Eleven

REGARDING THE ESOTERIC PURPOSE OF TEMPLE WORSHIP

Siva’s followers all believe that religion is the harmonious working together of the three worlds and that this harmony can be created through temple worship, wherein the beings of all three worlds can communicate. Aum.

Belief Twelve

REGARDING THE FIVE LETTERS

Siva’s followers all believe in the Panchakshara Mantra, the five sacred syllables “Namasivaya,” as Saivism’s foremost and essential mantra. The secret of Namasivaya is to hear it from the right lips at the right time. Aum.

The Path to Enlightenment

The path of enlightenment is divided naturally into four stages or padas: charya, virtue and selfless service; kriya, worshipful sadhanas; yoga, meditation under a guru’s guidance; and jnana, the state of enlightened wisdom reached toward the path’s end as a result of Self Realization through the Guru’s grace. These four padas are quite similar to the four yogas of Vedanta: karma yoga, bhakti yoga, raja yoga and jnana yoga. However, there is one key difference. Whereas in Vedanta you can choose to follow just one of the yogas, in the Saiva Siddhanta school of Saivism we need to pass through all four stages, or padas.

Let’s say the path of life is rocks across a shallow stream. Vedanta gives us four separate rock paths to choose from, one for each of the four yogas, all of which lead across the river. Saiva Siddhanta gives us one path for crossing the river which consists of four stones: charya, kriya, yoga and jnana.

The four stages are not alternative ways, but progressive, cumulative phases of a one path, much like the natural development of a butterfly from egg to caterpillar, from caterpillar to pupa, and then the final metamorphosis to butterfly. The four stages are what each human soul must pass through in many births to attain its final goal of moksha, freedom from rebirth. In the beginning stages, we suffer until we learn. Learning leads us to service; and selfless service is the beginning of spiritual striving. Service leads us to understanding. Understanding leads us to meditate deeply and without distractions. Finally meditation leads us to surrender in God. This is the straight and certain path, the San Marga, leading to Self Realization, the inmost purpose of life.

Charya Pada

Charya, literally “conduct,” is the first stage of religiousness and the foundation for the next three stages. It is also called the dasa marga, meaning “path of servitude,” for here the soul relates to God as servant to master. The disciplines of charya include humble service, attending the temple, performing one’s duty to community and family, honoring holy men, respecting elders, atoning for misdeeds and fulfilling the ten classical restraints called yamas, which are: noninjury, truthfulness, nonstealing, divine conduct, patience, steadfastness, compassion, honesty, moderate appetite and purity. It is the stage of overcoming basic instinctive patterns such as the tendencies to become angry and hurtful. Right behavior and self-sacrificing service are never outgrown. The keynote of charya, or karma yoga, is seva, religious service given without the least thought of reward, which has the magical effect of softening the ego and bringing forth the soul’s innate devotion.

Kriya Pada

Saivism demands deep devotion through bhakti yoga in the kriya pada, the softening of the intellect and unfolding love. In kriya, the second stage of religiousness, our sadhana, or regular spiritual discipline, which was mostly external in charya, is now also internal. Kriya, literally “action or rite,” is a stirring of the soul in awareness of the Divine, overcoming the instinctive-intellectual mind. We now look upon the Deity image not just as carved stone, but as the living presence of the God. We perform ritual and puja not because we have to but because we want to. We are drawn to the temple to satisfy our longing. We sing joyfully. We absorb and intuit the wisdom of the Vedas and Agamas. We perform pilgrimage and fulfill the sacraments. We practice diligently the ten classical observances called niyamas which are: remorse, contentment, giving, faith, worship of the Lord, scriptural listening, cognition, sacred vows, recitation and austerity. Our relationship with God in kriya is as a son to his parents.

