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ANNAMAYA KOSHA AND ALLOPATHY MEDICINE

Annamaya kosha is the outermost layer; the solid layer of the body. It is the outside layer. The allopathic system of medicine is related to the annamaya kosha. It is the physical body with which, we feel and enjoy. For all problems related to annamaya kosha, allopathic medicine is the best curative.

Allopathic treatment plays an amazing role in all sorts of problems related to annamaya kosha. Injuries caused in accidents occur in the annamaya kosha. Intensive care, emergency care, etc are available in the treatment of annamaya kosha, It is only allopathic remedies, which are useful for treating fractures and other injuries related to accidents.

The trouble starts when the layers beneath the annamaya kosha need to be treated. Allopathic treatment, when used, results in side effects. Medicines, created with a blind belief that they are cure alls, instead of curing produce side effects. Even medicines to cure mental ailments produce no results.

After trials and errors with various medicines, people realised that close to 90% of illnesses were psychosomatic in nature and it came to be accepted that allopathic medicine was not a remedy at all.

The best part of allopathic form of medicine is that, at least, they all accept and agree to its shortcomings!

Today, research on mind, body medicine is happening at a very fast pace in America. People have bequn to explore the deeper, subtle layers that are inside the physical body. Research is being conducted on the manonmaya kosha, looking deep inside the physical body, the annamaya kosha. Science has ignored the intermediate pranamaya kosha, which is between the annamaya kosha and manonmaya kosha.

The physical body, which we think as solid at all. Nobody would be agreeable to this concept, scientifically or rationally. People, who do not know what spirituality is, will not be able to understand this; nevertheless, a little more explanation can throw some light on it.