Yoga Pada

Yoga, “union,” is the process of uniting with God within oneself, a stage arrived at through perfecting charya and kriya. God is now like a friend to us. This system of inner discovery begins with asana—sitting quietly in yogic posture—and pranayama, breath control. Pratyahara, sense withdrawal, brings awareness into dharana, concentration, then into dhyana, meditation. Over the years, under ideal conditions, the kundalini fire of consciousness ascends to the higher chakras, burning the dross of ignorance and past karmas. Dhyana finally leads to enstasy—the contemplative experience of Satchidananda, God as energy-bliss, and ultimately to nirvikalpa samadhi, the experience of God as Parasiva, timeless, formless, spaceless. Truly a living satguru is needed as a steady guide to traverse this path. When yoga is practiced by one perfected in kriya, the Gods receive the yogi into their midst through his awakened, fiery kundalini, or cosmic energy within every individual.

IMPORTANT SIGNS IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

IMPORTANT SIGNS IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Bagel sign:
Ultrasonographic sign. Gestational sac in the adnexa with hyperechoic ring
Ball Sign:
Radiological sign of intrauterine fetal death. X-ray shows crumpled up spine of the fetus..
Banana Sign:
Ultrasound sign in open spina bifida. Shows abnormal anterior curvature of cerebellum. Due to the associated Arnold-Chiari malformation.
Chadwick’s Sign:
Bluish hue to the vestibule and anterior vaginal wall. Seen in first trimester of pregnancy. Cause is increased blood flow to the pelvic organs. Also known as jacquemier’s Sign.
Cullen Sign:
Bluish discoloration of skin around umbilicus. Occurs due to intra peritonealhemorrhage. Seen in ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
Double Bubble Sign:.
Useful in prenatal diagnosis of duodenal atresia. Duodenal atresia usuallypresents with polyhydramnios and produces dilatation of stomach and first part of duodenum
Double decidual sac Sign:
Normal Ultrasonographic appearance of intrauterine gestational sac. Seen as twoconcentric echogenic rings separated by a hyperechoic space.
Goodell Sign:
Marked softening of the cervix in contrast to non pregnant state. Also due toincreased blood flow.
Hegar Sign:
An indication of Pregnancy. Softening of the lower parts of the uterus enablesapproximation of vaginal and abdominal fingers in bimanual pelvic examination. Vaginalfingers are placed in the posterior fornix and abdominal hand pressed down behind theuterus. Jacquemier’s sign: Refer Chadwick
SignKustner’s Sign:
Sign of placental separation. On pushing the uterus upwards does not move thecord with it due to the separation.
Ladin’s Sign:
Softening in the midline of the uterus anteriorly at the junction of the uterus andcervix. It occurs at about 6 weeks gestation
Lambda Sign:
Ultrasonographic sign seen in dichorionic pregnancies. Due to the chorionic tissuein between the two layers of the membrane between the twins.
Lemon Sign:
Ultrasound sign in open spina bifida. Shows abnormal anterior curvature of cerebellum. Due to the associated Arnold-Chiari malformation.
Osiander’s Sign:
Pulsations in the lateral fornix due to the increased vascularity.
Palmer’s Sign:
Regular rhythmic contractions of uterus felt as early as 6-8 weeks . It is a sign of pregnancy.
Piskacek’s Sign:
Asymmetric growth occurs to the uterus in initial stages of pregnancy due to thelateral implantation of the blastocyst. The area of implantation feels soft compared tothe other parts.
Robert’s Sign:
Radiological sign of intrauterine fetal death. X-ray shows presence of gas in thefetal great vessels. Earliest radiological sign of intrauterine fetal death
Schroder’s Sign:
A sign of placental separation. Uterus rises up when the separated placenta ispassed downwards.
Spalding Sign:
Sign of intrauterine fetal death. Overlapping of skull bones after fetal demise.Observed by ultrasonogrm.
Stallworthy’s Sign:
Slowing of fetal heart rate on pressing the head down I to the pelvis and promptrecovery on release of pressure is termed Stallworthy’s sign. This sign is suggestive of posterior placenta praevia.
Stuck Twin Sign:
Seen in twin to twin transfusion syndrome. Due to the severe oligohydramniossmaller twin is held in a fixed position along the uterine wall. This is called stuck twinsign.
‘T’ Sign:
Ultrasonographic sign seen in monochromic twins. As the intertwin membranedoes not have any chorionic tissue it gives rise to ‘T’ sign in ultrasound.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHOCK AND RAISED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE ::